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The Kathá Sarit Ságara

Note 1 — Chapter CXXI

C. H. (Charles Henry) Tawney translation

B. and R. explain the word khaṇḍakápálika as—“ein Stück von einem Kápálika, ein Quasi-kápálika.” A kápálika is, according to Monier Williams s. v., a worshipper of Śiva of the left-hand order, characterized by carrying skulls of men as ornaments, and by eating and drinking from them.

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