Satapatha Bramhana Part 02

SR No.: 007678
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1885
Total Pages: 2521
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 44 MB

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SECT. I. PT. III.
THE THAN KUNG.
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confusion', and therefore the hall is curtained off. After the slighter dressing, the curtain is removed.'
12. With regard to the offerings to the dead at the time of the slighter dressing, Zze-yd said that they should be placed on the east (of the corpse). 3ăngzze said, “They should be placed on the west, on the mat there at the time of the dressing. The placing the offerings on the west at the time of the slighter dressing was an error of the later times of La.
13. Hsien-zze said, 'To have the mourning robe of coarse dolichos cloth, and the lower garment of fine linen with a wide texture, was not (the way of) antiquity.'
14. When 3ze-phù died, the wailers called out his name Mieh. Zze-kao said, 'So rude and uncultivated are they! On this they changed their style.
15. At the mourning rites for the mother of Ta Khião no one was employed in the house to assist (the son in the ceremonies), which was accounted a careless omission.
16. The Master said, 'As soon as a death occurs, (the members of the family) should change their lambskin furs and dark-coloured caps, though they may do nothing more. The Master did not pay a visit of condolence in these articles of dress.
17. 3ze-yd asked about the articles to be provided for the mourning rites, and the Master said, 'They should be according to the means of the family.'
Settling places for the wailers, &c. But this explanation is deemed unsatisfactory.
* The name was used only in calling the spirit back immediately after death; the wailing was a subsequent thing.
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