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अग्निचयन (agnicayana)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अग्नि—चय [Śulb. ],
m.
or अग्नि—चयन,
n.
or अग्नि—चिति,
f.
or अग्नि—चित्या॑ [ŚBr. ],
f.
arranging to preparing the sacred or sacrificial fire-place
Goldstucker
English
अग्निचयन Tatpur. n. (-नम्) Arranging the fire-place, a sa-
crificial ceremony, viz. arranging on a piece of ground of
merely a fathom's length, which must have been previously
ploughed, consecrated bricks (see इष्टका), so as to make
them to imitate the shape of a bird. There are five or in
some case, six such chitis (q. v.) required for receiving the
sacrificial fire. E. अग्नि (in the sense of the dat.) and चयन.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
अग्निचयनम्
नपुं*
अग्निः-चयनम् -
"अग्नि को प्रतिष्ठित रखना, अग्न्याधान"
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
अग्निचयन śr. Oppert 1373. 1730. 1731.
अग्निचयन Taitt. SB. 87.
अग्निचयन Āpast. Cs. 210.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
agni-cayana (EI 32
IA 19), a sacrificial rite.
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
अग्निचयन auch: Titel eines Werkes, Opp. Cat. 1.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
अग्निचयन
पु०
अग्निश्चीयते आधीयते अनेन चि--करणे ल्युट्६ त० अग्न्याधानसाधने मन्त्रभेदे, भावे ल्युट् त० ।अग्न्याधाने
न०