1. a bowl, a dish; an alms-bowl.
2. a cooking-pan.
3. the shell of a tortoise or turtle; of an egg; of a coconut.

…a beggar, Thag.1118; Ja.i.89; Ja.iii.32 Ja.v.468; Pv-a.3.

Sk. kapāla, see kapalla

…having stayed at the Ajakapālaka cetiya in Pāvā.

After the Buddha’s death, the Mallas of Pāvā claimed a share in his relics. Doṇa…

an iron pot

an iron pot

with a single layered sole

with alms-bowl in hand

…as bases.

1. ayo˚
   • -kapāla an iron pot AN.iv.70 (variant reading ˚guhala) Cnd.304#iii. d.2 (of Niraya). *…

…as bases.

1. ayo˚
   • -kapāla an iron pot AN.iv.70 (variant reading ˚guhala) Cnd.304#iii. d.2 (of Niraya). *…

…bhikkhus) Dhp-a.i.5.

• -kapālaka medicine bowl Vb-a.361.
• -sikkhāpada the medicine precepts…

small bolster Vin.ii.148 (vātapāna˚ a roll to keep out draughts); Kp-a.50 (tāpasa˚ variant reading K^k kapala-bhitti, see Appendix to Indexes on Sutta Nipāta & Pj.).

fr. bhisi¹

…(= Thag-a.269: bhikkhā-kapāla).

to ghaṭa¹

Ghaṭikā²

feminine

1. a small stick, a piece of a branch a twig…

…Vin.ii.115 (= ghaṭi-kapāla Bdhgh);

• -kāra a potter Dhp-a.i.380; Np. of a kumbhakāra SN.i.35, SN.i.60; MN.ii.45 sq…

…is only a variant of kapāla.

• -pāti an earthen pot, a pan Ja.i.347 = Dhp-a.i.371
• -pūva a…

1. a small vessel, bowl Ja.i.425.
2. a beggar’s bowl Ja.i.235; Dhp-a.ii.26.

(-˚) a certain weight (or measure), spelt also phala (see phala²), only in cpd. sata˚; a hundred (carat) in weight Thag.97 (of kaṃsa); Ja.vi.510 (sa …

…early time, as is shown by kapāla AN.iv.70 for phāla Kern comments on the word at

Toevoegselen

ii.139. See Vin.i.225 (phālo divasantatto,…

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

…Vism.356 (˚kapāla in comp.); Dhp-a.i.136; Dhp-a.ii.5; Dhp-a.iii.371; Dhp-a.iv.130; Pp-a.231; Vv-a.100. Cp. next.

der. fr….

…(Kuvera), one of the 4 lokapālas They are often the direct servants (messengers of Yama himself, the Lord of the Underworld (and the…

1. a brahmanic sacrifice.
2. alms-giving charity, a gift to the Sangha or a bhikkhu.

The brahmanic ritual of Vedic times has been given a changed and deeper meaning. Buddhism has discarded the outwa …