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File:Bairagi-hermit-grinding-hemp-for-bhang-Oman-1903.jpg

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Summary

'A Bairagi and his hermitage', Fig. 1 in John Campbell Oman, The Mystics, Ascetics, and Saints of India (1903), facing p. 42. Oman describes the hermit as grinding dried hemp leaves in a stone mortar to make bhang (p. 44).

Used in Sadhu.

Source

  • Original: John Campbell Oman, The Mystics, Ascetics, and Saints of India (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1903; 2nd impression 1905), Fig. 1, facing p. 42, scanned at the Internet Archive.
  • Changes: cropped to Fig. 1, 'A Bairagi and his hermitage', downscaled to 712 × 1280 pixels; tones not adjusted.
  • Identification: A bairagi grinding hemp leaves for bhang, as described by Oman (1903), p. 44.

Licensing

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This work is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. Photograph published in London in 1903 in a book by John Campbell Oman; published more than 120 years ago.

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current07:58, 13 November 2026Thumbnail for version as of 07:58, 13 November 2026712 × 1,280 (295 KB)Eloise Zomia (talk | contribs)Image for Sadhu: Fig. 1 of John Campbell Oman's The Mystics, Ascetics, and Saints of India (1903), public domain

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