At that time my mother’s youngest sister’s husband was in Rajashahi. One night he suddenly had a dream. His mother was standing with a plate in one hand and a glass in the other, saying, “Since you love it, I’ve made you white-flour parot́á⁽¹⁾ – eat, dear.” Uncle sat up to take the plate. Then he noticed that his mother was gradually drawing backwards. After going forward a little ways to take the plate from her hand, he suddenly knocked his head on the wall and fell down. His sleep broke. Hearing the sound of his fall, everyone in the house came running up. He narrated the story to everyone. The next day a telegram came from his village home – that night his mother had died suddenly.

[Author’s explanation:] Pratisáḿvedanika tathyánubhútisvapne [Literally, “Psycho-reactive perception of real events in the dream state” Tathyánubhútisvapne = tathya + anubhúti + svapne]

Footnotes

(1) Flat bread, usually folded into a triangular shape, fried in ghee or oil. –Trans.