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^For definition of "स्वाध्याय, m. repeating to oneself, study of the Veda; repetition of the Veda aloud" see: Macdonell 1996, p. 373, left column.
^For definition as "the regular habit of study of religious books", see: Chatterjee and Datta (1984), p. 303.
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