homa
होम homaA fire oblation; the burnt offering poured into consecrated fire, the surviving form of Vedic sacrifice within later Hindu practice.
Where this term appears
- The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra Worship
The same verse appears, word for word, in both the White and the Black recensions of the Yajurveda, embedded in a rite called the Traiyambaka-homa , the offering to Rudra the Tryambaka.
- What is Puja? Worship
Worth noting honestly: in the old formulation the deva-yajna is fire oblation, homa , and daily image-puja came later to occupy this devotional place.
- Anatomy of a Hindu Temple: Gopuram to Garbhagriha Temples
…sa (the ritual touching of the image's limbs and senses), and through homa (the fire-offering), the tradition holds that life-breath is installed in the figure, so that the carved stone becomes a living presenc…
- Eighty-five titles and no text: the Saura tantras and how a tradition disappears Lineages
Saura was the tradition of the Sun: a priesthood, a canon of scriptures, and royal devotees, recognised as a peer by its rivals. A Śaiva text preserved in a…
- What is a Hindu Temple? Temples
Vedic religion, roughly 1200 to 500 BCE, centred on fire-ritual, the yajna and the homa , offerings poured into flame.
- Purascharana Treatise
…oom at the appropriate times, until the specified total is completed. Homa - the fire offering.
- The Court of Vishnu Treatise
…ny-armed deity, given his own hymns, his own fire-rite (the Sudarśana homa), and in many South Indian temples his own shrine, often carved back-to-back with a form of Narasiṃha, so that the wheel of divine orde…
- Two Worships, Four Yagas Treatise
Community worship, performed by multiple practitioners under the direction of an officiating guru, typically including fire sacrifices ( homa ) and the full navavarana puja in extended form.