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kāpālika

mf(I)n. relating to or belonging to a skull (= kapālikeva) g. śarkarādi, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 107]


m. a kind of Śaiva ascetic who carries a human skull and uses it as a receptacle for his food (he belongs to the left-hand sect), [VarBṛS.]; [Bhartṛ. i, 64]; [Prab. liii, 5]; [Kathās.] &c.


N. of a mixed class (kapālin), [L.]


N. of a teacher


n. a kind of leprosy


mfn. peculiar to a Kāpālika, [Prab.]; [Pañcat.]