yAga and hOma - difference

[Guest guest]

Pranams,

 

Here is the difference between yAga and hOma:

 

kAtyAyana srauta sUtras differentiates between yAga and hOma.

 

" tiShTat homa vaShaTkArapradAnA yAjyapuro(a)nuvAkyAvanto yajatayah " says

kAtyAyana.

 

When the yajna karta offers the dravyas to the fire utterng the mantras like

" vaShaT " in standing position it is called yAga or yajana. So, vaShat, vauShat

etc. are using in Yajna kratus.

 

" upaviShTahomAh swAhAkArpradAnAh juhOtayah " which means when the yajna karta

offers the dravyas uttering the " swAhA " in sitting position it is called Homa /

Havana. So, Swaha, juhoti etc. are used in Homa.

 

with regards,

sriram

 

advaitin , " snsastri " <sn.sastri wrote:

>

> Dear Anupam-ji,

> Yaga abd yajna are the same.

> The definition of yaga is--devatoddeshena dravyatyagaH yagaH. Setting apart

some material to be offered to a deity is yaga.

> Tasya agnau prakShepaH homaH. The offering of that material into the fire is

homa.

> So the mantra says- sUryAya svAhA, sUryAya idam na mama- this is for sUrya

(sun deity) and is no longer mine.

> Best wishes,

> S.N.Sastri

>

> advaitin , anupam srivatsav <anupam.srivatsav@> wrote:

> >

> > Dear Members of the group,

> >

> > Namaste and wish you all a great and happy new year 2010.

> >

> > Is there any difference between the two terms yaaga and yajna

> > technically? Grammatically, they are derived from the same dhatu but

> > the the pratyayas are different. For Yaaga, it is yaj + ghain. I am

> > not sure of the pratyaya for yajna.

> >

> > Please let me know.

> >

> > Thanks and regards,

> > Anupam.

> >

>