Weekly page from Hindu Dharma: Yajna or Sacrifice

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This week's page from Hindu Dharma is " Yajna or

Sacrifice " from " The Vedas " at

http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap16.htm

, which is attached with this email.

Here are the first few lines from this page:

I spoke about the glory of the Vedas, about the

features that contribute to their greatness as a

scripture. One such feature yet to be dealt with

is yajna or sacrifice. What is a yajna? It is the

performance of a religious duty involving Agni,

the sacrificial fire, with the chanting of the

mantras. The word itself is derived from the root

'yaj' meaning 'to worship', to evince devotion....

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