塗灰外道 - Dictionary

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塗灰外道

Dictionary Definition:

Pāṃśupatas, perhaps Pāsupatas, followers of Śiva, Śaiva ascetics; a class of heretics who smeared themselves with ashes.

Source: A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous