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later authors. SIMILAR orgies took place in tantric circles sakticos and the regions of<br />
Himalayas, mainly in Garhwal: it was the cdi-marg (coli - bra), so called because it had<br />
as a companion of the woman whose rite had been oorpino drawn by lot (Ward, Wilson<br />
and Aitkinson, cited by Briggs, Gorakhanath and the Kanphata Yogis, p. 173 et seq.).<br />
Interestingly, observ-ing that describes Freyers orgies like those of vamacari, which<br />
according to the battles between the Parsis of India (A New Account Persia af an East<br />
India, W. Crooke edition, vol. I, 1912, p . 294; vol. II, p. 255). About orgies sa-steps of<br />
the Muslim Persia, see S. C. Benjamin, Persia and the Persians (London, 1883), p. 353-<br />
355; C. J. Wills, In the Land of the Lion and Sun, in Modero Persia (London, 1891), p.<br />
154, 339, etc. We found simi-lar practices in Chiragh-Kush, "the extinction of the lamps;<br />
E. Elias, E. D. Ross, A History of the Moghuls of Central Asia (London, 1898), p. 218,<br />
note. West-ermarck (historyof Human Marriage, p. 51) and after, Crooke (Fryers, vol. II,<br />
p. 255, note 1) reject the authenticity of these testimonies.<br />
Anyway, from what we know about Russian sects (KK Grass, Die russischen Sekten, 2<br />
vol., Leipzig, 1907-1909; discussion of the topic in R. Hertz, Melanges de Sociologie<br />
religieuse et de Folklore, Paris, 1928, p. 229) and also on the cult of the Innocents in<br />
Bessarabia, like sacred orgies are not improbable.<br />
Note VIII, 3: Gorakhnath, Matsyendranatha and 84 SIDDHA<br />
About Gorakhnath and yogis Kanphata see Dalpotram Pranjivan Khakhar, History of the<br />
Kanphatas of Kachh (Indian Antiquary, vol. VII, 1878, p. 298300); W. Crooke, The<br />
Tribes and Castes of the North Western Provinces and Oudh, vol. HI (Calcutta, 1896), p.<br />
153, 159, L. P. Tessitori, in Encyclopaedia of Religions and Ethics, vol. XII, p. 833-835,<br />
Mohan Singh, Gorakhnath and Mediaeval Hindu Mysticism (Lahore, 1937), George W.<br />
Briggs, Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis (Calcutta, Oxford, 1938); Shashibhusan<br />
Dasgupta, Obscure Religious Cults (Calcutta, 1946), p. 219-287-442-460. About Goraksanath<br />
worship in Bengal, see S. C. Mitra, On the Cult of Gorakshanath in Eastern<br />
Bengal (JorunalDep. Letters, Calcutta University, 1926, p. 16-21). God is the protector of<br />
cows; also S. C. Mitra, On the Cult cf Gorakshanath in the District of Rangpur in N.<br />
Bengal (Journ. Anthr. Soc Bombay, vol. XIV, 1927, n. 1, p. 1-5), Geo W. Briggs, The<br />
Chamars (Madras, 1920), p. 149 and ff.<br />
About Matsyendranatha, Tucci, Animadversiones indicae, P. 133 and ff.; Syl-vain Levi,<br />
Le Nepal, I, p. 347 et seq., P. C. Baggchi, Kaulajnana nirnaya and some other minor texts<br />
of the school or Matsyendranatha (Calcutta, 1934), p. 8-32 of the Introduction; S. B.<br />
Dasgupta, Obscure Cults, p. 442 and ff.<br />
For the 84 Siddha Griinwedel vet Albert, Die Geschichte der Zauber vierun-dachtzig<br />
(mahasiddhas), aus dem tibetische iibersetz (Baessler-Archiv, vol. V, Leipzig, 1916, p.<br />
137-228); Udhili Gura (p. 205 -206); Indrapala and Lui-pa (p. 215-216); Guru Lui-pa<br />
(143); Lilapada (144); Virupa (p. 145-147); Dombi (p. 147-148); Gorakhnath (p. 153-<br />
154); Capari (p. 201-202); vyali<br />
(p. 221-222); Karunia and Nagarjuna (p. 165-167) and so on. Tucci, Animadversiones<br />
indicae, P. 138; VVadell, Lamaism, p. 42; S. Levi, Un nouveau document sur le<br />
bouddhisme de basse epoque dans I'lnde (Bull. School Orient. Stud., 1931, vol. VI, p.<br />
417-429; on Nagarjuna, p. 420-421); Sankrtyayana Rahula, Re Recherche bouddhiques<br />
(Journal Asiatique, 1934, p. 195-230); Baggchi, Kaulaj-nana-nirnaya, P. 20 and ff.;<br />
Briggs, Gorakhnath, P. 136 S. B. Dasgupta, Obscure Religious Cults, p. 232 and ff.; V.