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  • A Vaishnavite or bairagi ascetic. Gouache, 18--.
  • A pandaram or Malabar ascetic. Gouache, 18--.
  • (Far left) The ascetic Kaladevala and the king pay
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, playing a tambourine. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic hanging from hooks through his back (called "cetil"). Line engraving, 1791.
  • A Hindu ascetic hanging from hooks through his back (called "cetil"). Line engraving, 1791.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man, performing austerities outside a temple (?). Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man, at Haridwar: seated, holding a fan. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a short saffron robe and sandals. Gouache painting.
  • Hindu ascetic seated under a tree, near Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: holding a trident. Gouache drawing by a Bengali artist, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man, left profile view, meditating outside a temple (?). Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: holding a trident. Gouache drawing by a Bengali artist, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a short saffron robe and tigerskin. Gouache painting, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic man (sadhu) with beads around his neck is carrying a begging jar and prayer beads. Watercolour.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with his right arm raised above his head. Drawing, ca. 1880 (?).
  • An old Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with left arm raised above his head, and overgrown fingernails. Gouache painting.
  • A Hindu ascetic is bathed and honoured by a seven women and Krishna. Chromolithograph by an Indian artist, 1800s.
  • An old Hindu ascetic, or holy man, at Haridwar: seated, with a circular grating around his neck. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: walking, wearing a cap, loincloth, tigerskin and raised sandals (pattens). Gouache painting, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man at Srirangam Temple: sitting cross-legged on a mat. Process print after J. Pedder, ca. 1890.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with withered left arm raised over his head, and overgrown fingernails. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: with a rod piercing his cheeks, and holding some ceremonial objects. Wood engraving, ca. 1890 (?).
  • A well-dressed Hindu ascetic or holy man receiving gifts from a richly dressed woman. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore).
  • An old Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with left arm raised above his head, accompanied by a boy. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a saffron robe and with a metal rack (?) placed around his neck. Gouache painting.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: suspended upside down over a small fire by cords tied around his ankles. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man performing self-torture, accompanied by a woman. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: with two rods piercing his upper arms, and holding a trident in each hand. Coloured stipple engraving, 1828.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a loincloth and carrying two large weights (?), one in each hand. Gouache painting, ca. 1880 (?).