The Practice of the Tibetan Kapala,Common in Hindu and Buddhist Tantric traditions, especially those
The Practice of the Tibetan Kapala,Common in Hindu and Buddhist Tantric traditions, especially those practiced in Tibet, a Kapala is a ceremonial vessel made from a human skull. Sometimes, the skull could be heavily decorated with silver, bronze, turquoise, and various stones or gems, sometimes it could be a plain skull that has elaborate carvings. Usually the skulls were collected from sky burials, a practice in which a corpse is left on the side of a mountain so that birds can feed upon. This is based on the idea that nothing should go to waste. The purpose of the Kapala was as a container to hold offerings to various Hindu and Tibetan deities. -- source link
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