The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c34.s2.80

v2.c34.s2.80

With the conception of the removal of the spirit to a greater distance is often conjoined with primitive peoples⁶ the idea of the final burial of the body which has been provisionally buried. In the Vedic funeral ritual there are different stages of the process of disposal of the dead to be noted, but the ritual does not reveal, as we have it, any trace of this conception of the removal of the Preta to the sphere of the Fathers as connected with the different progress of the burial rites. If the connexion existed, as it may well have done, it is not proved for India by the available authorities.