Kapala - Half Skull is used for containing blood in tantric ritual. Held by kali and other manifestations of Shiva Sakti, by Mahakala and other guardian deities and their Dankinis. Kapala is made of severed head of a man or the cup made of a skull, or a bowl. the skull cup is of two kinds, when it is filled with blood it is callled Asrkkapala, and when with flesh it is called Mamsa kapala. It is used in Tantric ritual. The deities are appeared to partake of the blood or the flesh of the demo carried in these cups.
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