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Akasmukhis
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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a Hindu sect, who hold up their faces to the sky until the muscles of the back of the neck become contracted, and retain it in that position. They wear the jatu and allow the beard to grow, smearing the body with ashes. They subsist on alms.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Akasmukhis'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/akasmukhis.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Akasmukhis'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/akasmukhis.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.