An edition of The Hindu rite of entry into heaven (2019)

The Hindu rite of entry into heaven

and other essays on death and ancestors in Hinduism

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The Hindu rite of entry into heaven
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An edition of The Hindu rite of entry into heaven (2019)

The Hindu rite of entry into heaven

and other essays on death and ancestors in Hinduism

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"This book comprises a smorgasbord of essays on death, dying, funeral rituals, ancestor ceremonies, ghosts, and other subjects in the realm of Mrityu, the god of Death, and aparam, the Sanskrit and Telugu word for human End Time. The focus stretches from the Ṛg Veda to present-day Hinduism, textual and non-textual. The title of the book is that of the first essay, an ethnographic and Vedic/Classical Sanskrit textual study of the sapiṇḍa ritual that occurs on the twelfth day of a full-scale, textually accurate funeral. That field work was accomplished during a year-long study of funeral rituals in Varanasi, the ancient city of Kāśī where it is most auspicious for Hindus to die and be cremated in a final sacrifice of the body."--Back cover.

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Motilal Banarasidass Publishers Private Limited
Language
English
Pages
325

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Subjects
Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies, Hinduism, Rituals, Death, Ancestor worship

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Table of Contents

Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa : the Hindu rite of entry into heaven
Śrāddha
When a wife dies first : the mūsivāyanam and a female Brahman ritualist in coastal Andhra
Constructing a provisional body for the preta in Hindu funerals
Zur rolle des "provisorischen Körpers" für den Verstorbenen in hinduistichen Bestattungen
Hindu eschatology
Becoming Agni
Sowing for the grim reaper : gardens of the preta
Make that sesame on rice, please! : Appetites of the dead in Hinduism
Deities, devotion, and "the drop edge of yonder"
Jīrṇa : reflections of Andhra āhitāgnis on old age and dying
Bhūta
Hindu ancestor rituals
Searching beneath symbols : hidden agendas regarding death
Self-sacrifice
Frightening ghosts, affable ghosts
A review of John Bowker : The meanings of death
A review of Matthew Sayers : Feeding the dead : ancestor worship in ancient India.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

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Delhi, India
Series
Hindu tradition series -- number 8, Hindu tradition series -- number 8.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
294.5388
Library of Congress
BL1226.82.F86 K55 2019

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Pagination
xv, 325 pages
Number of pages
325

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44060968M
ISBN 10
8120842448
ISBN 13
9788120842441
LCCN
2019328569
OCLC/WorldCat
1089010966

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