at Vin.i.203, is an error for kajjala, lamp-black, used in preparation of a collyrium (cp. J.P.T.S. 1887 167).

Kapalla

neuter

1. a bowl in form of a skull, or the shell of reptiles; see kapāla.
2. an earthenware pan used to carry ashes Ja.i.8; Ja.vi.66, Ja.vi.75; Dhp-a.i.288.
3. a frying pan (see compounds & cp. angāra-kapalla) Snp.672.; -kapalla is only a variant of kapāla.

• -pāti an earthen pot, a pan Ja.i.347 = Dhp-a.i.371
• -pūva a pancake Ja.i.345; Dhp-a.i.367; Vv-a.123; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.67.

Sk kapāla; orig. skull, bowl, cp. kapola & Lat. caput, capula, capillus, Goth. haubi, E. head