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Science and Spirituality- The modes of Yajna and the science of Kunda

(6) Agrayana yajna - The yajna that is performed with new barley and rice grains every year during the Vasant and Sharad seasons is called Agrayana or Navanna yajna.

(7) Sautramani yajna - The yajna that is devoted to (or performed to please) Indra is called Sautramani yajna. This has two kinds - Svatantra and Angbhuta.

(8) Somayaga - The yajna that is performed with Somalata (a kind of herb) is called somayaga. Sixteen Ritvikas perform it. The priests who accept Dakshina after the yajna are called Ritvikas.

There are four Categories of Ritvikas of Somayaga. They are (1) Adhvaryugana, (2) Brahmagana (3) Hotragana and (4) Udgatragana.

There are seven types of Somayaga. They are: (1) Agnishtoma - The yajna that is completed after reciting Agnishtoma Sama (a Vedic prayer) and no other Sama is recited after that, is called Agnishtoma. Similarly the yajnas that are completed after reciting (2) Ukthya Sama, (3) shodasi Sama, (4) Bajpeya Sama, (5) Atiratra Sama and (6) Asoryama Sama, are respectively called Ukthya, etc. (7) the yajna in which shodasi Sama is recited after Agnishtoma Sama is called Atyagnishtoma.

(9) Dvadashaha yajna - There are two kinds of this yajna - Satra and Ahina. The first one has sixteen Ritvikas, Ahitagni Brahmanas and they do not accept any Dakshina. The Somayaga which has two to eleven Sutyas (the havan performed, thrice i.e., in the early morning, afternoon and evening, is called one Sutya), is preceded and followed by Atiratra yajna, and which has many yajmans (participants) is called Ahina.

(10) Gavanayana yajna - This satra consists of 385 days. This has 12 Dikshas, 12 Upsadas and 361 Sutyas.

(11) Bajpeya yajna - This yajna is preceded and followed by Agnishtoma yajna. This has Yupas of seventeen cubits. This is completed in forty days.

(12) Rajsuya yajna - Several Ishtis like Anumati, etc and several yajna like Pavitra, etc are performed herein. This yajna is completed in 33 months. Only pre-eminent rulers competent enough to perform Cultural Digvijaya can do it.

(13) Chayan Yaga - The yajna in which the Vedi (platform) is constructed by bricks is called Chayan yaga. This Vedi which has length and breadth of 10 cubits is called Atma. In the south and north of this Vedi, two platforms each of 6 x 6 square cubits are constructed. They are called Dakshina Paksha and Uttara Paksha. The 52 x 52 square cubits platform made on the western side of Atma, is called Puccha. Its height is five cubits and hence it is called Panchacitika Sthandila. Fourteen types of bricks are required to construct it. The total number of bricks required to make the platform of Chayan yaga is 11170.

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