Kapalamalin, Kapala-malin, Kapālamālin: 6 definitions

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Kapalamalin means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Kapālamālin (कपालमालिन्).—m. epithet of Śiva; तपसा दिवमारूढाः कपालशिरसा सह (tapasā divamārūḍhāḥ kapālaśirasā saha) Rām.2.54.31.

Kapālamālin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kapāla and mālin (मालिन्). See also (synonyms): kapālapāṇi, kapālabhṛt, kapālaśiras.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kapālamālin (कपालमालिन्).—adj. wearing a string of skulls, Mahābhārata 14, 202.

Kapālamālin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kapāla and mālin (मालिन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kapālamālin (कपालमालिन्).—[adjective] wearing a garland of skulls (Śiva).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kapālamālin (कपालमालिन्):—[=kapāla-mālin] [from kapāla] mfn. bearing a garland of skulls, [Mahābhārata; Kathāsaritsāgara; Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kapālamālin (कपालमालिन्):—(von kapāla + mālā) adj. einen Kranz von Schädeln tragend, von Śiva [Mahābhārata 14, 202.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 1, 37.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kapālamālin (कपालमालिन्):—Adj. mit Schädelknochen bekränzt [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 2,a.87,19.123,12.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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