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# Garudapurana 2.28.7

Garuḍapurāṇa 2.28.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.7)

bhūmyāṃ prakṣipyate kasmātpañcaratnaṃ kuto mukhe /  
adhastācca tilā darbhāḥ pādau yāmyāṃ vyavasthitāḥ //

> Why is \[the dying person\] placed upon the ground, and why the five gems in the mouth, / and beneath him sesame and darbha-grass, with both feet directed toward the south?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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