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कभल्लि (kabhalli)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
kabhalli- (? last akṣara uncertain
cf. kaphalikā, and AMg. kabhalla, skull, which Pischel 〔208〕 connects via *kaphāla with Skt. kapāla), in ka°-tāpa, a form of torture in hell: Śikṣ 〔80.11〕 (vs) °tāpān atha dhūmagārān (… pādasya cārcchanti hi kāmadāsā iti)
Bendall and Rouse boiling tortures of the skull
perhaps rather, boiling in pots (so named from their resemblance to a skull in shape). The AMg. suggests em. to kabhalla-.