neuter · kapāla 2 · kapāla 1
Kapāla (neuter) [Sanskrit kapāla, see kapalla] 1. a tortoise or turtle-shell S I 7 = Miln 371; S IV 179; as ornament at Sv I 89. 2. the skull, cf. kaṭāha in sīsakaṭāha. 3. a frying pan (usually as ayo°, of iron, e.g. A IV 70; Nidd II §304 III D 2 ; Vv-a 335) Ja II 352; Vv 84 5 ; Dhp-a I 148 (v.l. °kapalla); Abhidh-av I 100 (in simile). 4. a begging bowl, used by certain ascetics S IV 190; V 53, 301; A I 36; III 225; Ja I 89; Pv-a 3. 5. a potsherd Ja II 301. -ābhata the food collected in a bowl A I 36; -khaṇḍa a bit of potsherd Ja II 301; -hattha "with a bowl in his hand," begging, or a beggar, Thag 1118; Ja I 89; III 32; V 468; Pv-a 3.
a bowl, a dish; an alms-bowl; a cooking-pan; the shell of a tortoise or turtle; of an egg; of a coconut
(masc, masc) pan; pot; bowl frying pan, pan
(masc, masc) tortoise shell shell (like that of a tortoise)
(masc, masc) begging bowl beggar's bowl