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Type :article
Subject :P Language and Literature
Main Author :T. Parameshswari
Title :Funerary customs practised in Tamil Buddhist
Place of Production :Tanjong Malim
Publisher :Fakulti Bahasa dan Komunikasi
Year of Publication :2020
Corporate Name :Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
The word ‘Ritual” means a series of actions and practices traditionally accompanied by relegious rituals. Rituals has become very essential and useful for human society. It is followed in many ways depending on human community. It is evident that religious rituals are siginificant as it is inter connected with human’s life and existence for example: celebrating birth, Baptism, piercing the earlobes, Baby shower, puberly, marriage and funeral customs are associated only with human beings. A part from the above regular rituals, human beings perform many other rituals too. Rituals an essential tool to human being provide as an ongoing way to structure the human life by teaching moral and ethical values. Ritual practices afford a sence of renewal. They also help in flourishing human life, get rid from diseases anger and sorrows. They build strong human relationship by punishing the evel doers It also engenders a sense of hope. Thus, ritual has become or compulsory feeling based on human’s belief and trust in it. It embraces collective paradigms. Two religious ‘Samanam’ and ‘Buddhism’ had abundant influience in humans’ minds of Tamil Nadu build 7th B.C. There are numerous literary texts ensuring this feature. More apparently. It is prevailed not only in religious rituals but also on funeral rituals. This article traces and rediscovers to the human society about the funerary customs. practiced in Tamil Buddhist Tradition.  

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