karparaH 1 An iron sauce-pan, a frying-pan. 2 A pot or vessel in general (as of a potter). 3 A potsherd, piece of a broken jar; as in Gawakarpara; jIyeya yena kabinA yamakEH pareRa tasmE vaheyamudakaM GawakarpareRa Ghaṭ. 22. ( pb ) 4 The skull. 5 A kind of weapon. 6 A back-bone; Māl. 5. 22.