Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c7.95
Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c7.95
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c7.95
At puberty a girl is secluded in a hut made by her brother or her husband; and, on the last day of her isolation, her clothes and the hut are burned. The dead are buried, the corpse being carried to the grave wrapped in cloth. Before it is lowered into the grave all throw rice over the eyes and a man of a different sect places four annas in the mouth. Fire is also carried to the grave by the son and food is left there. Some place a chicken and a small portion of salt in the armpit of the corpse.