ABSTRACT
CERTAIN features of Hindu ritual; its frequent sacrificial fires or hom lighted with manifold objects; its fire-festivals of Divaāī and Hoīi, and finally the strict code of rules that guides the conduct of the Agnihotrl in his worship of fire, emphasize the Hindu’s reverence for fire. The Muhammadan’s respect for fire is not so obvious, but he has many practices which entail a following of injunctions similar to those of the sacred books of Hinduism.
