Spēništa — hearth fire

Household and sustaining flame

Spēništa is shown at the heart region as the body's visual hearth, a mnemonic for the sustaining household flame in the five-fire list. This placement is an editorial metaphor for warmth and continuity and does not equate ritual fire with cardiac function.

Ātar Berezi-Savah — exalted fireVohufryana — fire in living bodiesUrvāzišta — vegetative fireVāzišta — storm fireSpēništa — hearth fireSpēništa — hearth fire

Point 5 of 5 in Zoroastrian Five Fires

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Bundahišn (Zand-Āgāhīh), Greater Bundahišn chapter 17 (primary_canonical)

Chapter 17 includes Spēništa among the five fires and associates it with the household fire; the heart-region placement is a symbolic hearth analogy, not a textual cardiac location.

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