Encyclopedia - Cremation: Encyclopedia - Cremation
Cremation is the practice of disposing of a corpse by burning. This often takes place in a crematorium or crematory. Cremation and burial...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cremation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cremation - Reasons For Choosing Cremation
People choose cremation for a variety of reasons, including religious reasons, other personal reasons, environmental reasons, and cost. F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cremation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cremation - Cremation Process
Cremation - Cremation furnace. The place where the cremation takes place is called crematorium. The crematorium consists of one or more...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Bound By A Common And Rich Heritage
Kabir, the inspired poet weaver of northern India, declared that there was neither Hindu nor Muslim, but only man as the embodiment of...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Rituals: The Ten Scriptural Samskaras
The rites that pertain to the stages of life of man are called Samskaras. The Samskaras are purificatory rites which sanctify the life of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Body: Encyclopedia - Body
With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual, and contrasts with soul, personality and behavio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cremation: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Cremation
cremation: Dahana. Burning of the dead. Cremation is the traditional system of disposing of bodily remains, having the positive effect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coffin: Encyclopedia - Coffin
A coffin (in North American English, also known as a casket) is a funerary box used in the display and containment of deceased remains --...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burial: Encyclopedia - Burial
Burial, also called interment and (when applied to human burial) inhumation, is the act of placing a person or object into the ground. Us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Bereavement: Encyclopedia - Jewish Bereavement
Everything that Jews do regarding death is for one of two reasons: respect for the dead (kavod ha-met) or to console those left behind (n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Furnace: Encyclopedia - Furnace
A furnace is a device used for heating. In American English, the term furnace on its own is generally used to describe household heating ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melli: Encyclopedia - Melli
Melli (also spelt Malli) is a town on the West Bengal-Sikkim border on the River Teesta. The appellation Melli in Nepali means the place ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Rituals After Death: Encyclopedia - Dharmic Rituals After Death
The rituals prescribed in Dharmic religions after the death of a human being, for his or her peace and ascent to heaven are: Niravapanja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columbarium: Encyclopedia - Columbarium
A columbarium is a place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns (i.e. urns holding a deceased’s cremated remain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mourning: Encyclopedia - Mourning
Mourning is in the simplest sense synonymous with grief over the death of someone. The word is also used to describe a cultural complex o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vibhuti: Encyclopedia - Vibhuti
Vibhuti is the name for sacred ash used in religious worship in Hinduism, especially connected with Lord Shiva. The ash has several symbo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sadhana: Encyclopedia - Sadhana
Sadhana means spiritual exercise by a Sadhu or a Sadhaka to attain a desired goal. The goal of sadhana is to attain some stage, which ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Urn: Encyclopedia - Urn
An urn is a vase, ordinarily covered and without handles that usually has a narrowed neck above a footed pedestal. Knife urns on pedestal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Batesville Casket Company: Encyclopedia - Batesville Casket Company
Batesville Casket Company is a manufacturer of caskets and cremation urns. The company is a subsidiary of Hillenbrand Industries. Batesvi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bowl Barrow: Encyclopedia - Bowl Barrow
A bowl barrow, sometimes referred to as a cairn circle, cairn ring, howe, kerb cairn, tump or rotunda grave is a type of tumulus first id...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chambered Cairn: Encyclopedia - Chambered Cairn
A chambered cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a cairn of stones inside which a sizeable...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cemetery H Culture: Encyclopedia - Cemetery H Culture
The Cemetery H culture developed out of the northern part of the Indus Valley Civilization around 1900 BC, in and around the Punjab regio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catacombs Of Rome: Encyclopedia - Catacombs Of Rome
The Catacombs of Rome are ancient Christian underground burial places near Rome, Italy. Etruscans used to bury their dead in underground ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wessex Culture: Encyclopedia - Wessex Culture
The Wessex culture is a name given to the predominant prehistoric culture of southern Britain during the Bronze Age. It should not be con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Price Doctor: Encyclopedia - William Price Doctor
Dr. William Price (1800 – 23 January 1893) of Pontypridd, South Wales, was a physician and a famous eccentric, best known for introduci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Villanovan Culture: Encyclopedia - Villanovan Culture
The Villanovan culture was the earliest Iron Age culture of central and northern Italy, abruptly following the Bronze Age Terramare cultu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cremation: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cremation
