कपालिन्

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प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

कपालिन् n.  कश्यप तथा सुरभि का पुत्र । एक रुद्र ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कपालिन्  mfn.  mfn. bearing a pot (to receive food, as a beggar), [Nār.]
   furnished with or bearing skulls, [Yājñ. iii, 243]; [BhP.]; [Kum.]
कपालिन्  mf.  mf. ( ई, इनी) a man or woman of low caste (son or daughter of a Brāhman mother and a fisherman father)
कापालिक   the follower of a particular शैव sect (carrying skulls of men as ornament and eating and drinking from them; cf.), [Prab.]; [Kathās.] &c.
कपालिन्  m.  m. N. of शिव, [MBh. i]; [Bālar.] &c.
   of one of the eleven रुद्रs, [MBh. ii]; [Hariv.] &c.
   of a demon causing diseases, [Hariv. 9557]
   of a teacher

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कपालिन् [kapālin]   a.
   Furnished with or having a skull; [Y.3.243.]
   Wearing skulls. कपालि वा स्यादथवेन्दुशेखरम् (वपुः) [Ku.5.78.] -m.
   An epithet of Śiva; करं कर्णे कुर्वन्त्यपि किल कपालिप्रभृतयः [G. L.28.]
   A man of low caste (offspring of a Brāhmaṇa mother to fisherman father.).
-नी  N. N. of Durgā.

Shabda-Sagara

कपालिन्  m.  ( -ली)
   1. A title of SIVA.
   2. A man of low caste, from a Brahman mother and fisherman father.
  f.  ( -लिनी) The goddess DURGA.
    E. कपाल a skull, इनि affix; and ङीष् fem. do.

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कपाल इनि ङीष्