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...

emblematic staff of the early Indian Shaivite yogis, known as kapalikas or "skull-bearers". The kapalikas were originally miscreants who had been sentenced to...

Kapalika is a Malayalam Drama film directed by Preethy Panikker. The film is produced by Madhusoodanan and starring Sona Nair, K. Madhu and Sreelatha in...

with it. The 6th-century Varāhamihira mentions Kapalikas in his literary works. Some of the Kāpālika practices mentioned in these texts are those found...

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...

drunken Kapalikas, Satyasoma and his woman, Devasoma. Full of drunken antics, they stumble from tavern to tavern searching for more alcohol. The Kapalikas are...

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...

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...

summoning Kapalika, whom Nikki challenges. Knowing that her blood could gravely harm Kapalika, after an intense battle, Nikki stabs herself and Kapalika with...