Mrtyu: Concept of Death in Indian Traditions Transformation of the Body and Funeral Rites
Filippi, Gian Giuseppe
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Book ID : 3104
ISBN-10 : 81-246-0072-4 / 8124600724
ISBN-13 : 978-81-246-0072-6 / 9788124600726
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2005
Edition : (Second Revised Edition)
Language : English
xiii, 258p., Abb., 8 Col. Plts., Gloss., Bib., Index, 23 cm. (First published in 1996) (Reconstruction Indian History & Culture No.11)
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Yama, in Hindu mythology, is the eschatologist and god of death. And is, thus, dreaded. Even in today's India, there is a fearful hesitancy, if not conscious avoidance, of any talk about him. Yet, paradoxically, the phenomenon of death does not evoke a similar fear in the Indian psyche-accepted, as it is, a natural event a part of life: just like poverty sickness and old age.
