[INDOLOGY] Query

Patrick Olivelle jpo at uts.cc.utexas.edu
Sat Jun 8 17:56:25 UTC 2013


Does anyone know whether the term "kāruka" has a specifically Śaiva technical meaning -- perhaps a special kind of initiate? I see this in a verse:

kāpālikāḥ pāśupatāḥ śaivaś ca saha kārukaiḥ |
dṛṣṭāś ced ravim īkṣeta spṛṣṭāś cet snānam ācaret ||

Thanks.

Patrick





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