kapala
See also: käpälä, kapała, kąpała, and Kąpała
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.
Lindu
Noun
kapala
- head
- leader; pioneer