A very rich collection of references to the ear is: Bollée, Willem B., 2010. Remarks on the cultural history of the ear in India. Pp. 141-167 in: Balbir, Nalini (ed.) 2010. Svasti: Essays in honour of Professor Hampa Nagarajaiah for his 75th birthday. Bangalore: K. S. Muddappa Smaraka Trust.
On p. 145 Bollée discusses the form of the ear, starting with “Karṇa ‘Longear’ (?)” and “Vikarṇa ‘With widely extended ears’” … “Long ears are a positive mark of Mahāvīra (…); such people, however, are to be excluded from the sacrifice to the dead.” … Best wishes for a Happy New Year 2022, Asko Parpola > On 31. Dec 2021, at 8.32, Allen Thrasher via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the particular work of art shows a large piercing or rather a hole in the > ear, it must intend to communicate that he used to have large and heavy > earrings, which he renounced. This does not necessarily mean that his ears > were not also naturally pinayata.
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