oblation

• In its aspect of the great oblation, the Holy Communion may be considered as prayer in its most intense and highest form. —  The Life of the Waiting Soul in the Intermediate State
• The quality of goodness arises from that portion of the fire into which the oblation is poured. —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
• The sixth son is called the great Swishtakrit; for by him oblations became swishta (su, excellently, and ishta, offered) and the udagdhara oblation is always made in his honour. —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
• And the fire to whom with Indra, the Agrayana oblation is enjoined to be made is called the Agrayana fire. —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
• 9. 2 The deeper significance of Agni-worship is found not alone in the fact that he is the god in whom are the other gods, nor in that he is the sun alone, but that "I am Agni, immortality is in my mouth; threefold my light, eternal fire, my name the oblation (fire)," iii. —  The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow

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