Native Life in India; Being Sketches of the Social And Religious Characteristics of the Hindus
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The male relatives alone follow the body, the females remaining in the house. If a person of distinction dies, cloths are placed on the ground over which the procession passes, the cloths being repeatedly taken up and placed before it. When the dead body has arrived at the burning-place, it is placed, with the head towards the north, on the funeral pyre, which has in the meantime been prepared. The eldest 70 NATIVE LIFE IN INDIA.
son then walks three times round the pyre with a torch in his han...d and a pot of water on his shoulder. After this he applies the torch to the wood — in the direction of the head if the deceased is a male, but in the direction of the feet if a female.
At the same time he lets the pot drop from his shoulder, so that it breaks and the water falls on the ground. He then bathes in water close by, and returns home without looking round, so that the deceased's sin may not fall on his head. The re- maining ceremonies are performed by corpse burn- ers hired for the purpose.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The male relatives alone follow the body, the females remaining in the house. If a person of distinction dies, cloths are placed on the ground over which the procession passes, the cloths being repeatedly taken up and placed before it. When the dead body has arrived at the burning-place, it is placed, with the head towards the north, on the funeral pyre, which has in the meantime been prepared. The eldest 70 NATIVE LIFE IN INDIA.
son then walks three times round the pyre with a torch in his han...d and a pot of water on his shoulder. After this he applies the torch to the wood — in the direction of the head if the deceased is a male, but in the direction of the feet if a female.
At the same time he lets the pot drop from his shoulder, so that it breaks and the water falls on the ground. He then bathes in water close by, and returns home without looking round, so that the deceased's sin may not fall on his head. The re- maining ceremonies are performed by corpse burn- ers hired for the purpose.
What to read after Native Life in India; Being Sketches of the Social And Religious Characteristics of the Hindus?
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