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गार्ध्रपृष्ट

   
Script: Devanagari

गार्ध्रपृष्ट

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गार्ध्र—पृष्ट   for (गार्ध्र-स्पृष्ट; in Prākṛtgeddha-paṭṭhaga), ‘touched (i.e. seized) by vultures’, a kind of death not sanctioned by the जैनs (probably with reference to the Pārsī custom of exposing corpses to vultures).

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