What Is Called Tretagni in Hinduism Is the Question Standing for Answer
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what is called Tretagni in hinduism is the question standing for answer. we will see the details going step by step. UTHTHISHTATHA MAASWAPTHA AGNIM ICHCHDAVAM BHARATHAA: (Yajur Veda) The above verse of Yajur Veda asks all Bharathiyas to be awake and worship Agni (fire) which is the form of energy which is the root cause for creation. “BHA” in Sanskrit means light. From this we can understand that all those who worship fire/light are called “ Bharatiyas “ and that Vedas are universal By science we understand that heat is produced when an action happens. And action happens when heat is produced. Spanda - movement or vibration happens in any object. The vibration is caused by heat and that is produced by agni. Note: Agni here does not mean a mere fire we see. Agni means fire also. But not only the fire The Spanda shakthi which occurred in the first object (Bhootha or shiva) has made this big creation, The agni cauing the Spanda is described in Vedas as Chitagni Agni: Agni is a Hindu deity, one of the most important of the Vedic gods. He is the god of fire and the acceptor of sacrifices. The sacrifices made to Agni go to the deities because Agni is a messenger from and to the other gods. He is ever-young, because the fire is re-lit every day, and also immortal.Agni is the first word of the first hymn of the Rigveda: agním īḷe puróhitaṃ / yajñásya devám ṛtvíjam / hótāraṃ ratnadhâtamam... The Rishis of the Rig Veda call Agni the Universal Divine Force that unites with the Sun, as the one that acts as the purifier and causes one’s mind to experience the true nature of Truth, and as the one that pervades all that which exists, lighting up the path leading to the cognition and understanding of the Sole Reality. What is called Tretagni in hinduism? Ekagni or Tretagni Ekagni is the Holy fire in which the the chaitanyam of the creating-energy is meditated and Vhree (Rice grain) is offered to the Agni with recitation of prescribed mantra . This is technically called as Aupasana Tretagni (Sanskrit) [from treta + agni fire] Worshipping Tretagni is called as Agnihotram Tretagni means three sacred fires. Krishna says, "I am the Fire". Krishna is the Fire and the Inner Controller of Fire (Agni). It is the spark of life; it is in man and beasts; it is in trees and plants; it is in Soma and butter. Brahma was Fire before the creation of world, men and beings. Agni is in the sun, flames, altar, hearth. Indra and Agni are twin brothers, the former a warrior and the latter a divine priest. Thus Agni is the Fire god. Gods come in anthropomorphic (Purusavidhah) and non-anthropomorphic (apurusavidhah) forms. Generally fire god is not anthropomorphic, though some have given Agni an anthropomorphic form. There are three kinds of sacred fires (Tretagni): Garhapatya (Domestic fire), DaksinAgni (the Southern fire or AnvAhAryapacana), and Ahavaniya (the Eastern fire). They represent earth, atmosphere and sky and their inherent power. Urvasi (Apsarasas, dancer in Indra's heaven born on earth) the most beautiful damsel in the heavens came down to earth and married Pururavas on the condition that she would eat only one drop of butter once a day, she would keep her pet rams always by her bedside.Once he was chasing to catch the fleeing rams and so Urvasi left him. He was wandering about the world and by chance he saw Urvasi bathing in a river along with four Apsarasas. He begged her to come back. She obliged him. She gave him five sons. The first-born son was Ayus. He continued to beg her to return to him. The Gandharvas in heaven came down, gave a pot of fire and asked him to divide it into three sacred fires according to Vedic precepts. He divided the fire into Garhapatya, Daksina, and Ahavaniya representing Earth, Atmosphere and Sky and the powers inherent in them. Once he did it, he was reunited with Urvasi. To honor them, the two fire-sticks (aranis) were called Pururuvas and Urvasi. When the sticks come together in friction they create heat, fire and light. Garhapatya: Domestic fire. The Lord of the household fire: that is the honored fire god of every household. This fire is inherited in the family household in a patrilineal fashion--father-son transmission. Fire is the link between generations; it is the witness and sanctifier of every rite. Maintaining Garhapatya fire is a sacred duty of every household; without it there are no rites in connection with birth, marriage, death, prevention of disease and catastrophes. Daksinagni: Southern fire. The is the sacrificial fire for Pitrs or forefathers who remain in the South after their demise. It is the fire for the cremation of the dead; thus, it is called flesh-eating fire. The fire should be kept alive. Ahavaniya: The Eastern fire. Ahava = trough. It is the first fire.it is to be kept alive. Shiva's Tryambaka is the name of Lord Shiva as the father of the three worlds – bhu, bhuva and svarga lokas. He is the father and lord of the three mandala’s – Surya, Soma and Agni mandala. He is Maheswara, the lord of the three Guna’s – Satva, Rajas and Tamas. He is the Sadashiva, the teacher of the three tatvas – Atma tatva, Vidya tatva and Shiva tatva. He is the father (cause and source) of the three energies (agni) – Aavahaniya, Garhapatya and Dakshinagni. He is the father of all physical creation through the three-murti bhuta – Prithvi (solid), Jala (liquid) and Tejas or agni (energy). He is the lord of the three heavens created by the dominance of the three Gunas – Rajas (Brahma), Satva (Vishnu) and Tamas (Shiva). Know Him to be the nirakara (formless) Sadashiva as He is above this physical mode and is their Maheswara. Tretagni (Sanskrit) [from treta triad + agni fire] A triad of fire; in Hindu religious ritual the three sacred fires taken collectively -- the sacrificial, the household, and southern fire. These three sacred fires are obtained by the attrition of sticks commonly made of the wood of the Asvattha tree, mystically called the Tree of Wisdom and Knowledge. Srautagni meant for the srauta rites is in the form of three fires burning in three mounds. So it is called tretagni. The section in the Apastamba-sutra dealing with rites performed in it is called "Tretagni-kanda". One who worships the three Agnis is called a "tretagni" or "srautin" and, if he worships the srauta and grhya fires, he is called an "ahitagnin". One who performs an elaborate sacrifice like a somayajna is called a "yajva", "diksita" or "makhin". And one who conducts the greatest of the somayajnas, vajapeya, is known as a "vajapeyin". Sacrifices are called variously "kratu", "makha", "isti", "stoma", "samsta". There are some difference between these. Ancient Tamil works contain references to "mutti" (tretagni or srautagni). One of the three sacred fires, one of the tretagni, is called "garhapatya" and it belongs to the master of the household. It must be kept burning in the garhapatya mound which is circular in shape. In this no oblations are to be made directly. Fire must be taken from it and tended in another mound for the performance of rites relating to the fathers (this is different from the usual sraddha and is ritual performed to the manes every new moon) and also for certain deities. This mound is in the south, so it is called "daksinagni" and it is semicircular in shape. Offerings to deities are made generally in a third fire in the east called "ahavaniya" and it is also to kindled from the garhapatya fire. In the North any yaga or sacrificial rite is called a "havan", the word being derived from "ahavaniya". The ahavaniya mound is square in shape. Big sacrifices like somayajnas and other meant to propitiate deities are to be conducted in the fire taken from the ahavaniya mound to the yagnasala or the hall where a sacrifice is held. If aupasana is a grhyakarma, agnihotra is a srauta ceremony and it too must be performed twice a day. Agniyadhana mentioned before and agnihotra are the first two of the seven haviryajnas. Those who perform agnihotra are called agnihotrins. (Nowadays smoking is referred to as agnihotra and going to the races as asvamedha. Such references are intended to be humorous but are indeed blasphemous.) .