" Death is believed to be inauspicious in some foreign lands west to us; to them it signifies the end of everything. But nothing never really dies. No material can ever truly escape the universe. It just changes form. In that sense, death is actually also the beginning of regeneration; the old form dies and a new form is born. If the south is the direction of death, then it is also the direction of regeneration. "
― Amish Tripathi , Scion of Ikshvaku (Ram Chandra #1)