Pramodkumar (March 2008). Meri Khoj Ek Bharat Ki. ISBN978-1-4357-1240-9. Consultado el 26 de octubre de 2011. «It is extremely important to keep the house spotlessly clean and pure on Diwali. Goddess Lakshmi likes cleanliness, and she will visit the cleanest house first. Lamps are lit in the evening to welcome the goddess. They are believed to light up her path.»
Upadhye, A. N. (Jan–Mar 1982). «Mahavira and His Teachings». En Cohen, Richard J., ed. Journal of the American Oriental Society (American Oriental Society) 102 (1): 231-232. JSTOR601199. doi:10.2307/601199.
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Upadhye, A. N. (Jan–Mar 1982). «Mahavira and His Teachings». En Cohen, Richard J., ed. Journal of the American Oriental Society (American Oriental Society) 102 (1): 231-232. JSTOR601199. doi:10.2307/601199.