Kapali - Kapali

Japanese: カパーリー - かぱーりー
Kapali - Kapali

...Pliny says that a medicine for rabies can be made from a human skull (Natural History, Book 28). In Hinduism, Brahma created the storm god Rudra, or Shiva, and called him Kapali (meaning "skull-bearer") and asked him to protect the world. Shiva was angry at being called Kapali and decapitated Brahma with the nail of his left thumb, but the skull stuck to his hand and remained there for 12 years (Bharaha Purana)....

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kapali" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人のどくろから狂犬病の薬がつくれるとプリニウスは言う(《博物誌》第28巻)。またヒンドゥー教では,ブラフマーが暴風雨神ルドラすなわちシバをつくってこれをカパーリー(〈どくろを持つ者〉の意)と呼び,世界を守護するよう依頼した。シバがこの呼び名に立腹して左母指の爪でブラフマーの首を切ったところ,そのどくろがシバの手について12年間離れなかった(《バラーハ・プラーナ》。…

※「カパーリー」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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