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  2. Shmashana - Wikipedia

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    A shmashana (Sanskrit: श्मशान, romanized: śmaśāna) is a Hindu crematory ground, where dead bodies are brought to be burnt on a pyre. It is usually located near a river or body of water on the outskirts of a village or town; as they are usually located near river ghats, they are also regionally called smashan ghats.

  3. Shmashana Adhipati - Wikipedia

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    An epithet of Shiva is "inhabitant of the cremation ground" (Sanskrit: śmaśānavāsin, also spelled shmashanavasin), referring to this connection. [1] Kali, his consort, is known by another name, Shmashana Kali. Kali's association with blackness stands in contrast to her consort, Shiva, whose body is covered by the white ashes of the ...

  4. Indian rituals after death - Wikipedia

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    The cremation ground is called Shmashana (in Sanskrit), and traditionally it is located near a river, if not on the river bank itself.Those who can afford it may go to special sacred places like Kashi (), Haridwar, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Srirangam, Brahmaputra on the occasion of Ashokashtami and Rameswaram to complete this rite of immersion of ashes into the water.

  5. Antyesti - Wikipedia

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    The cremation ground is called Shmashana (in Sanskrit) or "Shoshan" in Bengali, and it is located near a river, if not on the river bank itself. Those who can afford it may go to special sacred places like Puri , Gaya , Varanasi , Haridwar , Prayagraj , Srirangam , Brahmaputra on the occasion of Ashokashtami and Rameswaram to complete this rite ...

  6. Charnel ground - Wikipedia

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    A dancing gana, Dashavatara temple, Deogarh. A charnel ground (Sanskrit: श्मशान; IAST: śmaśāna; Tibetan pronunciation: durtrö; Tibetan: དུར་ཁྲོད, Wylie: dur khrod) [1] is an above-ground site for the putrefaction of bodies, generally human, where formerly living tissue is left to decompose uncovered.

  7. Samskara (rite of passage) - Wikipedia

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    Upanayana (IAST:Upanayana, Sanskrit: उपनयन) literally means "the act of leading to or near". [67] It is an important and widely discussed samskara in ancient Sanskrit text. [68] The rite of passage symbolizes the leading or drawing towards the self of a child, in a school, by a teacher. [67]

  8. Tragic life: Vimi's dead body was pushed in a thela to the ...

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    Vimi’s accidental entry in the show biz was surprising, unconventional, and also unfortunate, for this one move proved to be the beginning of her tragic end. Chopra’s detachment prompted her ...

  9. Kali - Wikipedia

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    Kali (/ ˈ k ɑː l iː /; Sanskrit: काली, IAST: Kālī), also called Kalika, is a major goddess in Hinduism, primarily associated with time, death and destruction. Kali is also connected with transcendental knowledge and is the first of the ten Mahavidyas , a group of goddesses who provide liberating knowledge.