History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.209

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165-167 and 168-171 for descriptions of the joys of heaven in the Vedic literature, the Epic and the Purānas. From considerations of space the remarks will have to be brief. In Ṛg. IX. 113. 7-11 the sage prays to Soma to place him in that immortal world where there is continuous light, where all desires are fulfilled, where there are joys of various grades Heaven was deemed to be the place where the souls of valiant men that fought battles and sacrificed their lives went (Ṛg. VI. 46. 12) and in Ṛg. X. 154. 2-4 the soul of the dead is asked to join those departed men that had become invincible by great *tapas*, that had died in battle, that had made gifts of a thousand cows, that had led a life of right and virtue and that were wise sages