In the conclusion of his article at the end of this book, Harry Shorto gives cogent reasons why in Burma the south-east should be the most sacred and propitious point of the compass: it is associated with live birth and auspicious death i.e. rebirth and hence, presumably with a circular and cyclical conception of human life which finds in its end its beginning.
An edition of Natural Symbols in South East Asia (Collected Papers in Oriental and African Studies)
(1978)
Natural symbols in South East Asia
by G. B. Milner
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Natural Symbols in South East Asia (Collected Papers in Oriental and African Studies)
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Natural symbols in South East Asia
1978, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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