Sketch of the Religious Sects of the Hindus c7.s3.3

c7.s3.3

His body is smeared with ashes from a funeral pile, around his neck hangs a string of human skulls, his forehead is streaked with a black line, his hair is wove into the matted braid, his loins are clothed with a tiger's skin, a hollow skull is in his left hand, (for a cup) and in his right he carries a bell, which he rings incessantly, exclaiming aloud, Ho, *Sambhu Bhairava* -- Ho, lord of *Kali*.