Europe's Representations of India: Texts, Images, and Encounters
Picture from Weinfurter’s book Divy a kouzla indických fakirů (The Wonders and Magic of Indian Fakirs) – A cruel method of self-torment: the ascetic keeps both arms raised for his whole life, until his limbs harden and shrivel.
Picture from Weinfurter’s book Divy a kouzla indických fakirů (The Wonders and Magic of Indian Fakirs) – A cruel method of self-torment: the ascetic keeps both arms raised for his whole life, until his limbs harden and shrivel.