In the context of Hindu funerals, four balls of rice are offered on the twelfth day to symbolize:

A) ?the separation of the immortal soul from the body of the deceased.
B) ?the release of the soul from all moksha.
C) ?the achievement of a good reincarnation by the deceased.
D) ?the happy union of the deceased with his or her forebears.


D

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