Mendicancy adopted in the name of Vishnu, India mb-code 00365419 by Herbert Paul

by Herbert Paul

Basinghall Street with a street scene including a horse and cart

Shan woman and child

View of the mosque built in the early 16th century by Qansuh al-Ghuri

The cathedral dates from 1050

Mendicancy adopted in the name of Vishnu, India mb-code 00365419 by Herbert PaulMendicancy adopted in the name of Vishnu, India, 1922. A mendicant is a monk who is a member of an order that is not allowed to own property and is therefore entirely dependent on charity. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy, edited by JA Hammerton and published by the Educational Book Company (London, 1922).