Motif
Challenge to afterlife and ritual efficacy
challenge_to_afterlife_and_ritual_efficacy
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto C. The Meeting. / Canto CI. Bharata Questioned. / Canto CIII. The Funeral Libation. / Canto CIV. The Meeting With The Queens.; lines 24713-24863 confidence: high
Jāvāli says the departed king is separate from Rāma and has no right over him; he says death is common, duty brings suffering, and funeral food is wasted because the dead cannot taste it.
Jāvāli denies that the dead can benefit from offerings, says there is no future life, and advises Rāma to dismiss unseen things.
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