Agnikārya-paddhati
Agnikārya-paddhati · agni-kārya-paddhati, “the method of the fire rite”
Grammar: feminine noun; agni-kārya (the fire rite) with paddhati (method).
Meaning: the method of the fire rite.
In the scriptures: Sumantu Muni tells King Śatānīka of a visiting dvija who asked who certain students were. Śaṅkha replied that they were the sons of Bhojaka, studying the kalpas with the sūtras, the Vedas, the Saptamī Kalpa, the method of pūjā of Bhagavān Sūrya, the agnikārya-paddhati, the pratishṭhā-kalpa, the aṅga-lakshaṇas of the devatās and the Sūrya rathayātrā (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 66).
Related terms: Bhojaka · Saptamī Kalpa · Pratishṭhā-kalpa
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 66