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"inscription": "[[in the manuscript before the preacher]] ??? o\u1e43 nama / siddha(\u1e43)",
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"did_you_know": "The monks seated next to the teacher place their whisk-brooms before them.",
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The preacher and the white-clad figures behind him are Jain householder monks, permitted to grow hair and moustaches and to wear a colored shawl that indicates higher status. Householder monks in Rajasthan often served as scribes and maintained manuscript libraries.",
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