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noose) killed no women, invoked K[ra]li (as Jay[=i]), and attacked individuals only, whom the decoys, called Tillais, lured very cleverly to destruction. They never robbed without strangling first, and always buried the victim. They used to send a good deal of what they got to K[ra]li's temple, in a village near Mirz[=a]pur, where the establishment of priests was entirely supported by them. K[ra]li (or Bhav[=a]n[=i]) herself directed that victims should be strangled, not bled (so the Thug legend). Their symbol was a pick, emblem of the goddess, unto whom a religious ceremony was performed before and after the murder was committed. Local small bankers often acted as fence for them.]
[Footnote 56: This is called either P[=u]rva-m[=i]m[=a]ms[=a] (Karma-m[=i]m[=a]ms[=a]) or simply M[=i]m[=a]ms[=a].]
[Footnote 57: Or Ç[=a]r[=i]raka-m[=i]m[=a]msa, or Brahma-m[=i]m[=a]ms[=a] (m[=i]m[=a][=m.]sa, reflexion, philosophy).]
[Footnote 58: Kapila's system, usually known as the S[=a]nkhya.]
[Footnote 59: And attributed to Pata[=n.ljali. Compare Deussen, System des Ved[=a]nta, p. 20.]
[Footnote 60: Born In 788. But some scholars refer him to the seventh century. See IA. xiii. 95; xvi. 41. His name, a title of Civa, indicates his nominal sect.]
[Footnote 61: For the meaning of Ved[=a]nta (whether 'end of Veda,' or 'goal of Veda') compare Deussen, loc. cit. p. 3, note (above, p. 253, note).]
