kaBalli
kabhalli- (? last akṣara uncertain; cf. kaphalikā , and AMg. kabhalla, skull , which Pischel 208 connects via *kaphāla with Skt. kapāla), in ka°-tāpa, a form of torture in hell: Śikṣ 80.11 ( vs ) °tāpān atha dhūmagārān (… pādasya cārcchanti hi kāmadāsā iti); Bendall and Rouse boiling tortures of the skull ; perhaps rather, boiling in pots (so named from their resemblance to a skull in shape). The AMg. suggests em. to kabhalla-.