Agnihotra (Oblation to Agni the lord of fire) and five forms of Agni or PraaNa---Quotes from Chandogya Upanishad and Prashnopanishad.
Agnihotra (Oblation to Agni the lord of fire) and five forms of Agni or PraaNa---Quotes from Chandogya Upanishad and Prashnopanishad. Introduction In this article, agnihotra or ‘the oblation to agni the lord of fire’ has been narrated and in that context, the five aspects of praaNa have been narrated with meanings and explanations from Chandogya Upanishad and Prashnopanishad. Sanskrit words written in italics can be found in the English-Sanskrit dictionary of Sir Monier Williams available on the Internet ( https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/2020/web/webtc/indexcaller.php ). The meanings and explanations are done following the teachings of the great sage Shri. BijoyKrishna Chattopadhyaya (1875-1945) and his principal disciple Shri. Tridibnath Bandyopadhyaya (1923-1994) to the best of my abilities. (Debkumar Lahiri----debkumar.lahiri@gmail.com ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------