Anyone came across a description/picture/piece of
architecture (Sanskrit/Prakrit/Pali/Tibetan/Gujarati/Hindi) about tApasas, which
are fasting monthly or so, namely in a uSTrika/uTTiya/uTTika..
(barrel??)
Some South Indian temple reliefs present a
standig person, from knees upto his neck covered by something that appears to be
a (burbon-)barrel.
Why not? Wearing a barrel instead of cloth could signalize the vow of
fasting.
Any suggestions?