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Lord Mahåvira Åsadhara, a Digambara writer of the thirteenth century, approved of administering vows of nudity to a woman on her deathbed; he appears to have been the only authority to adopt such a position, however: yad autsargikam anyad va lingam uktam jinaih striyâh/pumvat tad isyate mrtukâle svalpikrtopadheh//SD: viii, 38. For details on the rituals pertaining to this practice, see Ch. VII.
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