- kapālika
- ID:
- T357397
- कपालिक (Newar, Devanagari script, Original)
- > kapālika (Newar, Latin script, Transliteration-Indological Standard Transliteration)
Other Dictionaries
1. DCN Malla
- is a variant of
- kaṃpālika
- Variants:
a beggar who begs in a skull; a follower of the saivite sect who uses the human skull as a food container or decoration or begging bowl, SV.017a.05 NS: 723 see also kaṃpālika SV.0l7b.04 NS: 723, Ety. S. kapālikā "potsherd" Ill. thama kapālika bhekha dhalarapāva, thva brāmhanayā chesa ḍaba ḍaba thāyāva phoṅā. Being disguised as a beggar he begged at the house of the Brahmin while playing a small (hand) drum. Mod. kapila "a low caste"
- language:
- English
Definition Related Subject
- Newar Grammatical Function:
- Variants:
kapālika has 1 other term directly related to it, which is presented here.