dakhma
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dakhma
1860–65; < Persian; Middle Persian dakhmak, Avestan daxma- funeral site
Example Sentences
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The Tower of Silence, or dakhma, is where Parsis leave their dead to be returned to nature - neither buried nor cremated.
From BBC • May 16, 2025
The traditional Parsi death rite--the placing of a corpse in a dakhma, a small open-air amphitheater, where it is devoured by birds of prey in about two hours--is threatened.
From Time Magazine Archive
As soon as the ceremony was over, we were led into another building, where a model of the dakhma was to be seen.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
Having deposited it in an iron coffin—the same for everyone—they carry it to the dakhma.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
After a last prayer at the gate of the dakhma, pronounced from afar by the mobed, and re-peated in chorus by the nassesalars, the dog ceremony is repeated.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
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