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 70
e been duemerely to an objection to be photographed, on the groundthat any likeness taken carries away with it some virtuefrom the original—possibly a portion of the living soul—this being by no means an uncommon superstition. Lay Hindus are often subjected by the Brahmansto penances for offences… … m 73 SADHUS BEFORE THE PUBLIC AT FAIRS undergo inconveniences, pains, and even terrible tortures.In doing so they follow the traditional path, and do notexercise any special ingenuity in the invention of methodsof self-torment. One favourite mode of mortifvinoj the flesh is to situnder the open…
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