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the seemingly inevitable happening of events that affect someone; fortune or fate that cannot be predicted or foreseen.
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good fortune; success, prosperity, advantage, etc. 3) the force believed to cause things, esp. good things, to happen to a person by chance and not as a result of his or her own efforts or abilities; destiny;
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ಅದೃಷ್ಟದ ಆಟ adřṣṭada āṭa a game of chance, as gambling etc. 2. (fig.) the ups and downs in one's life believed to have been caused by the destiny; ಅದೃಷ್ಟದ ಏಣಿ ಏರು adřṣṭada ēṇi ēru (fig.) to achieve something or progress mainly by the luck of the draw; to have luck on one's side; ಅದೃಷ್ಟ ಖುಲಾಯಿಸು adřṣṭa khulāyisu (something good) to happen (usu. unexpectedly).