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ˈfun·er·al pyre N

funeral pyre

pogrebna grmada f

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He wrote later that he had put the novel on her burning funeral pyre. en.wikipedia.org

The first night, she witnesses a gruesome tribal custom: when a man dies, his wife or daughter is burned alive on his funeral pyre. en.wikipedia.org

The wife cremates her husband and commits sati by jumping into his funeral pyre. en.wikipedia.org

The dead would then be burnt on a funeral pyre. en.wikipedia.org

In fact, what is written about funeral customs, is that the widow is brought back from the funeral pyre, typically by a trusted servant. en.wikipedia.org

There were also claims that the body burned in the funeral pyre had been a substitute. en.wikipedia.org

Overcome by repentance, he burns himself on the funeral pyre of the woman. en.wikipedia.org

The bodies were cremated in crematories excavated in the rock, where the funeral pyre stood. en.wikipedia.org

Dead bodies are traditionally cremated on a funeral pyre usually made of wood. en.wikipedia.org

Then all the women prepared to become satis (i.e. to follow their husbands into death by mounting the funeral pyre). en.wikipedia.org

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