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Asceticism - Hinduism

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  • Ascetics preparing and smoking opium outside a rural dwelling in India. Gouache painting by Kavala, 18--.
  • Ascetics preparing and smoking opium outside a rural dwelling in India. Gouache painting by Kavala, 18--.
  • A holy man with two tigers. Watercolour drawing, 186- (?).
  • Ascetics preparing and smoking opium outside a rural dwelling in India. Gouache painting by Kavala, 18--.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Ascetics preparing and smoking opium outside a rural dwelling in India. Gouache painting by Kavala, 18--.

    Kavala. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 12002i
    • Books

    Śramana tradition : its history and contribution to Indian culture / by G.C. Pande.

    Pande, Govind Chandra, 1923-2011. | Date: 1978
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    Vāsudevāśrama Yatidharmaprakāśa : a treatise on world renunciation / critically edited with introduction, annotated translation and appendices by Patrick Olivelle.

    Vāsudevāśrama. | Date: 1976-1977
    • Books

    Storytellers, saints, and scoundrels : folk narrative in Hindu religious teaching / Kirin Narayan.

    Narayan, Kirin. | Date: 1992, ©1989
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    A holy man with two tigers. Watercolour drawing, 186- (?).

    | Date: [between 1860 and 1869?] | Reference: 35366i
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