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Page 12
... images with clothing and or- naments . The worshipper also chants hymns of praise and prayers and mutters the sacred formula ( japa ) . In front of the Jina , eight auspicious symbols ( astamanga- las ) are designed with rice and other ...
... images with clothing and or- naments . The worshipper also chants hymns of praise and prayers and mutters the sacred formula ( japa ) . In front of the Jina , eight auspicious symbols ( astamanga- las ) are designed with rice and other ...
Page 13
... Image worship was introduced at an early stage , perhaps even during the first century following the death of Ma- hāvīra . He himself apparently neither prohibited nor prescribed worship of images of himself or of other Tīrthankaras ...
... Image worship was introduced at an early stage , perhaps even during the first century following the death of Ma- hāvīra . He himself apparently neither prohibited nor prescribed worship of images of himself or of other Tīrthankaras ...
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... images move . Usually , images of stationary ob- jects move parallel to the direction of head movement ; now their motion is at an angle to the head's path . However , if an observer wears such eyeglasses for an extended period ...
... images move . Usually , images of stationary ob- jects move parallel to the direction of head movement ; now their motion is at an angle to the head's path . However , if an observer wears such eyeglasses for an extended period ...
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