Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c15.60

v2.c15.60

The Śaivagamas inform us that the Śaivas worship Śiva in the aspect of Tāṇḍava-bhūshaṇa; the Pāśupatas, Śiva smeared with ashes and wearing jaṭāmakuṭa, the Mahāvratas, Śiva wearing a garland of bones; the Kālāmukhas, Śiva wearing sphaṭikā and putradīpa (?) beads; the Vāmāchāras, Śiva wearing the sacred thread and carrying fire and the Bhairavas, Śiva carrying ḍamaru and wearing anklets; and that all these aspects of Śiva should have three eyes.