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What is the difference between yagna, yaaga and Homam?

Naga Vemprala
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    Yaga and Yagya are just different English spellings of the Sanskrit word Yagna. A Homa is small Yagna typically performed at home, as opposed to the elaborate Yagnas done in public. – Keshav Srinivasan May 27 '15 at 21:42
  • but is there any difference between the procedures? – Naga Vemprala May 27 '15 at 21:49
  • Sudarshana yagam was performed at Thirumala sometime back. Recently I heard some people performed Sudarshana homam at home. Will both give the same benefits ? – Naga Vemprala May 27 '15 at 21:51
  • Yeah, Sudarshana Yagam and Sudarshana Homam are different names for the same ritual. – Keshav Srinivasan May 27 '15 at 22:14
  • from this wiki link, the difference is blur between yagna and Homam and rather they are interchangeable in present time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homa_(ritual) – AADHinduism May 28 '15 at 08:51
  • Hi, I'm still not very clear on differences between Homa and Yagnam and Yagam. Kindly clarify. – venkat Sep 19 '15 at 06:43
  • Who is the Lord for Yagna as per vedam? – venkat Sep 19 '15 at 06:44
  • In Hindi they pronounce yagya in Marathi and Sanskrit it is yagnya –  Dec 13 '15 at 02:01
  • Someone earlier told me that a Yagyam (Yagya) is a detailed version of Homam. Homam are usually done in small time interval, usually around 1-3 hours. Yagyam are something that extends to about a year. Also the process is totally different, if am not wrong. I'm extremely curious to know the difference and shall update if I come to know in future :) – Harry Sep 17 '23 at 05:42

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Sri Kandadai Ramanujacharya while answering What is Ishti? (e.g., putra-kama-ishti) in this episode of Telugu Bhakthi TV program Dharma Sandehalu says the following:

That which fulfills your desire is called Ishti. In a broader sense ishti is a yajna but when the yajna is done for just a few hours in a single day to fulfill one's minor desires, it is called ishti. Ishti is done to please the God that can fulfill those particular desires.

The different yajna's depending on the actual time you spend on them are classified as:

  1. Ishti (1 or 2 hours, e.g., Lakshmi-Narayana Ishti, Sudarshana Ishti, Narasimha Ishti, Hayagriva Ishti (for better studies), Vishwaksena Ishti (to remove obstacles) and Vaibhava Ishti (for wealth)

  2. Homam (1 day)

  3. Yajna (3, 5, 11 days or 3 months)

  4. Maha-yaagam (1 or 2 months)

  5. Advaram (6 months or 1 year)

  6. Satram (50, 100, 500 years or 1000 years)

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