Bhojaprabandha 44_135

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Then, after a short while, a Kāpālika ascetic entered the royal assembly, holding in his hand a staff made of a great elephant's tusk, his fresh mass of matted locks bound up, his entire body smeared with camphor-scented ashes, like the god of love embodied, his pair of ears adorned with crystal ear-ornaments, wearing a silk loincloth, like the moon-crested god Śiva in bodily form. Seeing him, Buddhisāgara said: 'O lord among yogins, from where have you come? And where is your residence? O Kāpālika, do you possess some miraculous skill or special medicine?'