why cremation?

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• Subject: why cremation?
• From: uftfarooq@msuvx2.memphis.edu
• Date: 19 Feb 96 00:28:18 -0500
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• Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
• Organization: The University of Memphis

I was wondering about the significance of cremation after death.. is this a
religious or cultural practice? if religious, what is the motivation behind the
practice? and, does this somehow relate to the notion of reincarnation.

F. Farooq
 

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