[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.116 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.116 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.116 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.116) Agni-dagdha.—This epithet (‘burnt with fire’)¹ applies to the dead who were burned on the funeral pyre. This is one of the two normal methods of disposing of the dead, the other being burial (\*an-agnidagdhāḥ\*, ‘not burnt with fire’).² The Atharvaveda³ adds two further modes of disposal to those—viz., casting out (\*paroptāḥ\*), and the exposure of the dead (\*uddhitāḥ\*). The exact sense of these expressions is doubtful. Zimmer⁴ considers that the former is a parallel to the Iranian practice of casting out the dead to be devoured by beasts, and that the latter refers to the old who are exposed when helpless.⁵ Whitney⁶ refers the latter expression to the exposure of the dead body on a raised platform of some sort. - [Previous: v1.c3.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.115) - [Next: v1.c3.117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.117) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.116) · Pramāṇa