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کاسۂ سر

Kaasa-e-Sar

Means

The bowl of the skull; a human skull used as a begging bowl; the extreme of humility and destitution.


Shers using this word

کاسۂ سر کو لیے مانگتا دیدار پھرے میرؔ وہ جان سے بیزار گدا میں ہی ہوں

Kaasa-e-sar ko liye maangta deedaar phire Meer woh jaan se bezaar gada main hi hun

MIR TAQI MIRFull poem →

کل پاؤں ایک کاسۂ سر پر جو آ گیا یکسر وہ استخوان شکستوں سے چور تھا

Kal paaon ek kaasa-e-sar par jo aa gaya Yaksar woh ustakhwaan-shikastons se choor tha

MIR TAQI MIRFull poem →