Kapala

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cup made from a human skull and used in tantric rituals.

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skullcupskullcup

Etymology

From Tibetan ཀ་པ་ལ (ka pa la), from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla), meaning "skull", "forehead", "kapala", ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”). Doublet of copra.

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