There are a variety of prescribed courses of walking within the sacred space of the vedi. In this discussion of the ZB, the associations with the Gaayatrii are central. Fundamental associations with the directions and physical orientation of the altar itself. Two are listed below:
ZB 2.3.3.13
establishes the fundamental point of entry to the space--from the east, and the course therefrom between the
aahavaniiya
and the
gaarhapatya
with it's corresponding significations. While walking this course, the
yajamaana
recites the
Gaayatrii
.
ZB 2.3.4.39
the approach to the
aahavaniiya
, the
gaarhapatya
and the significations of the
east
with the recitation of the
Gaayatrii
.
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