Burning-ghat

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  1. 1
    A flat area near the top of a river ghat where Hindus burn their dead; a funeral pyre. India

    "Now, whether I have done thee a wrong in keeping thee from the burning-ghât, do thou and the crows settle together."

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"Now, whether I have done thee a wrong in keeping thee from the burning-ghât, do thou and the crows settle together."

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