History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c89.50

v7.c89.50

¹¹⁶³ In the Āśv. Śr. (quoted in H. of Dh. vol IV p. 203 n. 481) it is provided that the corpse of an *āhitāgni* is to be decked with a wreath of *naladas*. The south is the direction of the *pitṛs*, vide Śatapatha Br. I. 2. 5. 17 ('eṣā vai dik pitṝṇām') Therefore, to see in a dream oneself wearing a wreath of naladas or driving towards the south was deemed to forebode death.