Agni (2 Vols.) Motilal Banarsidass Asvatirtha

Asvatirtha

adding merely a literal English version

at the time of writing

Preface IN 1955 I VISITED for the first time a traditional Nambudiri Brahmin home in a small village in southwest India

a new direction in comparative philosophy is definitely on the horizon

Agni (2 Vols.) Motilal Banarsidass AsvatirthaThe first volume of Agni: The Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar, discusses the place of the Agnicayana in the Vedic srauta tradition, its textual loci, traditional and modern interpretations of its origins and significance, and an overview of the Nambudiri Vedic tradition. The bulk of the volume, written in close collaboration with C. V. Somayajipad and M. Itti Ravi Nambudiri, is devoted to a detailed description of the 198\75 twelve day performance,