Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kapāla कपाल – skull

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine · substantive neuter

substantive masculine

skull

substantive neuter

skull; head

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

kapā́la ·n. cup, jar, cover or lid, shell, potsherd, skull, the cotyla.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

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kapāla kapāla, am, n. (said to be fr. rt. kamp), a cup, a jar, a dish, used especially for the Puroḍāśa offering (often at the end of a compound, the first member of which is a numeral, e. g. tri- kapāla, ‘consisting of three cups’); the shell of an egg, shell of a tortoise; the cotyla of the leg of a man or animal, any flat bone; a kind of leprosy; (as, am), m. n. the fragment of a vessel, a pot- sherd; a cover or lid; the skull, the cranium, the skull-bone; either half of a water-jar; multitude, assemblage, collection; a treaty of peace on equal terms, = kapāṭa?; (as), m., N. of an intermediate caste; N. of a man; (am, ī), n. f. a beggar's bowl; [cf. Gr. κεφαλή; Lat. caput; Germ. haupt; Goth. haubith, Them. haubida.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

kapā́la Uṇ. 1,117 (kápāla; vgl. jedoch P. 6,2,137, Sch.). ŚĀNT. 3,18 (kápāla). 1〉 n. Schale, Schüssel, insbes. die zur Darbringung des puroḍāśa gebrauchte: yānì gha̱rme ka̱pālā̀nyupaci̱nvantì ve̱dhasàḥ TS. 1,5,10,3. ka̱pālā̀ni̱ copàdadhāti puro̱ḍāśā̱ṃ cādhìśrayati TS. 6,9,3. ŚAT. BR. 1,1,1,22. ŚAT. BR. 1,2,1,1. ŚAT. BR. 2,4,3,8. Sehr häufig am Ende eines adj. comp., dessen erstes Glied ein Zahlwort ist: in so und so vielen Schalen bestehend (vom puroḍāśa). Das Zahlwort behält seinen Ton nach P. 6,2,29. tríkapāla AIT. BR. 1,1. páñcakapāla TS. 1,5,1,4. TS. 1,5,2,1. aṣṭā́kapāla TS. 8,1,1. VS. 29,60. ékādaśakapāla TS. 1,8,3,1. AIT. BR. 1,1 u. s. w. Vgl. auch ekakapāla. ūrdhvakapāla adj. KĀTY. ŚR. 4,14,1. aṅgārakapāla KAUŚ. 38. KAUŚ. 135. kapālabhṛṣṭa SUŚR. 2,72,10. Von der Bettlerschale: kapālaṃ vṛkṣamūlāni kucelamasahāyatā . samatā caiva sarvasminnetanmuktasya lakṣaṇam .. M. 6,44. kapālena bhikṣārthī M. 8,93. kapālapāṇiḥ pṛthivīmaṭatāṃ cīrasaṃvṛtaḥ . bhikṣamāṇo yathonmatto yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ .. R. 2,75,30. BHARTṚ. 3,93. DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 194,1. In dieser Bed. auch f. kapālī BHARTṚ. 3,24. — 2〉 m.n. Scherbe TRIK. 3,3,383. H. an. 3,630. MED. l. 71. ŚAT. BR. 6,6,4,8. ŚAT. BR. 12,4,1,8. KĀTY. ŚR. 16,7,8. KĀTY. ŚR. 16,7,10. SUŚR. 2,181,10. kapālacūrṇa SUŚR. 1,56,18. kumbhīkapā́la P. 6,2,137, Sch. Deckel (nach dem Schol.) ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4,5. — 3〉 m.n. Hirnschale, Schädel, Schädelknochen AK. 2,6,2,19. TRIK. H. 627. H. an. MED. AV. 9,8,22. AV. 10,2,8. ŚAT. BR. 1,2,1,2. PĀR. GṚHY._in_Z. d. d. m. G. 7,537. YĀJÑ. 1,139. dvau śaṅkhakau catvāri kapālāni śirasastathā YĀJÑ. 3,90. SUŚR. 2,30,14. ŚĀNTIŚ. 1,27. PAÑCAT. I, 338. KUMĀRAS. 3,49. KUMĀRAS. 7,32. VET. 4,17. KATHĀS. 2,9. KATHĀS. 25,102. fgg. ataḥ kapālapāṇitvam (Śivaʼs) KATHĀS. 2,14. śiraḥkapāla MBH. 14,2370. SUŚR. 1,87,20. saptakapālena devena von Śiva MBH. 13,683. Vgl. śīrṣakāpāla. — 4〉 n. Schale des Eis ŚAT. BR. 6,1,1,11. ŚAT. BR. 6,3,1,28. te āṇḍakapāle CHĀND. UP. 3,19,1. kukkuṭāṇḍakapālāni SUŚR. 1,134,11. SUŚR. 2,13,6. kiṃ caitanme (Śiva spricht) kapālātma jagaddevi kare sthitam . pūrvoktāṇḍakapāle dve rodasī kīrtite yataḥ .. KATHĀS. 2,15. Schale der Schildkröte ŚAT. BR. 7,5,1,2. — 5〉 n. Schale (Pfanne) am Schenkel des Menschen oder Thieres; überh. ein schalen- oder scheibenförmiger Knochen: śroṇikapāle AIT. BR. 1,22. kaṭīkapāla SUŚR. 1,265,8. SUŚR. 1,339,16. SUŚR. 1,340,9. SUŚR. 1,265,19. — 6〉 m.n. Menge TRIK. H. an. MED. — 7〉 n. eine Art Aussatz H. an. SUŚR. 1,268,1. SUŚR. 1,268,13. WISE 260. — 8〉 m.n. a treaty of peace on equal terms (kapāṭa?) WILS. Vgl. kapālasaṃdhi. — 9〉 m. Bez. einer Mischlingskaste COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 185. Vgl. kapālin. — 10〉 m. N. pr. eines Mannes (kapālarājan) VYUTP. 92.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kapāla 1〉 eine Schale zum Zudecken, Deckel BHĀṢĀP. 10; vgl. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4,5,10 (steht u. 2.). — 8〉 m. ein zwischen Gleichen oder unter gleichen Bedingungen (im Verhältniss von Krug zu Deckel) abgeschlossenes Bündniss KĀM. NĪTIS. 9,2. KĀM. NĪTIS. 9,5 (Spr. 3865). — 10〉 N. pr. eines Lehrers (v. l. kapālin) WILSON, Sel. Works 1,214. pl. N. einer Schule (v. l. kāpāla, kapola) Ind. St. 3,264. — 11〉 N. eines Tantra WILSON, Sel. Works 1,249. — Vgl. mahā˚.

