Kapala: Difference between revisions

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Abbot — mkhan po,

In general the transmitter of the monastic vows. This title is also given to a person who has attained a high degree of knowledge of Dharma and is authorized to teach it. [AJP] from The Great Image ISBN 1-59030-069-6

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-[[kA pa li tA ra]] - Bhattarika Kapala Tara; n. of one of the aspects of the goddess Tara [RY]
+Abbot — [[mkhan po]],
-[[thod pa]] - 1) Kapala skull; 2) merit, luck *, a dry skull, skull-cup, cranium, death's head. [IW]
+*In general the transmitter of the monastic vows. This title is also given to a person who has attained a high degree of knowledge of Dharma and is authorized to teach it. [AJP] from The Great Image ISBN 1-59030-069-6
-[[thod pa]] - Kapala, a dry skull cup, cranium, death's head [RY]
-[[thod pa]] - 1) Kapala skull [[bde skyong]] [[ngam]] [[thod]] [[skyogs]] [[zer ba]]'i [[klad khyim]] [[gyi]] [[ming]]; 2) merit, luck [[phal skad]] [[du]] [[bsod nams]] [[la'ang]] [['jug]], a dry skull, skull-cup, cranium, death's head [IW]
-[[thod pa]] - Kapala. A skull cup [RY]
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