antyeshti
अन्त्येष्टि antyeshtiThe 'last sacrifice'; the Hindu funeral and cremation rites that mark the final samskara, or life-passage rite, of a person's life.
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- Why do Hindus cremate their dead? Essentials
The funeral rite is called antyeshti , and it is the sixteenth and final of the samskaras, the sacraments that mark a Hindu life from before birth to after death.