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kapāla Hemisphäre SŪRYAS. 4,24. SŪRYAS. 5,15. SŪRYAS. 5,17. SŪRYAS. 6,12. SŪRYAS. 7,9.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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kapā́la — 1〉 (*m.) n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a〉 Schale, Schüssel. — b〉 Deckel. — c〉 Scherbe. — d〉 Hirnschale, Schädel, Schädelknochen. — e〉 Schale des Eies. — f〉 Schale der Schildkröte. — g〉 Hemisphäre. — h〉 Pfanne am Schenkel des Menschen oder Thieres, ein schalen- oder scheibenförmiger Knochen. — i〉 eine Art Aussatz. — k〉 *Menge. — 2〉 m. — a〉 = ˚saṃdhi. — b〉 eine best. Mischlingskaste. — c〉 N. pr. verschiedener Männer. Pl. Name einer Schule und Secte (VP.² 5,287. 375). — 3〉 f. ī = 1〉a〉 Spr. 4102. — 4〉 wohl n. Titel eines Tantra.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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kapālaḥ, -laṃ [kaṃ śiro jalaṃ vā pālayati] 1 The skull, skull-bone; cūḍāpīḍakapālasaṃkulagalanmaṃdākinīvārayaḥ Māl. 1. 2; rudro yena kapālapāṇipuṭake bhikṣāṭanaṃ kāritaḥ Bh. 2. 95. 2 A piece of a broken jar, potsherd; kapālena bhikṣārthī Ms. 8. 93. 3 A multitude, collection. 4 A beggar's bowl; Ms. 6. 44. 5 A cup, jar in general; paṃcakapāla. 6 A cover or lid. 7 A treaty of peace on equal terms. — laṃ 1 The shell of an egg. 2 The cotyla of the leg of a man, any flat bone. 3 A kind of leprosy. — lī A beggar's bowl. [cf. L. caput; Gr. kephale]. Comp. — nālikā a sort of pin or spindle for winding cotton &c. — pāṇiḥ — bhṛt, -mālin, -śiras m. epithets of Śiva. — mālinī N. of Durgā. — saṃdhiḥ a peace on equal terms, H. 4. 100.

