Further reading: Gian Giuseppe Filippi, Mrtyu: Con-
cept of Death in Indian Traditions: Transformation of
the Body and Funeral Rites. Translated by Antonio
Rigopoulos. Reconstructing Indian History and Cul-
ture, 11. New Delhi, D. K. Printworld, 1996; R Beena
Ghimire Poudyal and Binod Ghimire, Hindu Death
Rites: Antyeshti Samskar (Kathmandu: Barsha Ghimire,
1998; New Delhi: D. K. Printworld, 1996); Ramashray
Roy, Samaskaras in Indian Tradition and Culture (Delhi:
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