There is a lot of information which may prove to be useful in the old article by L.de la Vallee Poussin "Death and Disposal of the Dead (Buddhist)" in: Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, ed. by J. Hastings, vol. IV, Edinburgh, 1911, pp. 446-449. --- Yaroslav Vassilkov (yavass at YV1041.spb.edu) Tue, 18 Jan 2000 22:40 +0300 MSK