pramontha

Updated: May 3, 2025

They took a branch of soft wood, arani, and passing a thong around a branch of hard wood, pramontha, they caused it to revolve rapidly in a cavity in the arani, and thus evoked the god Agni, whom they nourished with libations of clarified butter, soma.

Various - Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883