(arch.) a kind of tax levied in olden days.

the uncomfortable or distressful feeling caused by a desire or need for water and characterised generally by a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat; thirst.

a tool with spiral grooves and a sharp end for cutting and boring holes in wood, etc.; an auger.

a source - a) that from which something comes into existence, develops or derives; b) any place or thing by which something is supplied; c) a person, book, document, etc. that provides information; d) the point or thing from which light rays, sound waves, etc. emanate.

that which houses or protects another; a support; prop.

an assemblage; a multitude.

a large excavation made in the earth, from which to extract metallic ores, coal, precious stones, salt or certain other minerals; a mine.

a group of houses in the country, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a city; a village.

a person, thing, circumstance or opportunity acting voluntarily or involuntarily as the agent that brings about an effect or result; a cause.

a means for living; an occupation for or source of, income.

that quality of a thing which depends on the relative position of all points composing its outline or external surface; physical or spatial form; shape.

the way a person appears; aspect; looks.

expression of the face, as giving a clue to one's inward thoughts or mental disposition; facial expression.

something that is meant to indicate a fact, intention, feeling, etc.; an indication; a sign; a token; a hint; a clue.

the structural unity in music, literature, etc; form.

the place from which, the person from whom, something comes into existence or is supplied; a source; a mine; a mainspring.

a dwelling place; a house.

(in gen.) a place.

a garden; a pleasure-grove.

a sea-salt manufacturing yard.

(dial.) a distant place.

ಆಗರಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗಿ ಗೂಬೆ ತಂದ āgarakke hōgi gūbe tanda he had been out a hawking for butterflies.

prominent; principal; pre-eminent.

first; foremost.

excessive; surplus.

a disease, esp. of infants, caused by a fungus (genus Candida) and characterised by the formation of milky-white lesions on the mouth, lips, and throat; parasitic stomatitis; thrush.

a tip - a) the pointed, tapering or rounded end or top of something long ; b) a top or apex, as of a mountain; c) something attached to the end, as a cap, ferrule, etc.

the front portion of anything.

a starting or commencing; beginning.

the outskirts of a city or town.

a song in praise.

a measure of food given as alms.

a multitude; a group of people; a gathering.

an old measure of weight.

that which is fixed before one's mind as an object to be attained; an aim; a goal.

the best of anything.

a Brāhmaṇa, a man belonging to the upper caste in Hindu society.

a plantain leaf the apex of which is in tact or that portion of the plantain leaf which has the tip unbroken;

ಅಗ್ರದೆಲೆ agradele a plantain leaf with unbroken tip.

a building in which people normally live; a house.

a particular portion of space; a place in general.

having no hand; handless.

exempt from tax.

without having to pay the tax.

the extent of an arable tract of land.

the land tax to be paid to the government.

the money or other gain received, esp. in a given period, by an individual, corporation, etc. from property, esp. agricultural land.

the letter 'ಅ' or its sound.

a land or village granted by kings to Brāhmaṇas for sustenance.

a street or part of a town where (only) Brāhmaṇas live.

a highly inaccessible place.

the hind portion of a ship.

(gram.) the letter 'ಆ'.

a dwelling place; a house.

(in gen.) a place.