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the Calcutta scholars had taken undue liberties with the text

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Elisofon's hitherto unpublished photographs in the present work

Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture V.S. Ramanan which is a mine ofWhat does it mean to worship beings that one believes are completely indifferent to, and entirely beyond the reach of, any form of worship whatsoever? What are the implications of such a relationship with sacred beings for the religious life of a community? These turn out to be questions that can be investigated and answered, for a very close approximation of such a state of affairs can be found in the South Asian religious traditions known