Purana Puri, a Fakir or holy man, whose mode of devotional discipline was the elevation of his arms above his head. His arms lost mass and shrank as a

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Purana Puri, a Fakir or holy man, whose mode of devotional discipline was the elevation of his arms above his head. His arms lost mass and shrank as a consequence. Such Hindu philosophers follow an ancient tradition, and were known to the Greeks as Gymnosophists. Engraving, London, 1811.

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