Question

A Prayer to Agni
Here are two verses from the Rigueda invoking Agni, the god of fire: Bring, O strong one, this sacrifice of outs lo the gods. O wise one, as a liberal giver. Bestow on us, O priest, abundant food. Agni, obtain, by sacrificing, mighty wealth for us. Procure, O Agni, for ever to him who prays to you (the gift of) noutishment, the wonderful cow. May a son be ours offspring that continues out line.
Versus such as these were composed in a special kind of Sanskrit, known as Vedic Sanskrit. They were taught orally to men belonging to priestly families.
Explain any two Vedic traditions of religious beliefs and practices.

Answer 1

The principal deities of the Vedic pantheon, Agni, Indra and Soma, become marginal figures, rarely visible in textual or visual representations.
2.Those who valucd the Vedic tradition often condemned practices that went beyond the closely regulated contact with the divine through the performance of sacrifices or precisely chanted mantras.