[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 135.4.8 # The Institutes of Akbar 135.4.8 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 135.4.8 - **Language:** English ### [135.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.4.8) He also shaved the hair of the crown of his head, and let the hairs at the sides grow, because he believed that the soul of perfect beings, at the time of death, passes out by the crown (which is the tenth opening of the human body) under a noise resembling thunder, which the dying man may look upon as a proof of his happiness and salvation from sin, and as a sign that his soul, by metempsychosis, will pass into the body of some grand and mighty king. - [Previous: 135.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.4.7) - [Next: 135.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.5.1) - [Up: 135.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.135.4.8) · Pramāṇa