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Entry कपाल

कपालkapālaलम् [lam], लम् [कं शिरो जलं वा पालयति]
1. लम् lam, लम् कं शिरो जलं वा पालयति
2. The skull, skull bone; चूडापीडकपालसंकुलगलन्मन्दाकिनीवारयः Māl 1.2; रुद्रो येन कपालपाणिपुटके भिक्षाटनं कारितः Bh.2.95.
3. A piece of a broken jar; potsherd; कपालेन भिक्षार्थी Ms.8.93.
4. A multitude, collection.
5. A beggar's bowl; Ms.6.44.
6. A cup, jar in general; पञ्चकपाल.
7. A cover or lid.
8. A treaty of peace on equal terms; H.4.17; Kām.9.2.
Derived forms and compounds
- -लम्
  
  The shell of an egg.
  
  The cotyla of the leg of a man, any flat bone.
  
  A kind of Leprosy.
- -ली A beggar's bowl Compare Latincaput; Greek Kephale.
- -नलिका A sort of pin or spindle for winding cotton etc.
- -पाणिः, -भृत्, -मालिन्, -शिरस् Masculine epithet of Śiva; तपसा दिवमारूढाः कपालशिरसा सह Rām.2.54.31.
- -मालिनी Name of Durgā -संधिः a peace on equal terms. कपालसंधिर्विज्ञेयः केवलं समसंधितः H.4.11.
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