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Monuments to the Dead in Ancient North India

Monuments to the Dead in Ancient North India Indo-Iran J (2007) 50: 11–47 DOI 10.1007/s10783-007-9051-0 Monuments to the Dead in Ancient North India Hans T. Bakker © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007 The funerary monument in Sanskrit literature We possess a moving literary description of what the death of a king—great in the eyes of his contemporaries—brought about, how it was experienced by the court, and which ritual and ceremonies were performed to cope with the calamity. B¯an . a in Hars . acarita 5 tells us that, even before the actual demise of Hars . a’s father, Prabh¯akaravardhana, the latter’s first wife, queen Ya ´ sovat¯ı, was so overwhelmed by grief and the prospect of widowhood that she, against the express wish of her son, committed herself to the flames (i.e. became a sat¯ı ), while her husband was still alive. After the death of his mother Hars . a goes to his dying father and clasps his feet in de- spair. The latter comforts him, recommends him to his royal duties, and utters his last words: ‘enemies should be exterminated.’ 1 The body is brought to the bank of the Sarasvat¯ı on a bier, a funeral pyre is built and the cremation ritual is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Indo-Iranian Journal Brill

Monuments to the Dead in Ancient North India

Bakker, Hans T.
Indo-Iranian Journal , Volume 50 (1): 11 – Jan 1, 2007
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Indo-Iran J (2007) 50: 11–47 DOI 10.1007/s10783-007-9051-0 Monuments to the Dead in Ancient North India Hans T. Bakker © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007 The funerary monument in Sanskrit literature We possess a moving literary description of what the death of a king—great in the eyes of his contemporaries—brought about, how it was experienced by the court, and which ritual and ceremonies were performed to cope with the calamity. B¯an . a in Hars . acarita 5 tells us that, even before the actual demise of Hars . a’s father, Prabh¯akaravardhana, the latter’s first wife, queen Ya ´ sovat¯ı, was so overwhelmed by grief and the prospect of widowhood that she, against the express wish of her son, committed herself to the flames (i.e. became a sat¯ı ), while her husband was still alive. After the death of his mother Hars . a goes to his dying father and clasps his feet in de- spair. The latter comforts him, recommends him to his royal duties, and utters his last words: ‘enemies should be exterminated.’ 1 The body is brought to the bank of the Sarasvat¯ı on a bier, a funeral pyre is built and the cremation ritual is

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