karoṭi

Karoṭi1

feminine

  1. a basin, cup, bowl, dish Ja.i.243; Ja.ii.363; Ja.iii.225; Ja.iv.67; Ja.v.289, Ja.v.290.
  2. the skull (cp. kaḷopi On the form cp. Dial. i.227 n.) Ja.vi.592.

Karoṭi2

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 (cp. Divy.218; and Morris, J.P.T.S. 1893, 22). As Name of Supaṇṇas (a kind of Garuḍas explained as “tesaṃ karoṭi nāma pānabhojanaṃ” by C on Ja.i.204. Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. compares BSk. karoṭapāṇayah a class of Yakṣas Mvu.i.30.