Kapalamocani, Kapālamocanī, Kapala-mocani: 1 definition

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Kapalamocani 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Kapalamochani.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kapalamocani in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kapālamocanī (कपालमोचनी).—(once kapālī°) vidyā, a prized aspect of surgical art: Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.26.6 (here kapālī°), 7, 9; 30.17 ff.; it involves opening a man's skull and extracting an insect (prāṇaka), which caused a disease (kapāla-vyādhi, 30.18), see 31.6 ff., also 33.12 (a centipede is thus removed).

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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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