Jara
.
A Hindu r
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k
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as
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, able to change her form at will as she seeks flesh to eat. She is propitiated by being called G
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hadev
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(goddess of the household) and by being painted on walls surrounded by children.
Jaratk
ru
.
A Hindu ascetic and
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i
. According to the
Mah
bh
rata
, his austerity was so great that he travelled round the world living only on air and never eating.