The mystics, ascetics, and saints of India : a study of Sadhuism, with an account of the Yogis, Sanyasis, Bairagis, and other strange Hindu sectarians (1905)
Oman, John Campbell, 1841-1911 · London : T. F. Unwin · leaf 188
ngs. I have often met these nuns on the road, and oncequite fifty of them marshalled in order. They must havebeen coming from or returning to a nunnery in the neigh-bourhood. Sometimes the adoption of the monastic life is madethe occasion for a special demonstration, which alwaysincludes a… … o •5. o t-l IZi 1=1 E3 O o o O03 P4 ASCETIC SECTS AND THEIR SUBDIVISIONS When the round is made, the candidate is taken to someappointed place, and there, after being disrobed and cladin the simple vestments of the order, takes the prescribedvows, and receives from the senior sadhii present…
Hinduism · Asceticism -- Hinduism · Mysticism -- India · Sadhus -- India · Hindu sects · India -- Religious life and customs
Internet Archive · Wellesley College Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
