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The Lingayats disapproved certain practices of the Dharmashashtras. Cite any two such practices.

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Lingayats and Dharmashashtra:

(i) They worship Shiva in his manifestation as a linga. They do not practice funerary rituals such as cremation, prescribed in the Dharmashashtra. Instead, they bury their dead bodies.

(ii) The Lingayats challenged the idea of caste and ?pollution? attributed to certain groups by Brahmans.

(iii) They questioned the theory of rebirth.

(iv) They encouraged practices e.g.: post puberty marriage, widow remarriage which were not approved in the Dharmashashtra.