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Karapanagiotis, N. Cyber Forms, Worshipable Forms: Hindu Devotional Viewpoints on the Ontology of Cyber-Gods and -Goddesses. Hindu Studies 17, 57–82 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-013-9136-4
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