Kapalabhrit, Kapālabhṛt, Kapala-bhrit: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kapālabhṛt can be transliterated into English as Kapalabhrt or Kapalabhrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKapālabhṛt (कपालभृत्):—(kapāla Schädel + bhṛt tragend) m. ein Beiname Śiva’s [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 27.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 199.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKapālabhṛt (कपालभृत्):—m. Beiname Śiva's.
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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Partial matches: Bhrit, Kapala.
Full-text: Kapalamalin, Kapalashiras, Kapalapani.
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