Hindu philosopher Pararum Soatuntre Perkasanund reclining on a bed of iron spikes, 1811. Artist: Unknown

Hindu philosopher Pararum Soatuntre Perkasanund reclining on a bed of iron spikes, 1811. Artist: Unknown

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Pararum Soatuntre Perkasanund displaying his devotional discipline by reclining on a bed of iron spikes, 1811. These Hindu philosophers and holy men followed an ancient tradition, and were known to the Greeks as Gymnosophists.

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