Dear Friends,

Might anyone be aware of observations about the influence of shadows in Classical India? There is a passage in a Buddhist text that speaks of the positive influence of a dhāraṇī text which is so great that, when it is held aloft, if one were to merely pass through its shadow... So I know that this is hyperbolic, but it set me wondering if there are other references to the effect of shadows...

thanks!

Jonathan

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