Note 77 — Chapter IV · WORSHIP OF ANCESTORS AND SAINTS.
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Conception is also favoured by passing under the bier or palanquin holding the corpse of an ascetic or holy man while it is being carried to the cemetery.77 Some believe that such an ascetic or saint must be a follower of the Jain faith.78 Others maintain that the desired end can be secured only by wearing round the elbows the grains of rice or coins offered to the bier of a saint on its way to the cemetery.79