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A Fakir man and wife of south India. Gouache painting.

[Undated handbill advertising "the Aïssaouas' snake and scorpion eaters" ].

A fakir or sadhu. Photograph by E.D. Lyon.

The devout Hindu doth meat eschew, he'll live on milk and so could you / National Milk Publicity Council.

Benares, India: a fakir sitting on a bed of nails. Photograph by R.C. Mazumdar, ca. 1900 (?).

Men and women in India performing various kinds of penance and mortification.. Etching by Giuseppe Filosi.

Sri Chaitanya and Gorind Chunder Rai flanked by two devotees. Transfer lithograph.

A Hindu man (sadhu) with long hair, cloak and walking stick stands by a rock from which water springs. Lithograph by L.C. Dickinson, 1844, after Emily Eden.

The serpent sacrifice. Chromolithograph.

Fakire und fakirtum im alten und modernen Indien : yoga-lehre und yoga-praxis / nach den indischen originalquellen dargestellt von Richard Schmidt. Mit 87 erstmalig veröffentlichten reproduktionen indischer original-aquarelle in fünffarbigem steindruck und 2 abbildungen.

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The serpent sacrifice. Chromolithograph.

[Undated handbill advertising "the Aïssaouas' snake and scorpion eaters" ].

Sri Chaitanya and Gorind Chunder Rai flanked by two devotees. Transfer lithograph.

A fakir or sadhu. Photograph by E.D. Lyon.

Fakire und fakirtum im alten und modernen Indien : yoga-lehre und yoga-praxis / nach den indischen originalquellen dargestellt von Richard Schmidt. Mit 87 erstmalig veröffentlichten reproduktionen indischer original-aquarelle in fünffarbigem steindruck und 2 abbildungen.