Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c15.37

v2.c15.37

Kāpālika and Kālāmukha. In the above groupings we see that the first two sects are identical in both cases; we learn from the *Prabōdhachandrōdayam* that Sōmasiddhānta is the authoritative text-book of the Kāpālikas and the remaining Lākuḷa may be inferred to be the same as Kālāmukha. In praising certain Kālāmukha gurus, the Baḷigāmi inscriptions use the phrase "a very Nakuḷīśvara in the knowledge of the Siddhāntas", which clearly proves that the Kālāmukhas were identical with Lakuḷīśa Pāśupatas.*