Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c15.70

v2.c15.70

Regarding the caste marks of the various schools of Śaivas, Anantānandagiri says as follows:—The Śaivas make marks of the *liṅga* on both the shoulders; the *Raudras* mark their forehead with the *triśūla*; the *Ugras* mark their shoulders with the *ḍamaru*; the *Bhaṭṭas* mark their forehead with the *liṅga*; the *Jaṅgamas* mark their chest with the *triśūla* and wear on it the *liṅga* and the *Pāśupatas* mark the forehead, the two shoulders, the chest and the navel with the *liṅga*.