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  2. Kapala - Wikipedia

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    'Kapala' (Tibetan: ཀ་པ་ལ་, Wylie: kapala) is a loan word into Tibetan from Sanskrit kapāla (Devanagari: कपाल) referring to the skull or forehead, usually of a human. By association, it refers to the ritual skullcup fashioned out of a human cranium.

  3. Mundamala - Wikipedia

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    In Tibetan art, various wrathful deities, including the dharmapalas, wear the mundamala, a five-skull crown and human or animal skins. [19] Manifestations of Akshobhya are generally fearsome and are depicted wearing the mundamala as well as skulls and serpents.

  4. Tibetan fox - Wikipedia

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    The Tibetan fox (Vulpes ferrilata ... Among the true foxes, its skull is the most specialised in the direction of carnivory; [6] it is longer in the condylobasal ...

  5. Citipati (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    Tibetan Citipati mask depicting Mahākāla. The skull mask of Citipati is a reminder of the impermanence of life and the eternal cycle of life and death. The Citipati were a couple of ascetics meditating near a graveyard. In their deep state of meditation, they did not notice a thief who had sneaked up on them.

  6. Sky burial - Wikipedia

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    A sky burial site in Yerpa Valley, Tibet Drigung Monastery, Tibetan monastery famous for performing sky burials. Sky burial (Tibetan: བྱ་གཏོར་, Wylie: bya gtor, lit. "bird-scattered" [1]) is a funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed on a mountaintop to decompose while exposed to the elements or to be eaten by scavenging animals, especially carrion birds like vultures ...

  7. Khaṭvāṅga - Wikipedia

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    In the Vajrayana of Tibetan Buddhism, the symbol of the skull-topped trident (khaṭvānga) is said to be inspired by its association with the Kāpālikas. [3] Pictured here is an ivory khaṭvāṅga, 15th century Chinese art, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  8. Sky gazing (Dzogchen) - Wikipedia

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    The most comprehensive study of the Sky-gazing meditation known as thod rgal has been written by Flavio A. Geisshuesler. Although the term thod rgal is generally translated as "Direct Transcendence" or "Leap Over," Geisshuesler argues that the expression really means "Skullward Leap" as it consists of the Tibetan words thod ("above," "over," but also "head wrapper," "turban," "skull") and rgal ...

  9. Damaru - Wikipedia

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    A collar of simple brocade, or copper or silver, has a hand-hold, and is the site of attachment of the beaters, whose knit cover represents two eyeballs. The skulls are also carefully chosen for their attributes and source. After the Tibetan diaspora in 1960, they began to be manufactured in India and Nepal, with a continued degradation of quality.

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