causing or helping to burn, shine brightly; inflaming.

arousing passion, desire; exciting.

a lamp on high post or kept at a height.

the act or an instance of lighting, inflaming or causing shine brightly.

an urging to action; incitement; an enkindling.

the action, influence that produces a response in a living organism; a stimulation.

(rhet.) the quality in a literary work which excites or feeds a sentiment; any aggravating or attendant circumstance which gives poignancy to a feeling or passion.

the circumstance, presence or absence of a thing that excites (not causes) a sentiment; (cf.ಆಲಂಬನ ವಿಭಾವ).