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A young man with short dark hair sits cross-legged on a woven mat on bare sandy ground, eyes closed and hands folded in his lap. He wears a white kurta-style garment with an orange saffron shawl draped over his shoulders. Beside him is a small terracotta dish of ash or dried material. Around him a square of wood logs and stones is burning with small flames and smoke. A dark cloth and a small cup are visible at the upper right edge. The setting is an open outdoor ground during a monastic training session. No printed name identifies him, and his appearance does not match the qualifying cues for a person.

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