Atiratra

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Atiratra is a Vedic overnight soma sacrifice that forms an extended variant of the traditional Somayajna ritual.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Atiratra canonical 4
Atiratra sacrifice 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Vedic ritual
soma sacrifice
aimsAt cosmic order (ṛta)
prosperity of sacrificer
associatedWithDeity Agni
Indra
category Vedic śrauta sacrifice
cosmologicalFunction renewal of cosmic powers through soma
describedIn Brāhmaṇa texts
Sāmaveda
linked to: Samaveda

Yajurveda
duration overnight
extendedFrom Agniṣṭoma
linked to: Somayajna
geographicalContext ancient India
hasComponent chanting of Sāman hymns
fire ritual
recitation of Vedic mantras
hasRitualFocus night-long soma pressing and chanting
hasTemporalStructure daytime soma rites followed by night-long extension
isVariantOf Somayajna
languageOfLiturgicalTexts Vedic Sanskrit
modernPracticeRegion Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
partOf Śrauta ritual system
performedBy Vedic śrauta priests
relatedRitual Agnicayana
relatedTo Somayajna
religiousTradition Vedic religion
linked to: Vedic Hinduism
requires elaborate altar construction
strict ritual sequence
requiresPriestRole adhvaryu
brahman priest
hotṛ
udgātṛ
requiresSacrificerStatus Vedic yajamāna
ritualType soma pressing
sacrificialMedium fire
soma juice
scripturalCategory Śrauta Sūtra rituals
timeOfPerformance night
usesOffering soma

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Somayajna hasVariant Atiratra
Panchavimsha Brahmana focusesOn Atiratra sacrifice
linked to: Atiratra
Agnishtoma relatedRitual Atiratra
Ukthya relatedTo Atiratra
Aptoryama relatedRitual Atiratra