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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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