The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s4.30

v1.c8.s4.30

The 'Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa', XIII. 8. 1. 5 distinguishes between the four cornered (daiva) and the round (āsurya) sepulchral mound, the square being made by those who know the three Vedas and the circular by the easterners and northerners. These mounds were lined with stone. The rites for the dead have their own place apart from those of sacrifice (yajña) and of worship (pūjā). The Śmaśānacit, the mound for the dead has its definite characteristics ('Āpastamba Śr. Sūtra', XXXI. 5. 72).