Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.683

v1.c3.s11.683

Kūdī, written also Kūṭī in the manuscripts, occurs in the Atharvaveda¹ and the Kauśika Sūtra² denoting a twig—identified by the scholiast with Badarī, the jujube—which was tied to the bodies of the dead to efface their traces, presumably in order to render the return of the spirit to the old home difficult.