Motif
sacred river as place of rites for the departed
sacred_river_as_place_of_rites_for_the_departed
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family, within the sub-family Rivers, Watersides, and Washing the Dead. 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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Maha-bharata BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA / BOOK XI / SRADDHA; lines 6115-6263 confidence: high
Dhrita-rashtra and Yudhishthir walk to Ganga's shore; Ganga is described as sacred, and Kuru women and widows come there to render holy rites to departed chiefs.
After cremation the survivors go to Ganga's shore, and Kuru widows come there to render holy rites to departed chiefs.
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