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Fakirs |
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Fakirs fanatical mendicant sects found primarily in India. [Asian Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 310] See : Asceticism Fakirs mendicant Indian sects bent on self-punishment for salvation. [Asian Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 310] See : Fanaticism |
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" "I once heard an officer in India tell my mother that there were fakirs who said words over and over thousands of times," said Mary. Mosques, minarets, temples, fakirs, pagodas, tigers, snakes, elephants I was prepared, I think, for shrouded priests or naked fakirs. |
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