Cremation Since the last quarter of the 19th century, the practice of cremation has gained acceptance in America and many European cou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coffin: Encyclopedia Ii - Coffin - Cremation Coffins
With the resurgence of cremation in the Western world, manufacturers have begun providing options for those who choose cremation. For a d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ajay Ahuja: Encyclopedia Ii - Ajay Ahuja - Return And Cremation
While both India and Pakistan remained rigid in their own beliefs, Ahuja had turned into a great hero and martyr in the eyes of the India...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burial: Encyclopedia Ii - Burial - Burial Practices
In many human cultures throughout history, human corpses were usually buried in soil. Burial grounds have been uncovered all over the wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tri-state Crematory: Encyclopedia Ii - Tri-state Crematory - Background
The crematorium was founded by Ray Marsh in the mid-1970s and was located in the Noble community in northwest Georgia, north of the city ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Bereavement: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Bereavement - Burial
The Torah requires burial, even for executed criminals (Deut. 21:23). Jews are buried in caskets that aren't hermetically sealed. Man was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coffin: Encyclopedia Ii - Coffin - Practices
Any box used to bury the dead in is a coffin. Use of the word "casket" in this sense is a North American euphemism, introduced by the und...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coffin: Encyclopedia Ii - Coffin - Casket Industry
In the United States, a number of companies produce caskets. Some manufactures do not sell directly to the public, and only work with lic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coffin: Encyclopedia Ii - Coffin - Use By The Living
A few eccentric individuals sleep in coffins, usually as an affectation or deliberate taboo-breaking. With the lid closed, the coffin pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tri-state Crematory: Encyclopedia Ii - Tri-state Crematory - Discovery And Identification Of The Remains
In early 2002 the Environmental Protection Agency office in Atlanta received an anonymous tip that something was amiss at Tri-State. It s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ajay Ahuja: Encyclopedia Ii - Ajay Ahuja - Early Life And Career
Ajay Ahuja was born in Kota, Rajasthan. He graduated from the National Defence Academy (India) and was commissioned a fighter pilot on Ju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ajay Ahuja: Encyclopedia Ii - Ajay Ahuja - War Operations
On May 27, 1999, as part of Operation Safed Sagar in Kargil, a photo reconnaissance mission was launched over the Indian side of the line...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ajay Ahuja: Encyclopedia Ii - Ajay Ahuja - Circumstances Of Death
According to the data released by the IAF, Ahuja's aircraft had been within the Indian side of the Line of Control, a ceasefire line and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ajay Ahuja: Encyclopedia Ii - Ajay Ahuja - Commemoration
Ahuja remains a great hero in the eyes of India's people, and his widow and family are often honored guests at patriotic public events an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burial: Encyclopedia Ii - Burial - Reasons For Human Burial
Rotting corpses emit unpleasant odors (due to gases released by bacterial decomposition) and look gruesome. Burial prevents the living fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Funeral: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Funeral - Death-related Words In Japanese
Japanese has a large number of different words related to death. Not all of these are still commonly used in Japan. jisatsu for suicide ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Funeral: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Funeral - Modern Funerals
Japanese funeral - After death. While Japan has a mixture of Shinto and Buddhist beliefs, funerals are almost always Buddhist ceremonie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Furnace: Encyclopedia Ii - Furnace - Industrial Furnaces
A furnace or direct fired heater, is an equipment used to provide heat for a process or can serve as reactor which provides heats of reac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Funeral: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Funeral - Japanese Funeral Industry
Funerals in Japan are among the most expensive funerals in the world. The average cost of a Japanese funeral is about 1,5 Mil. Yen (USD 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burial: Encyclopedia Ii - Burial - Alternatives To Burial
Not all cultures bury their dead, and many of those that do bury their dead do not do so in all cases. Alternatives include: Burial at s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Funeral: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Funeral - History
In Japanese history, famous leaders were often buried in tombs. The oldest known burial chamber was that built between 230 BC and 220 BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burial: Encyclopedia Ii - Burial - Exhumation
The digging up of a buried body is called exhumation, and is considered sacrilege by most cultures that bury their dead. However, there i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Funeral: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Funeral - Trivia
Many companies have company graves in the largest graveyard in Japan, Okuno-In on Mount Koya, burial place of Kukai (774 - 835). These gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burial: Encyclopedia Ii - Burial - Alternatives To Burial
Human bodies are not always buried, and many cultures may not bury their dead in every case. Alternatives to burial include the following...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - Settlement Of Dead Human Bodies
In most cultures, before the onset of significant decay, the body undergoes some type of ritual disposal, usually either cremation or dep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burial: Encyclopedia Ii - Burial - Reasons For Human Burial
