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the body gives a clue to the soul and it starts believing about the death of the body. The mantras of the Antyesti Samskaras have messages to the soul about what it should be doing and how to go about further on. The whole prakriya (the process) takes 11-13 days. Since a Hindu consecrates his entire life through the performance of various sacraments at suitable stages, at his death, his survivors consecrate the event by death rites for his future good and spiritual felicity. Though performed after a man's death, this sacrament is no less important, because for a Hindu, the value of the next world is higher than that of the present. |
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