- term kapāla,
meaning "skull", and
kāpālika can be
translated as the "skull-men" or "skull-bearers". The
Kāpālikas were an
extinct sect of
Shaivite ascetics...
-
ascetic order, the
Kāpālikas, or 'wearers of skulls'."
According to
David Lorenzen,
there is a
paucity of
primary sources on the
Kāpālikas, and historical...
- with it. The 6th-century Varāhamihira
mentions Kapalikas in his
literary works. Some of the
Kāpālika practices mentioned in
these texts are
those found...
- from kapāla,
meaning "skull", and Kāpālika
means the "skull-men". The
Kāpālikas were an
extinct sect of
Shaivite ascetics devoted to the
Hindu god Shiva...
-
emblematic staff of the
early Indian Shaivite yogis,
known as
kapalikas or "skull-bearers". The
kapalikas were
originally miscreants who had been
sentenced to...
-
monastic life. Some
sadhus such as the
Aghori share the
practices of
ancient Kapalikas, in
which they beg with a skull,
smear their body with
ashes from the...
- the
Kapalikas in his Sri
Bhasya work, in
which he
noted them as
eating from a
skull and
keeping wine. Such
practices were
common for the
Kapalikas but...
- of Svātmārāma.
verse 1.58–63, pp. 19–21. Lorenzen,
David (1972). The
Kāpālikas and Kālāmukhas.
University of
California Press. pp. 186–190. ISBN 978-0-520-01842-6...
-
mysterious and
horrific events at the
centre of
which lies a cult of
Kapalikas that
worships Kali.
Robert Luczak is sent by the
American literary magazine...
- Lin****ats,
along with
Shaiva Siddhanta followers, Naths, Pashupatas,
Kapalikas and
others constitute the
Shaivite po****tion. The word 'Lin****at' is...
