Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c15.s4.1
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c15.s4.1
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c15.s4.1
Dead bodies were cremated and shrines and stūpas (thūbha lena) were built over the ground in the Jain and the Buddhist age. The body was cremated with sandal wood, aguru, turukka, ghee and honey and after the flesh and the blood was consumed by fire, the bones were taken and the stūpas (ceiyathūbha)¹⁸³ were erected. Paying homage to the dead (maḍagapūyana) and mourning (runnasadda) are mentioned.¹⁸⁴