The Three Sacred Fire Altars
Baudhayana Sulba Sutra · 1 · Verse 1
kalpasulbathree-firesgarhapatyaahavaniyadakshinagniyajna-altar
Sanskrit Original
गार्हपत्यो वृत्तः — पूर्वः। आहवनीयः समचतुरश्रः — पश्चिमः। दक्षिणाग्निः अर्धवृत्तः — दक्षिणः। एते त्रयोऽग्नयः यज्ञमण्डले प्रतिष्ठाप्यन्ते॥
gārhapatyo vṛttaḥ — pūrvaḥ. āhavanīyaḥ samacaturaśraḥ — paścimaḥ | dakṣiṇāgniḥ ardhavṛttaḥ — dakṣiṇaḥ | ete trayo'gnayaḥ yajñamaṇḍale pratiṣṭhāpyante ||
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The three sacred fire-altars of the Vedic yajna: (1) Gārhapatya — circular, in the east — the householder's fire; (2) Āhavanīya — square, in the west — where oblations are offered; (3) Dakṣiṇāgni — semicircular, in the south — the ancestors' fire. Their precise dimensions and geometry are specified in the Śulba Sūtras.