Editing Indian religions (section)

==== Ritual ====
Common traits can also be observed in ritual. The head-anointing ritual of ''[[abhiseka]]'' is of importance in three of these distinct traditions, excluding Sikhism (in Buddhism it is found within [[Vajrayana]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Others |first=Muzaffar H. Syed & |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sy5gEAAAQBAJ |title=History of Indian Nation: Ancient India |date=2022-02-20 |publisher=K.K. Publications |page=358 |language=en |access-date=1 December 2023 |archive-date=23 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923090519/https://books.google.com/books?id=Sy5gEAAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> Other noteworthy rituals are the cremation of the dead, the wearing of vermilion on the head by married women, and various marital rituals.<ref name=":0" /> In literature, many classical narratives and purana have Hindu, Buddhist or Jain versions.<ref group=web>cf. ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'', s.v. "Jainism > Jainism, Hinduism, and Buddhism"</ref> All four traditions have notions of ''[[karma]]'', ''dharma'', ''[[samsara]]'', ''moksha'' and various ''forms of [[Yoga]]''.<ref name=":0" />