The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2064 page)

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aiva sects developed, ranging from those who adhered to
Sm
rta
orthodoxy to those who flouted it. The following sects can be distinguished:
(i) 
P
upatas
, the earliest
aiva sect, along with a subsect, the Lakul
a P
upata, who took an ‘animal’ vow (
vrata
) of asceticism, bathing in ashes, and engaging in antisocial behaviour;
(ii) 
K
p
likas
, cremation-ground dwellers who carried a skull and performed antinomian practices;
(iii) K
l
mukhas, ascetics closely associated with the P
upata;
(iv) V
ra

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