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'''Eight charnel ground ornaments''' (Tib. དུར་ཁྲོད་ཆས་བརྒྱད་,''durtrö ché gyé'',  [[Wyl.]] ''dur khrod chas brgyad'' ) of a wrathful deity are: 

#The three garments  (Tib. བགོ་བའི་གོས་གསུམ་, Wyl. ''bgo ba’i gos gsum''): elephant, human, and tiger skin; 
#Two fastened ornaments (Tib་གདགས་པའི་རྒྱན་གཉིས་, Wyl. ''gdags pa’i rgyan gnyis''): human skulls and snakes; and 
#Three smeared substances (Tib.བྱུག་པའི་རྫས་གསུམ་, Wyl. ''byug pa’i rdzas gsum''): ashes, blood, and grease. <ref>* Thinley Norbu, ''The Small Golden Key''.</ref> 

These also form part of the [[ten glorious ornaments]]. 

*The three garments:
:An elephant skin is a sign that ignorance has been subdued by the [[ten strengths]];
:A human skin is a sign that desire has been subdued by desireless great compassion; and
:A tiger skin is a sign that anger or hatred has been subdued by wrathful compassion<ref>* Ibid..</ref> 

*The two kinds of fastened ornaments:
:: Dried and fresh human skull ornaments, which are
:::The crown of five dry human skulls,
:::The garland of fifty fresh heads,
:::The bracelets of fragments of human heads. <ref>* Ibid.</ref> 

::Snake ornaments:
:::The white-spotted snake hair ribbon, which symbolizes the subjugation of the caste of naga kings;
:::The yellow-spotted snake earrings, which symbolize the subjugation of the caste of naga nobility;
:::The red-spotted snake necklace which symbolizes the subjugation of the Brahmin caste of nagas;
:::The green-spotted snake bracelets which symbolize the subjugation of the ordinary caste of nagas; and
:::The black-spotted snake belt or sash which symbolizes the subjugation of the lowest caste of nagas. <ref>* Ibid.</ref> 

*The three smeared substances which symbolize the subjugation of jealousy, are:
:Ashes on the forehead,
:Blood on the bridge of the nose, or the cheeks, and
:Mouldy grease on the chin. <ref>* Ibid.</ref> 

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