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Ashes Summary
721 words, approx. 2 pages
ASHES are the irreducible dry residue of fire. They may be burnt offerings, such as the cremation of a human body, the sacrificial burning of an animal, or the ritual burning of a plant. Ashes have religious significance as the substance remaining...
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Cremation : Buddhist Terms
84 words, approx. 1 pages
Cremation is the usual mode of treating the dead in hot countries, and the Buddha’s body was cremated. The ashes were divided into ten parts, and Stūpas (q.v.) erected over each of them. It is from surviving Stūpas that undoubted relics...
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Cremation : Hindu Terms
48 words, approx. 1 pages
is virtually the only accepted way in Hinduism of disposing of the bodies of deceased persons, described or at least mentioned in even the earliest parts of the Vedas. It is undoubtedly of IE origin. Early archaeological evidence of burials may be...
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Cremation Information
7,553 words, approx. 25 pages
Cremation is the act of reducing a corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire. Contrary to popular belief, the remains are not ashes, but rather bone fragments which are then crushed in a device called a cremulator. In...


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The Boston Globe
Cremation
06/29/2003: 1,080 words, approx. 4 pages
[A PUBLISHED CORRECTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS STORY.] Cremation is regarded as a simple, cost-effective way to exit this world, but that's not true at many of the state's funeral homes. A Globe survey found that a small group of funeral homes...
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Cremations on the rise
07/25/2004: 670 words, approx. 2 pages
JANE GLENN HAAS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 07-25-2004 Cremations on the rise -- And burials get more personal JANE GLENN HAAS Date: 07-25-2004, Sunday Section: LIVING Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday Column: OUR TIME Uncle Mike had his burial all arranged. The...
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Cremation: Israel's latest religious war
9/22/2007: 935 words, approx. 3 pages
The charred hut and blackened chimney are all that remain of what was one of Israel's best-kept secrets.It was the Jewish state's first and only crematorium. But more than that, it was a symbol. To secular Jews it meant the right to choose one's own...
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Scattering choices grow with cremations
5/16/2007: 1,158 words, approx. 4 pages
Dwight Smith and his mother made several trips to Ireland over the years, reveling in the beauty of the Killarney lakes in the southwest corner of the country.When Smith's mother died in August, there was no question she would be cremated _ a request she...
 


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Essay Grade: 86%
A Few Things about Cremations and What It All Could Mean
1,622 words, approx. 5 pages
This essay has a general backround on cremation as well as primary source statistics from interviews.


 

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