History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.333.1

v5.c75.333.1

Funeral rites, see under 'Agnihotrin', 'cremation', 'child', 'deceased', 'mantras', 'satī', 'water', animal in, may be killed or donated or let off acc. to Āśvalāyana-gṛhya 209n, are same for all whose upanayana has been performed except that āhitāgni is cremated with the three Vedic fires, except that one who has smārta fire only is cremated with that fire and one who has neither of these with ordinary fire 210, couch on which corpse was carried was to be of *udumbara* wood 204, 206n, description of death and funeral rites of Gautama Buddha 234-235, differ in each Vedic Śākhā, though certain matters are common to all 190, earthenware vessel filled with water continuously and cooked rice at mid-day to be offered for the deceased's benefit 219, ethereal body was supposed to be built up by the piṇḍas offered to the deceased for ten days after death 221, for an āhitāgni in general 204-208;