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Re: why cremation?
In article <4gd7j4$qjm@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
<uftfarooq@msuvx2.memphis.edu> wrote:
>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
i am not answering the quesiton but just adding a comment:
Not all hindus are cremated:most are ;but some are burried.
The sanyasis, yogis, and some others ( i do not know who
qualify for what: may be infant children, and some small pox victims
etc) are not cremated but burried.
i guess manu dictates this!
