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Part One The indispensable qualification for being a Vaisnava is wearing the urdhva-pundra. The marks which Hindu men and women wear on their foreheads are known as pundras. They may be vertical (urdhva), horizontal (tiryak) or circular (vartula). The Vaisnava traditon enjoins the vertical variety, on the authority of the Vedas. The urdhva-pundra is claimed to keep away evil spirits, 1426. It must be worn to ensure purity, while offering sandhya prayers, doing homa, worshipping God, studying the Vedas and such other religious activities, 1427. Otherwise, they will be futile, 1428.

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