Karoṭi 1 (feminine) 1. a basin, cup, bowl, dish Ja I 243; II 363; III 225; IV 67; V 289, 290. 2. the skull (cf. kaḷopi. On the form cf. D.B. I 227 note) Ja VI 592. Karoṭi 2 (masculine) a class of genii that formed one of the 5 guards of the devas against the Asuras Ja I 204, associated with the nāgas (cf. Divy 218; and Morris, JPTS 1893, 22). As name of Supaṇṇas (a kind of garuḷa) explained as "tesaṃ karoṭi nāma pānabhojanaṃ" by commentary on Ja I 204. Kern, Toev. sub voce compares BHS karoṭapāṇayah a class of Yakāsas Mvu I 30.