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Preface It pleased His Excellency the Earl of Ronaldshay

Preface IN 1955 I VISITED for the first time a traditional Nambudiri Brahmin home in a small village in southwest India

Agni (2 Vols.) Motilal Banarsidass Raamaayana is a book ofThe first volume of Agni: The Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar, discusses the place of the Agnicayana in the Vedic srauta tradition, its textual loci, traditional and modern interpretations of its origins and significance, and an overview of the Nambudiri Vedic tradition. The bulk of the volume, written in close collaboration with C. V. Somayajipad and M. Itti Ravi Nambudiri, is devoted to a detailed description of the 198\75 twelve day performance,