Original text · English · substantive neuter

kapālaḥ, -laṃ [kaṃ śiro jalaṃ vā pālayati] 1 The skull, skull-bone; cūḍāpīḍakapālasaṃkulagalanmaṃdākinīvārayaḥ Māl. 1. 2; rudro yena kapālapāṇipuṭake bhikṣāṭanaṃ kāritaḥ Bh. 2. 95. 2 A piece of a broken jar, potsherd; kapālena bhikṣārthī Ms. 8. 93. 3 A multitude, collection. 4 A beggar's bowl; Ms. 6. 44. 5 A cup, jar in general; paṃcakapāla. 6 A cover or lid. 7 A treaty of peace on equal terms. — laṃ 1 The shell of an egg. 2 The cotyla of the leg of a man, any flat bone. 3 A kind of leprosy. — lī A beggar's bowl. [cf. L. caput; Gr. kephale]. Comp. — nālikā a sort of pin or spindle for winding cotton &c. — pāṇiḥ — bhṛt, -mālin, -śiras m. epithets of Śiva. — mālinī N. of Durgā. — saṃdhiḥ a peace on equal terms, H. 4. 100.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

kapā́la n. Schale, Schüssel, Scherbe, Schädel.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

kapāla kapāla m. n. crâne, tête. Partie d'une cruche à eau, têt. Assemblage; réunion; [Page140-1] collection. Sorte de lèpre. — G. ϰεφαλή; lat. caput; germ. haupt. kapālanālikā f. sorte de fuseau pour retordre le coton, le fil, etc. kapālabhṛt m. (bhṛ) Śiva Mahādeva [qui porte une guirlande de têtes de morts]. kapālin m. mms. — kapālinī f. Durgā épouse de Śiva.

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DYS 2 occurrences
DYS 137: Khecarī 1 occurrence

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DYS 138–140: Jālandharabandha 1 occurrence

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GoS 2 occurrences
GoS 34–41: Sun, Sound and Cooling 1 occurrence

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GoS 42–49: Breath as Bellows 1 occurrence

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HP 7 occurrences
HP 2.21-2.23: Ṣaṭkarma 1 occurrence

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HP 2.30-2.33: Neti and Trāṭaka 1 occurrence

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HP 2.34-2.36: Naulī and Kapālabhātī 1 occurrence

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HP 2.48-2.50: Sūryabhedana 1 occurrence

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HP 2.60-2.68: Bhastrikā 1 occurrence

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HP 3.33-3.48*1: Khecarī and Soma 2 occurrences

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HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.11*2–14*1: Bhastrikā: Breath like a bellows 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3 occurrences
SiSa 5.48-5.71: Innere Meditation 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.182-5.190: Sahasrāra-Mond 2 occurrences

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VBT 22–23: Practical Access 1 occurrence

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VBT 32–35: Emptiness and Nāḍī 1 occurrence

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