The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1832 page)

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Pi
a
.
A ball of rice offered, in Hindu funeral rites, to the
pit
s
(ancestors). Five pi
s are placed on the corpse with the words from (
g Veda
10. 17. 3).
Pi
gal
.
In Hinduism, the solar channel which runs through the body, through which (in conjunction with its counterpart
i
) connection is made with
ku
alin
energy. See also
PR
A
.

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