After death, the corpse will start to decay and emit unpleasant odors due to the gases released by bacterial decomposition. Burial preven...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Bereavement: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Bereavement - Days Of Memorial
Jewish bereavement - Yahrzeit. Yahrzeit or Yohr Tzeit, יארצייט, means "Time (of) Year" in Yiddish. The word is also used by non-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Bereavement: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Bereavement - Death And Dying
Everything that Jews do regarding death is for one of two reasons: respect for the dead (kavod ha-met) or to console those left behind (n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Bereavement: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Bereavement - Preparing The Body
In preparing the body, it must first go through the ritual of tahara, or purification. The body is thoroughly cleansed of dirt, body flui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Bereavement: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Bereavement - Funeral Service
Observant Jews do not have "open casket" services. Typically, when the funeral service has ended the mourners, starting with the immediat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Bereavement: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Bereavement - Community
Jewish bereavement - Chevra kadisha. A chevra kadisha (heb.: lit. "burial society") is a loosely structured but generally closed organi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Bereavement: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Bereavement - Visiting The Gravesite
It's customary to visit the cemetery on fast days (Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim 559:10) and before Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (581:4, 60...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Bereavement: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Bereavement - Memorial Through Prayer
Jewish bereavement - Mourner's Kaddish. Kaddish Yatom (heb. קדיש יתום lit. "Orphan's Kaddish") or the "Mourner's" Kaddish, said...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Furnace: Encyclopedia Ii - Furnace - Household Furnaces
A household furnace is a major appliance that is permanently installed to provide heat to an interior space through intermediary fluid mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Furnace: Encyclopedia Ii - Furnace - Metallurgical Furnaces
In metallurgy, several specialised furnaces are used. These include: Furnaces used in smelters, including: The blast furnace, used to r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dakhma: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dakhma
Dakhma (Avestan) (from dag to burn, cremate, brand)   A funeral or cremation building of the Parsis; the Tower of Silence. &nbs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phoebe Buffay's Songs: Encyclopedia Ii - Phoebe Buffay's Songs - Songs Actually Performed
Phoebe Buffay's songs - A Few of My Favorite Things. (Season 1, Episode 1, TOW Monica Gets A New Roommate) Raindrops on roses and rabbi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Smashanam: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Smashanam
Smashanam: Smashanam. Cremation ground.   (See also: Smashanam , Tantra, Tantra Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Kesa: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Kesa
Kesa: Symbolic robe of the transmission from a master to a disciple. Traditionally, Buddha made his kolomo from sheets used to wrap bo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dhatu: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Dhatu
Dhatu (Pali). Relics of Buddha’s body collected after his cremation.   (See also: Dhatu , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sraddha: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Sraddha
sraddha: ceremonies for the deceased in the twelve days following cremation   (See also: sraddha , Hinduism, Hinduism Diction...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Funeral Rites: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Funeral Rites
funeral rites: See: cremation, bone-gathering, samskaras of later life, funeral rituals. (See also: Funeral rites , Hinduism, Body ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahasamadhi Day:: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Mahasamadhi Day:
mahasamadhi day: Anniversary of the transition of a great soul. See: cremation, death, reincarnation, samadhi, transition. (See also...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bone-gathering: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Bone-gathering
bone-gathering: Asthisanchaya. Part of Hindu funeral rites. About twelve hours after cremation, family men return to the cremation sit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bone-gathering: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Bone-gathering
bone-gathering: Asthisanchaya. Part of Hindu funeral rites. About twelve hours after cremation, family men return to the cremation sit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terri Schiavo: Encyclopedia Ii - Terri Schiavo - Memorial
Schiavo's body was cremated following the autopsy. Her parents offered a memorial Mass for her at the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terri Schiavo: Encyclopedia Ii - Terri Schiavo - Memorial
Schiavo's body was cremated following the autopsy. Her parents offered a memorial Mass for her at the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Davy Crockett: Encyclopedia Ii - Davy Crockett - Crockett's Funeral
Most sources indicate Crockett and all the Alamo defenders were cremated en masse. Crockett was cremated when he died and his ashes were ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Grave Goods: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Grave Goods
GRAVE GOODS: is NOT stuff dug up from graves!!! or grave stones!!! This is a collection of memorabilia, collected for someone who has ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Bereavement: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Bereavement - Mourning
