History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.27

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.27

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v5.c73.27

It was supposed that the departed spirit, after the cremation of the body, was endowed with an ethereal body and became associated with Yama, the gatherer of departed men (Ṛg. X. 14. 1 and 8, X. 15. 14, X. 16 5), and with pitṛs. The departed spirit went to the world of the *pitṛs* and Agni was implored to take the spirit to the world of the departed whose deeds were good and to the stride of Viṣṇu (Ṛg. X. 14. 9, X. 15. 3, X. 16. 4).

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Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit