noun
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a fight, esp. a large-scale engagement, between armed forces on land, at sea or in the air; a battle; a combat.
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the act of challenging; an invitation for a war.
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the act of offering the life of a person or animal or some object, in propitiation of or homage to a deity; a religious sacrifice.
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ಆಹವಜತ್ತಲಟ್ಟ āhava jattalaṭṭa an old title conferred on heroic persons.