Why Is Shrī Agni Called "Agni Vaishvānara"?

[Amrut]

Namaste Avyaydya,

By symbolic,i meant pratima(substitute figure) of the victim made of of grains would be used instead of actual animal.You can see the verses of Satapatha Brahmana from 1.2.3.5-8 which explains the use of grain cakes instead of actual animals.

The pratima purodasha or grain cake looks like this(shown in the OP):

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Anyway,i am not denying actual animal sacrifices,just showing a possibility

Namaste,

What I feel is that we will have to read the whole chapter to understand the context. What I feel is that there is a gradual, conscious effort to move from killing actual animal to his pratimA, and then in Jnana Kand, the ritual itself is dropped.

It is interesting to see it is BrAhmaNa. Adi Shankara quoted BrAhmaNa-s so they may contain deep meaning when all dots are joined.

Since I have not studied samhitA-s and BrAhmaNa-s, I cannot comment much on it. It is a general observation that there is gradual conscious step-by-step effort to lift one spiritually.

Hari OM