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The 11 pages that link to Yajna, each with the reason it gives.

• VedasRelated: The texts supply hymns and formulas that priests recite during sacrifice.

• PujaCompared with: Unlike many pujas centered on an image, yajna makes the fire and its offerings central.

• Vedic periodRelated: Fire sacrifice was a central public and domestic practice in Vedic society.

• BrahmanaBroader topic: Brahmana prose explains how yajnas are performed and what their details signify.

• YajurvedaNarrower topic: The Yajurveda supplies much of the language and procedure used in yajna.

• Purusha SuktaRelated: The hymn frames cosmic creation through sacrificial action.

• SatiNarrower topic: Daksha’s sacrificial ceremony is the public setting for the family conflict.

• AranyakaRelated: Aranyakas revisit the procedures and meanings of sacrifice.

• VishvamitraRelated: Vishvamitra’s sacrifice is the rite Rama helps protect from demonic disruption.

• BrahmanismBroader topic: Sacrifice organized Brahmanism’s ritual life and relations with the gods.

• Historical Vedic religionBroader topic: Offerings and recitations made sacrifice the central means of interaction with the gods.