Dvadashakapala, Dvādaśakapāla, Dvadasha-kapala: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dvādaśakapāla can be transliterated into English as Dvadasakapala or Dvadashakapala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Sacred Texts: The Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30)Dvādaśakapāla (द्वादशकपाल) is the name of an oblation, as mentioned in the Āpastamba-yajña-paribhāṣā-sūtras.—“the Aṣṭā-kapāla for Agni, the Ekādaśa-kapāla for Agnī-Ṣomau, and the Upāṃśuyāga (the muttered offering of butter), form the principal acts at the Paurṇamāsī, the full moon. The other Homas are Aṅga. The Aṣṭā-kapāla for Agni, the Ekādaśa-kapāla or Dvādaśa-kapāla for Indra-Agnī, form the principal acts at the Amāvāsyā, the new moon, in the case of one who does not sacrifice with Soma”.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDvādaśakapāla (द्वादशकपाल):—[=dvā-daśa-kapāla] [from dvā-daśa > dvā] mf(ī)n. distributed on 12 potsherds, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
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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: Kapala, Dvadasha.
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Full-text: Ashtakapala, Ekadashakapala, Dvadasha, Ahavaniya.
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