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Signs of approaching death believed by ancient Indians -2

Signs of approaching death believed by ancient Indians -2

In the past article, you have known about different vision, smell and hearing signs of approaching death believed by ancient Indians.

In this article, you will learn about some more signs:

Body changes:

  • Ancient Indians believed that continuous hand shivers, especially the left hand for seven days, would bring death within one month.
  • It is believed that if a person’s body turns pale yellow or white and a little red, then they would die in nearly six months.
  • Abnormal sweating is thought to bring death soon.
  • No appetite for any specific reason is supposed to bring near death.
  • The occurrence of continuous hiccups or while urinating is believed to bring death soon.
  • If anyone cannot taste or smell things, they are believed to die shortly.

Other body changes believed to bring death in a year are as follows:


  • When the exhaled breath is cold
  • If the blood does not return immediately when a person exerts pressure against his fingernails and release
  • If anyone feels cold when they blow on their hand
  • If the formation of saliva stops in the mouth or excess dry mouth due to limited or no saliva secretion
  • If the end of the nose of a person becomes pinched

Following changes in behaviour or temperament is thought to bring death to a person:

  • If a person’s nature or temperament completely changes without any reason. For example, if someone who was kind and gentle, becomes aggressive or ill-tempered now
  • Anyone who can remember his childhood friends and memories, but could not identify his wife and children
  • Anyone who loses his lustre or wisdom
  • Anyone having difficulty in identifying people and places
  • A person who feels sad for no reason or who dislikes places or people liked by them once for no reason.

Dream Signs:

  • If a person dreams of vomiting gold or silver in a dream, they are assumed to die in ten months.
  • Dreaming of dirty feet will bring death in a year.
  • If anyone is dragged by a bear or monkey towards the south direction in their dream they are assumed to die soon.
  • Dreaming of an owl or vacant village is supposed to bring near death.
  • Dreaming of wearing black clothes, falling from a high mountain, travelling south in a desert or of being naked is believed to bring death soon.

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