History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c41.s1.12
History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c41.s1.12
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v3.c41.s1.12
The ascetics described seem to be Śaiva ascetics but those with a metal ox on their foreheads can not be Jangamas as they do not burn their dead but bury them. The Vīraśaiva schism (Lingāyat) had no doubt arisen already. But the Lingāyats had probably not yet gone to Konkan or Lāta where even now they are scarcely to be found. These ascetics, therefore, do not now survive as even Miss Yule thinks.