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Agnihotri

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Jit Majumdar


  1. one who offers to the fire; performer of rituals with fire
  2. one who performs the Vedic sacrifice called Agnihotra, i.e. the offering of milk or rice into the sacred fire in trhe mornigs and evenings.

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