noun
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a part of a whole; a portion.
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an essential or elemental part.
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that which enters into a compound; an ingredient; a component.
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the share or the part of an estate descending to a heir; inheritance.
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a unit of longitude or latitude;
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(myth.) one of the twelve Ādityas;
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the upper number of a vulgar fraction, which expresses the number of fractional parts taken; a numerator.
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(astrol.) the ninth part of any of the twelve signs of zodiac.
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a matter under attention or to be taken in to account; a point.
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a 360th part of a revolution; a degree.
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(pros.) a basic unit in Kannaḍa prosody, which is divided into three types - ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಗಣ, ವಿಷ್ಣುಗಣ and ರುದ್ರಗಣ.