[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Bhojaprabandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt) › 44\_135 # Bhojaprabandha 44\_135 English (machine translation) 44\_135 - **Language:** English ### [44\_135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.44_135) 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?' - [Previous: 44\_134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.44_134) - [Next: 44\_136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.44_136) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.44_135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.bhojaprabandha~en-mt.44_135) · Pramāṇa