The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c25.42
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c25.42
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c25.42
Kapāla, either (i) severed head of a man, or (ii) the cup made of a skull, or (iii) a bowl. The skull cup is of two kinds ; when it is filled with blood it is called Asṛkkapāla, and when with human flesh it is called Māṃsakapāla. The deities are supposed to partake of the blood or the flesh carried in these cups.