The mourners traditionally make a tear in an outer garment (keriah), which is not mended for the duration of the shiv'ah week. For the sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Holocaust Denial: Encyclopedia Ii - Holocaust Denial - Beliefs Of Holocaust Deniers
Holocaust deniers make the following claims, though not all Holocaust deniers make all of the claims listed: Nazis did not use gas chamb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dhatu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dhatu
Dhatu (Sanskrit) Constituent part, ingredient; an equivalent to mahabhuta (element), the range or plane of primeval matter, five usual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scottish People: Encyclopedia Ii - Scottish People - A Complex Heritage
The Beaker People were the first documented cultural group in Britain. They were skilled at making ornaments from gold, and examples of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mourning: Encyclopedia Ii - Mourning - Social Customs And Dress
Mourning - Western Europe to the 19th Century. The custom of wearing unadorned black clothing for mourning dates back at least to the R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mourning: Encyclopedia Ii - Mourning - State Mourning
State mourning, or in the case of monarchies, court mourning, refers to displays of mourning behavior on the death of a public figure or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mourning: Encyclopedia Ii - Mourning - Modern Customs
Mourning attire became less customary after the mid-twentieth century, by which time it had already been determined that mourning was not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mourning: Encyclopedia Ii - Mourning - Religious Customs
Mourning - Judaism. Shivah is a Jewish mourning practice in which people adjust their behaviour as an expression of their bereavement. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mourning: Encyclopedia Ii - Mourning - Social Customs And Dress
Mourning - Western Europe to the 19th Century. The custom of wearing unadorned black clothing for mourning dates back at least to the R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mourning: Encyclopedia Ii - Mourning - State & Official Mourning
State mourning, or in the case of monarchies, court mourning, refers to displays of mourning behavior on the death of a public figure or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mourning: Encyclopedia Ii - Mourning - Modern Customs
Mourning attire became less customary after the mid-twentieth century, by which time it had already been determined that mourning was not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mourning: Encyclopedia Ii - Mourning - Religious Customs
Mourning - Judaism. Shivah is a Jewish mourning practice in which people adjust their behaviour as an expression of their bereavement. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samskaras Of Later Life: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Samskaras Of Later Life
samskaras of later life: - vanaprastha ashrama: Age 48 marks the entrance into the elder advisor stage, celebrated in some communities...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jason Voorhees: Encyclopedia Ii - Jason Voorhees - Jason Comes Back From The Grave
Years later, Tommy Jarvis, now in his early 20s, was released from the mental institution, but was still plagued by nightmares about Jaso...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kali: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Kali
Kali (Sanskrit, "the black one") Hindu goddess. Fierce and bloodthirsty, she haunts battlefields and cremation grounds, wear...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kali: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Kali
Kali (Sanskrit, "the black one") Hindu goddess. Fierce and bloodthirsty, she haunts battlefields and cremation grounds, wear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veerappan: Encyclopedia Ii - Veerappan - Controversies
Veerappan - Death. Why only a single bullet to the head, especially in an encounter? Why wasn't capture possible? Veerappan wanted his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wielbark Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Wielbark Culture - Characteristics
Between the Przeworsk Culture and the Wielbark Culture there was a clear separation and there appears to have been no detectable contacts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mictlan: Encyclopedia Ii - Mictlan - Story
Mictlan was the Aztec underworld, ruled over by its Lord and Lady. It was a gloomy place, reached by the dead only after wandering for fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mungo Man: Encyclopedia Ii - Mungo Man - Age
The first estimate of Mungo Man's age was made in 1976, when the team of paleoanthropologists from the Australian National University (AN...   » Read the article

Article - Meaning Of A Dream: Meaning Of Dreams From; Couch To Cricket
Dream Interpretation including the meaning of dreams about: Couch, Counselor, Countenance , Counter, Counterfeit Money, Counterpane,...   » Read the article

Article - Dream Interpretation: Dream Interpretation Of Dreams From;
Dream Interpretation including dreams about: Couch, Counselor, Countenance , Counter, Counterfeit Money, Counterpane, Counting, Cou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Dictionary Cremate: Meaning Of Dreams About Cremate
  Cremate To dream of seeing bodies cremated, denotes enemies will reduce your influence in business circles. To think you are ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Dictionary: Dream Dictionary On Dreams; Couch To Cricket
A Dream Dictionary including dreams about: Couch, Counselor, Countenance , Counter, Counterfeit Money, Counterpane, Counting, Country, C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cremation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cremation - Negative Recent History Experiences With Cremation
Cremation - Environmental Concerns. Cremation is often regarded as a more environmentally responsible alternative to burial; however, i...   » Read the article