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2 See on Bhairava, for example: E. Chalier-Visuvalingam (1996); T.A. Gopinatha Rao (1971): II, 1, 177; S. Kramrisch (1981): 250–265; P. Pal (1981): 104–106; A. Roşu (1997b): 410; H. von Stietencron (1969); M. and J. Stutley (1977): 41. The Bhairavas are terrific forms of Śiva, eight or sixty-four in number; see on them: M.L.B. Blom (1989): 19–29; H.C. Das (1981): 27–29; D. Heilijgers-Seelen (1994; see index); G.S. Nepali (1965): 298–305. Bhairava is mentioned as an authority in the *Rasaratnasamuccaya* (4.32) and *Rasendracūḍāmaṇi* (6.3; 12.25 and 28).