Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c15.62

v2.c15.62

sects themselves. Therefore, after the fresh glamour passed away, these degraded Brāhmaṇas apparently set themselves to cleanse their faith of its filth, evolve a system of philosophy for it and a line of conduct for its adherents and claim a purer status equal to or identical with that of the Vaidikas. In this evolved Śaivaism, also known as Śuddha Śaivaism, we do not meet with any one of the evils complained of. Those that persisted in it, the Kāpālas and the Kāḷāmukhas, have gone to the wall in the contest and are lost for ever.