Implements of the shrauta ritual mAnasa-taraMgiNI

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Implements of the shrauta ritual

rathachakra:Thespokedchariot.Typicallymadeofaudumbarawood.ItisusedintheAdhAnarite (depositionofthe3fires)wherethebrahmApriestrollsitalongfromthegArhapatyatothedakShiNa andAhavanIya.InthevAjapeyarite(a17spokedwheel)itspeggedtothegroundandrotated3times totheaccompanimentofthevajinAMsAman. araNI:Twoblocksofwoodfromanashvatthatreethatservesasthesurfaceforthegenerationoffire. 4X12X16angulastypically. Thefiredrill:Ithas3parts:1)pramanthaapegofwoodcutoutfromtheupperaraNithatisdrilled intotheloweraraNitomakefire.2)Thechatrathespindlewithgroovesaroundwhichtheropepasses whiledrillingandholdsthepramantha.3)TheovilItheTshapedhandlefittedontopofthechatra andusedforpressingintotheblockforfriction. rajju:theropeusedtochurnthefiredrillagainsttheloweraraNi. agnihotrasthAlI:Awidecircularbowlwithstraightedges.ThecowismilkedintothesthAlIinthe agnihotra.ThericeorthegavedukacharumaybecookedinthesthAlI.ItisonlymadebyanAryan byhand. kUrcha:afishshapedflatwoodenbaranarmslength.AllritualladlesareplacedonthekUrcha whennotdeployed.IfthekUrchaisnotavailabletheymaybeplacedondarbhagrass. asida:anironsickleusedforcuttingdarbhagrass. sruch:aladlewithalonghandle(aboutabahulong)withaterminalcupandadownwarddirected beakerlikelip.Agroovepassesfromtheterminalcuptothetipofthelip.Ithasastandattherear end.Differentkindsofsruchswithdifferentdesignsareusedindifferentritualapplications.These arethejuhU,dhruva,upabhR^itaandagnihotrahavaNI.Itismadeofgold,silverorwood. sruva:aspecialladlewithaterminalcupwithdiameterequaltothetipofathumb.Liquidflammable oblationsareofferedwiththesruva.Itmaybemadeofadumbara,parNaorkhadirawood,gold, silverorthealloykAmsyaforabhichAra.Somesruvashavebiseptateterminalcupandarecalledthe dvibilasruvas. darvi:Aladleaboutabahuinlengthwithashallowcircularcupatthetip.Itisusuallyusedforthe svAhAoblationsinthegR^ihyacycleandthesAkamedhaofferingsinthegArhapatyafire.Itismade ofkhadiratypically. AkarShaphalaka:Aspecialladlewhosehandleisshapedlikeacompositebow.Thecupisshaped likeacobrashood.ItisusedtooffertilasintheupAkarmarite.vAraNaorudumbarawood. praNItA:arectangularwoodenvesselwithashorthandleabout4angulasinlength.Thedimensions ofthevesselare3X4X6angulas.Usedtocarrytheritualwater.Madeofnyagrodhawoodorclayfor abhichArarites. http://manasataramgini.wordpress.com/2004/08/18/implements-of-the-shrauta-ritual/ 12/3/2012