7.25” Tibetan Buddhist Copper Oxidized Kapala Set Gild With 24 K Gold

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7.25” Tibetan Buddhist Copper Oxidized Kapala Set Gild With 24 K Gold:
$175.00

Name

.25” Kapala Set

Height

7.25”

Width

4”

Depth

4”

Number

2”

Material

Copper, 24 K Gold Plated.

Weight

0.582 kg

Ships From

Patan, Nepal

Insurance

Insurance is included in the shipping cost.

Kapala Set

Kapala is a cup made of a human skull, frequently offered by worshipers to the fierce Tantric deities of Hindu and Buddhist. In Tibet, the skull cup is displayed on the Buddhist altar and is used to offer tot he ferocious Dharmapala divinities either wine, which symbolizes blood, or dough cakes, which are shaped to resemble human eyes, ears etc.

The Kapala is fashioned from the oval upper section of a human cranium. It serves as libation vessel for a vast number of Vajrayana deities, mostly wrathful. Kapala is used for containing blood in a tantric ritual. Held by Kali and other manifestations of Shiva-Shakti, 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 called Asrk Kapala, 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 demon carried in these cups.

About this Item

This Kapala is fashioned from the oval upper section of a human cranium. It serves as a libation vessel for a vast number of Vajrayana deities, mostly wrathful. Made from copper in oxidized finished with 24 K pure gold gilded and beautiful hand carving on it.