The Adhvaryu is the chief manual performer of the sacrifice, the "kartR" of ritual actions.
ZB 2.1.1
begins an extensive summary of his activities in the establishment of the fires, the Agnyaadhaana. This section also begins to weave the substitutional relation between the fires and the breaths, mentioned viz.
context
of the Agnihotra.
ZB 2.1.4.23
discusses the leading of a horse to the
aahavaniiya
and the significations of directions, the levels of the three worlds.
ZB 2.2.3.18
includes the call and response with the
aagniidhra
.
ZB 2.2.3.21
has the
adhvaryu
directing the commencement of the
hotR
's recitations.
Ideally, Shrautasuutra material can also be linked here. The current database of e-texts does not, as yet, include these.
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