Pancha Mahayajnas
Hindu tradition has the Pancha Mahayajnas ("Five Great Yajnas", Taittiriya Aranyaka 2.10). These sacrifices are to be performed daily by all "householders" (married couples) daily to best of one's ability:
- Devayajna- worship of the gods (devas) through the twilight prayers (sandhya), aupasana, and agnihotra
- Pitryajna- offering libations to ancestors or pitrs
- Bhutayajna- offering food ("bali") to animals
- Manushyayajna- charitable offerings of food to fellow humans
- Brahmayajna- recitation of a section of one's Veda ("bráhman") in rotation
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