History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.976

v5.c75.976

Souls, see under 'funeral rites', 'piṇḍas'; after the death of the body are supposed to assume a body called ātivāhika, that such a body is secured by human beings alone and not by other beings 265; bodies that s. secure after death are called ātivāhika by some and yātanīyā by others 266, of departed persons who offered sacrifices when living become shining stars in the firmament 157, 166; supposed to take on a new bright body on cremation in Ṛgveda 193, 342; survival of, after death of body, is emphatically asserted in Tai. Br. 157