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pancha-mahayajna

पञ्चमहायज्ञ pañca-mahāyajña

The five great daily sacrifices of the householder: to the gods, the ancestors, other beings, fellow humans, and the sages through study. Set out for the householder in the Manusmriti (3.69-71).

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  • What is Puja? Worship

    …, daily worship is one strand of an old householder's discipline: the pancha-mahayajna , the five great daily sacrifices, traditionally referenced in the Taittiriya Aranyaka and set out for the householder in t…

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