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 78
rom the Mahabharata in my Great Indian Epics(1899), pp. 194, 195. ^ Self-mutilation prompted by religious fanaticism is not even now athing of the past in Christian Europe. As an example, I may cite thefollowing instance recorded in the Daily Mail of 7th May 1901. FANATICAL SELF-MUTILATION (From… … A FAQFIK WEIGHTED WITH UEAAY CHAINS. To face page. 48^ SADHUS BEFORE THE PUBLIC AT FAIRS At certain periods of the year, particularly in themonth of April, many men of the lower castes observetemporarily the discipline of the ascetic sects, and maythen be seen to cheerfully undergo self-inflicted…
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