I was watching a video of Sadhguru here , and at 13:30 he got into something interesting.
"The reason they tie the halux toes, and thumbs, after death in Hinduism."
This is his explanation which I found interesting....
"The reason they tie the halux toes, and thumbs, after death in Hinduism."
This is his explanation which I found interesting....
Of course I looked into it more and this is what I found...
1. Answer from Quora
There are major 5 vayus, namely Prana, Apans,Samana,Udana and Vyana. They all have their allotted tasks in our body. At the time of death once the soul leaves the body, all these pranas leave the body and then the organs fail one by one.
Many times the soul that is scared and does not want to leave the body, tries to re- enter the physical body. When the toes are tied, Apana vayu which normally flows downwards, can no more flow downwards. By this it is made sure thst no attempt of the departed soul can be successful. At the time of Apana vayu too moves upwards.
2. Death Customs: An Analytical Study of Burial Rites We learn that around the thumbs and big toes are twined one or two white threads tied with fringe or grass. The Kurmi caste also practise the custom of tying the thumb and great toe.
Before taking the deceased for cremation, the dead body is laid on the floor horizontally and the big toes are tied together. This helps in conjoining of the right and left energy channels, leading to movement of the waves from the body in a circular manner within the body itself. This effects complete restriction on the emission of waves that is based on the residual subtle energy present in the body at the time of death, and the process of spreading of the waves is enhanced. In this state, the flow of waves from both the sides (that is, the left and right) of the dead body is equal. Hence, pressure is exerted on the centre point of the human body (that is, the navel) and the subtle putrefying gases that remain trapped in the voids of the body are forcefully pushed in an upward direction and are expelled through the mouth or through the nose or they stabilise in the hollow of the skull and are expelled in the process of breaking of the skull during cremation.
4. In the book The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India we read that in parts of Ireland "a thread is tied around the toe of the corpse, the object apparently being to secure the body and prevent an evil spirit from entering it."
