As a deity name
Name 110 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
having or bearing a skull
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kapālavate" is the dative of "kapālavat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "kapālavat" is derived from "kapāla" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
kapāla m. n. (√ kamp, Uṇ. i, 117), a cup, jar, dish (used especially for the Puroḍāśa offering), TS.; ŚBr.; Suśr. &c. (cf. trikapāla, pañca-kapāla, &c.)
the alms-bowl of a beggar, Mn. vi, 44; viii, 93; R. &c.
kapāla—vat mfn. having or bearing a skull, Bālar.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kapāla—vat mfn. having or bearing a skull, Bālar.
kapāla m. n. (√ kamp, Uṇ. i, 117), a cup, jar, dish (used especially for the Puroḍāśa offering), TS.; ŚBr.; Suśr. &c. (cf. trikapāla, pañca-kapāla, &c.)
the alms-bowl of a beggar, Mn. vi, 44; viii, 93; R. &c.
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