a flat metallic disk that gives a loud, resonant tone when struck, usu. used at the time of waving lights before the deity either in a temple or at house; a gong.

an alloy consisting chiefly of copper and tin; bronze.

a small, metal, open container for beverages, usu. bowl-shaped and with a handle; a metal cup.

either or both of the curved lines, '( )', used to mark off parenthetical words, etc. or to enclose mathematical or logical symbols that are to be treated as a single term; parenthesis.

any part of a curve, esp. of a circle.

(myth.) a demoniac king who was the maternal uncle of and slain by Křṣṇa.

= ಕಾಂಸ್ಯ.