noun
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a place of dwelling; a house.
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a building for the worship of a divinity or divinities or anything viewed as the dwelling place of God or a divinity.
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a place, esp. a raised platform, where animals are offered to a god in a sacrifice; an altar.
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(Buddh.) the sensory organs of human beings.
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(med.) the cause of a disease.
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the state of the mind being absorbed in meditation.