kapala

See also: käpälä

English

Etymology

From Tibetan ཀ་པ་ལ (ka pa la), from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla), meaning "skull", "forehead", "kapala".

Noun

kapala (plural kapalas)

A cup made from a human skull and used in tantra rituals.

Synonyms

skullcup

Banjarese

Etymology

From Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”).

Noun

kapala

(anatomy) head

References

Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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