History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.126

v7.c92.126

¹⁷⁴⁴ अन्त कौलं बहि शैवं लोकाचारे तु वैदिकम् । सारमादाय तिष्ठेत्त नारिकेलफलं यथा ॥ अपरार्क p. 10 I prefer the reading of one the mss noted in the foot notes. The printed text reads अन्त. शैवं बहि. कौलं लोकाचारे etc. The cocoanut fruit presents three aspects, first there is the hard outside shell, then there is the soft and tasty kernel inside the hard shell and thirdly there is water in addition to the soft kernel. The कुलार्णवतन्त्र has 'अन्त कौलो बहिःशैवो जनमध्ये तु वैष्णव. । कौलं सुगोपयेद्देवि नारिकेलफलाम्बुवत् ॥ XI 83. One ms reads अन्त कौला बहिःशैवाः सभायां वैष्णवा मता. and this last is often quoted. The कौलावलीनिएँय (X. 84-95) reads अन्तःशाक्ता बहिःशैवा....मता. । नानावेषधराः कौला विचरन्ति महीतले॥ The sect mark of both Śaivas and Śāktas is *tripuṇḍra* (three parallel lines of holy ashes on the forehead from one eye to the other, drawn with three fingers other than the thumb and small finger). *Vide* बृहज्जावालोपनिषद् IV. 10-11, देवीभागवत XI. 15. 17-23.