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Different stages of a Purbuttia sanyasi eating the raw warm flesh of a lamb and some leaves. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
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Different stages of a Purbuttia sanyasi eating the raw warm flesh of a lamb and some leaves. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Purbuttia saniaysis who reside on the mountains of Nepal and Maithila and live on raw warm flesh of animals and leaves for their rules vide (?) Oodeesh (?) and Oodammir (?) Tuntras. They resemble the Gorgeyse (?) of the ancient Seam (?) Tales(?) who lived on raw animals.

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