m. a world-protector, guardian of the world, regent of a quarter of the world (the loka-pāla-s are sometimes regarded as the guardian deities of different orders of beings, but more commonly of the four cardinal and four intermediate points of the world, viz. according to to , 1. indra-, of the East;2. agni-, of South-east;3. yama-, of South;4. sūrya-, of South-west;5. varuṇa-, of West;6. pavana- or vāyu-, of North-west;7. kubera-, of North;8. soma- or candra- of North-east;others substitute nir-ṛti- for 4 and īśānī- or pṛthivī- for 8;according to the Buddhists enumerate 4 or 8 or 10 or 14 loka-pāla-s) etc.
कपालः लम् [कं शिरो जलं वा पालयति] 1 The skull, skull bone; चूडापीडकपालसंकुलगलन्मन्दाकिनीवारयः Māl 1.2; रुद्रो येन कपालपाणिपुटके भिक्षाटनं कारितः Bh.2.95. -2 A piece of a broken jar; potsherd; कपालेन भिक्षार्थी Ms.8.93. -3 A multitude, collection. -4 A beggar's
bowl; Ms.6.44. -5 A cup, jar in general; पञ्चकपाल. -6 A cover or lid. -7 A treaty of peace on equal terms; H.4.17; Kām.9.2. -लम् 1 The shell of an egg. -2 The cotyla of the leg of a man, any flat bone. -3 A kind of Leprosy. -ली A beggar's bowl [cf. L. caput; Gr. Kephale]. -Comp. -नलिका A sort of pin or spindle for winding cotton &c. -पाणिः, -भृत्, -मालिन्, -शिरस् m. epithet of Śiva; तपसा दिवमारूढाः कपालशिरसा सह Rām.2.54.31. -मालिनी N. of Durgā -संधिः a peace on equal terms. कपालसंधिर्विज्ञेयः केवलं समसंधितः H.4.11.
n. dish, mendicant's bowl; plate; lid; potsherd; egg-shell; skull; -mâl in, a. wearing a garland of skulls (Siva); -sandhi, m. treaty based on equal terms; -sphota, m. N. of a Rakshas.
n. skull; -kapâlin, a. carrying a skull; -kampa, m. shaking of the head (sts. pl.); -kampin, a. shaking the head; -krintana, n. decapitation; s-kheda, m., s-khedana, n. id.; h-sâtaka, n.(?)turban; -sila, m. N. of a fortress; -sûla, n. violent head ache; -sesha, a. having the head only left; m. Râhu; -srit, a. being at the top of (--°ree;).
noun (masculine neuter) a fragment of brick (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
alms-bowl of a beggar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any flat bone (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
assemblage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
collection (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cotyla of the leg of an animal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cover (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cranium (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cup (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dish (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
jar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
kind of leprosy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lid (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
multitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shell of a tortoise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shell of an egg (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
skull (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
skull-bone (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a school (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an intermediate caste (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several men (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
treaty of peace on equal terms (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a protector or ruler of the people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a world-protector (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
guardian of the world (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Avalokitśvara (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various kings (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
prince (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
protection of the people (?) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
regent of a quarter of the world (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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