Yes sir, I took the cue from your postingGopalakrishnan

    On Sunday, 7 April, 2024 at 09:54:49 am IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy 
<[email protected]> wrote:  
 
 no thought some will do it or else I had already drafted but waiting to edit 
to release Let's see in next week sure  You took the cue from mine on 
vanaprastha notes and done well; it is said in manu atharva rig etc scattered . 
KR IRS 7424
On Sat, 6 Apr 2024 at 22:51, gopala krishnan <[email protected]> wrote:

 Sir,
I was expecting a response from you. Probably you missed my posting. 

Gopalakrishnan

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6 April, 2024 at 07:59:56 am ISTSubject: CREMATION AND FOUR STAGES OF LIFE
 
CREMATION AND FOUR STAGES OFLIFE

Dearfriends,

While defining the four stages of life, the last twostages are vanaprastha 
andSanyasa. We have example of Kunthi along with Gandhari and 
Dhritharashtagoing for Vanaprastha after a time Dharamaputhra started ruling 
the country afterthe war, as told in the Mahabharatha. We know during 
Vanaprastha, all those died.No anthyakarmas were performedby Pandavas. 

I made a Google search about Antyakarmas 

When did cremation start in Hinduism?

Early Cremations in India

>From the time of the Rig Veda, which contains passages possibly writtenas far 
>aback as 2000 B.C., Hindus have cremated the dead although smallchildren and 
>ascetic were sometimes buried and low caste members sometimesburied their own.

What are the stages of life according to Vedas?

The four asramas are: Brahmacharya (student), Gṛhastha(householder), 
Vanaprastha (forest walker/forest dweller), and Sannyasa(renunciate). The 
Asrama system is one facet of the Dharma concept in Hinduism.

We know all Vedas were there already and codified by Vedavyasa in to four- Rig, 
Yajur, Sama and Adharva. This was during Dwaparayuga.

My doubt is antyakarmas are done to the deceasedelders. The procedures are told 
for it. But according to four stages of Hinduismthe last two are Vanaprastham 
and Sanyasam. If one goes for Vanaprastham, hischildren cannot understand where 
he was at the time of death and cannot performanthyakarmas. 

So the antyakarmas were  done only forthose who did not proceed to vanaprastha 
and had death before that. 

In kaliyuga, those who are  going to Vanaprastha and Sanyasa are very few.So we 
perform antheyshti for all the diseased.

But howAnthyakarmas are performed for ascetics now?

Can any learned member clarify about this aspect  in brief paragraphs?

 Gopalakrishnan6-4-24

 

 

  


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