user-1: Why Buddha praises the vedic Agnihotra as the foremost sacrifice and the Gayatri mantra as the foremost meter in the Pali Canon?

aggihuttamukhā yaññā sāvittī chandaso mukham.
Sacrifices have the agnihotra as foremost; of meter the foremost is
  the Sāvitrī

"On the Buddha's Use of Some Brahmanical Motifs in Pali Texts"

user10100: Your quoted text is from M.N. Selasutta, that buddha taught to selabrahmaṇa:

aggihuttamukhā yaññā sāvittī chandaso mukham.
Sacrifices have the agnihotra as foremost; of meter the foremost is the Sāvitrī

So, buddha didn't taught veda. Buddha just use selabrahmaṇa's knowledge, veda, to teach him the last line:

puññaṃ ākaṅkhamānānaṃ, saṅgho ve yajataṃ mukha’’nti
Saṅgha is the best foremost of wholesome-mind developers.

This last line is the real buddha's teaching. Your quoted line, veda, was used by buddha just as a simile, as a tool to make selabrahmmaṇa understand the last line.
Your quote is similar: it references an example of brahmaṇa-people's best thing, to show sela-brahmaṇa how the last line is the best. Only that last line is the buddha's teaching; your quote is just a borrowed example, which buddha borrowed from brahmaṇa's veda, to teach  sela-brahmaṇa the last line.
How can you teach a new language to a foreigner? You use their already-known language to teach them new language, right? That is what buddha did.

-1: <p>Why Buddha praises the vedic Agnihotra as the foremost sacrifice and the Gayatri mantra as the foremost meter in the Pali Canon?</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>aggihuttamukhā yaññā sāvittī chandaso mukham.</p>
  
  <p>Sacrifices have the agnihotra as foremost; of meter the foremost is
  the Sāvitrī</p>
</blockquote>

<p><a href="http://jocbs.org/index.php/jocbs/article/view/76/96" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"On the Buddha's Use of Some Brahmanical Motifs in Pali Texts"</a></p>
 10100: <p>Your quoted text is from <a href="https://suttacentral.net/pi/mn92" rel="nofollow noreferrer">M.N. Selasutta</a>, that buddha taught to sela<strong>brahmaṇa</strong>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>aggihuttamukhā yaññā sāvittī chandaso mukham.</p>
  
  <p>Sacrifices have the agnihotra as foremost; of meter the foremost is the Sāvitrī</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So, buddha didn't taught veda. Buddha just use sela<strong>brahmaṇa</strong>'s knowledge, veda, to teach him the last line:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>puññaṃ ākaṅkhamānānaṃ, saṅgho ve yajataṃ mukha’’nti</p>
  
  <p>Saṅgha is the best foremost of wholesome-mind developers.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This last line is the real buddha's teaching. Your quoted line, veda, was used by buddha just as a simile, as a tool to make selabrahmmaṇa understand the last line.</p>

<p>Your quote is similar: it references an example of brahmaṇa-people's best thing, to show sela-brahmaṇa how the last line is the best. Only that last line is the buddha's teaching; your quote is just a borrowed example, which buddha borrowed from brahmaṇa's veda, to teach  sela-brahmaṇa the last line.</p>

<p><strong>How can you teach a new language to a foreigner? You use their already-known language to teach them new language, right? That is what buddha did.</strong></p>
