All 12 Uses
pyre
in
Lord of Light
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- "Build a pyre and burn this body," he said to the monks, not turning toward them.†
Part 1pyre = a pile of wood or other burnable material
- "The pyre still blazes," said Yama.†
Part 1
- And anyone who happens to be among the First had bloody well better be sure whether he wants quick deification or the pyre when he walks into the Hall of Karma these days.†
Part 2
- Eight pyres blazed against the predawn sky.†
Part 2 *pyres = piles of wood or other burnable materials
- The one who had been a sailmaker turned his eyes to the pyre nearest the gate-the last to be ignited, its flames were only just now reaching the top, where lay the gross bulk of one who wore a robe of black, a circle of yellow on the breast.†
Part 2pyre = a pile of wood or other burnable material
- Citragupta, serving man to Lord Yama, built a mighty pyre at Worldsend, out of aromatic woods, gums, incenses, perfumes and costly cloths; and upon the pyre he laid the Talisman of the Binder and the great blue-feather cloak that had belonged to Srit, chief among the Kataputna demons; he also placed there the shape-changing jewel of the Mothers, from out the Dome of the Glow, and a robe of saffron from the purple grove of Alundil, which was said to have belonged to Tathagatha the Buddha.†
Part 5
- Citragupta, serving man to Lord Yama, built a mighty pyre at Worldsend, out of aromatic woods, gums, incenses, perfumes and costly cloths; and upon the pyre he laid the Talisman of the Binder and the great blue-feather cloak that had belonged to Srit, chief among the Kataputna demons; he also placed there the shape-changing jewel of the Mothers, from out the Dome of the Glow, and a robe of saffron from the purple grove of Alundil, which was said to have belonged to Tathagatha the Buddha.†
Part 5
- I have seen an unlit pyre set at the end of the world, with fogs stirring all about it.†
Part 5
- What remained was taken in procession to the pyre at Worldsend, placed there upon it, burned amidst chanting.†
Part 5
- One rajah and two high priests died of poisoning, quite colorfully, and pyres were built to accommodate their bluish remains.†
Part 5pyres = piles of wood or other burnable materials
- That which was destroyed upon the pyre at Worldsend was a counterfeit.†
Part 6pyre = a pile of wood or other burnable material
- Lord Yama received his first; and Brahma, watching the smoke arise from the pyres, wondered where he really was.†
Part 6pyres = piles of wood or other burnable materials
Definitions:
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(1)
(pyre) a pile of wood or other burnable material -- especially to burn a dead body as in a funeral rite
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)