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Funerary text, the Glossary

Index Funerary text

Funerary texts or funerary literature feature in many belief systems.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 22 relations: Afterlife, Amitābha, Ancient Egypt, Ars moriendi, Bardo Thodol, Book of the Dead, Crete, Europe, Germany, Hell, Hungarian language, Italy, Lama, Left Ginza, Mandaeism, Orpheus, Orphism (religion), Pure Land Buddhism, Purgatory, Qulasta, Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra, Tibetan Buddhism.

  2. Funerary texts
  3. Religion and death
  4. Religious literature

Afterlife

The afterlife or life after death is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's stream of consciousness or identity continues to exist after the death of their physical body. Funerary text and afterlife are Cultural aspects of death and religion and death.

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Amitābha

Amitābha (अमिताभ; 'Infinite Light') is the principal Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism.

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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.

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Ars moriendi

The Ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying") are two related Latin texts dating from about 1415 and 1450 which offer advice on the protocols and procedures of a good death, explaining how to "die well" according to Christian precepts of the late Middle Ages. Funerary text and ars moriendi are Cultural aspects of death and funerary texts.

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Bardo Thodol

The Bardo Thodol ('Liberation through hearing during the intermediate state'), commonly known in the West as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, is a terma text from a larger corpus of teachings, the Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation through the Intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Ones, revealed by Karma Lingpa (1326–1386). Funerary text and Bardo Thodol are Cultural aspects of death and funerary texts.

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Book of the Dead

The Book of the Dead is the name given to an ancient Egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New Kingdom (around 1550 BC) to around 50 BC.

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Crete

Crete (translit, Modern:, Ancient) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Hell

In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as punishment after death.

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Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic language of the proposed Ugric branch spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighbouring countries.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Lama

Lama is a title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism.

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Left Ginza

The Left Ginza (translit) is one of the two parts of the Ginza Rabba, the longest and the most important holy scripture of Mandaeism. Funerary text and Left Ginza are funerary texts and religion and death.

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Mandaeism

Mandaeism (Classical Mandaic), sometimes also known as Nasoraeanism or Sabianism, is a Gnostic, monotheistic and ethnic religion with Greek, Iranian, and Jewish influences. Its adherents, the Mandaeans, revere Adam, Abel, Seth, Enos, Noah, Shem, Aram, and especially John the Baptist. Mandaeans consider Adam, Seth, Noah, Shem and John the Baptist prophets, with Adam being the founder of the religion and John being the greatest and final prophet.

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Orpheus

In Greek mythology, Orpheus (Ancient Greek: Ὀρφεύς, classical pronunciation) was a Thracian bard, legendary musician and prophet.

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Orphism (religion)

Orphism (more rarely Orphicism; Orphiká) is the name given to a set of religious beliefs and practices originating in Thrace and later spreading to the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world, associated with literature ascribed to the mythical Thracian poet Orpheus, who descended into the Greek underworld and returned.

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Pure Land Buddhism

Pure Land Buddhism or Pure Land School (translit;; Tịnh độ tông; also known as Amidism) is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Pure Land.

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Purgatory

Purgatory (borrowed into English via Anglo-Norman and Old French) is a passing intermediate state after physical death for purifying or purging a soul.

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Qulasta

The Qulasta, also spelled Qolastā in older sources (translit; script), is a compilation of Mandaean prayers. Funerary text and Qulasta are funerary texts.

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Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra

The Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit);; Taisho no. Funerary text and Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra are funerary texts.

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Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet, Bhutan and Mongolia.

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See also

Funerary texts

Religion and death

Religious literature

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funerary_text

Also known as Funerary texts.