Ahuti
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An offering substance given into the sacred fire during Havan — the correct substance varies by text, chapter, or verse.
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What is the step-by-step ritual protocol to protect a home from dark influence (Abhichara)?
A minimum of 41 days of oblation performed outside the home (or four rounds of 11 days), followed by nightly mustard-seed sprinkling and clove/camphor fumigation at home, with continued weekly oblation using either a deity's hundred names or, for those without any ritual mastery yet, the Hanuman Chalisa.
How is the daily Havan performed as part of the Batuk Bhairava ritual?
Nine of eleven prepared sesame-jaggery-ghee laddus are offered daily into a cow-dung-cake fire, each touched to the forehead and rotated counter-clockwise around the head before being offered with "Batukbhairavaya Namah," followed by pouring water clockwise around the fire three times and bowing to Bhairava.
What offering (Ahuti) substance is prescribed for each chapter of Durga Saptashati during Havan?
Devi Rahasya and Maricha Kalpa prescribe a different offering substance per chapter — honey, guggulu, ghee, sandalwood and rice, banana or sugarcane, red sandalwood, kheer, and gorochana, moving from chapter 1 through chapter 13.
Are Shakalya offerings allowed during the 'Uvacha' verses of Durga Saptashati Havan?
No — Shakalya (herbal-mix) offerings are prohibited during the Uvacha verses (Rishi, Raja, Devi, Doota Uvacha); the primary offerer gives ghee instead, while others offer fruit, betel leaf, or honey.
How should Havan offerings be made for the Kavach, Argala, and Kilaka texts?
Kavach uses the individual name-mantras of the Nine Durgas or named powers, not its full verses; Argala uses nine Ahutis with only its first mantra; Kilaka uses only its first mantra, dedicated to Shiva; the Rahasya texts get no Havan offerings at all.
What is the concluding procedure on Raksha Bandhan for the Kubera Sadhana?
Offer 13 betel-leaf rolls to Kubera and 5 to Shiva, pray for legitimate wealth rather than acting on any dreams of buried treasure, then store the ritual items permanently in a wooden, sandalwood, or silver box and repeat the practice each Shravana.
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