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Pakayajna, Sacrifice
Pakayajna is a sacrifice in which the food or the prasad is offered to one that may be made by a Siidra.

Pakayajna is a sacrifice in which the food or the prasad is offered to one that may be made by a Siidra.

Pakayajna means either the worship of the Viswadevas, the rites of hospitality, or occasional oblations, as building a house, the birth of child, or any occasion of rejoicing.

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(Last Updated on : 23/09/2009)
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