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From: Artur Karp <karp@UW.EDU.PL>
To: INDOLOGY@liverpool.ac.uk
Sent: Saturday, 24 March 2012 9:54 PM
Subject: [INDOLOGY] Relics cult in India - a query

Dear List Members,

Is there any study on the cult of Sati's body parts - as a specific
transformation of the Buddhist relics cult?

Regards,

Artur Karp
Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit and Pali (ret.)
South Asian Studies Dept.
Oriental Faculty
University of Warsaw
Poland