the act of seeing; perception by the eyes.

(mus.) a mode, in Karnaṭaka system, having all the seven notes in both ascending and discending orders, but having a mutative course while descending, derived from Kharaharapriya.

to look at; to gaze at.

to carve an eye or eyes in sculpturing an idol.

to watch a thing or person carefully, vigilantly.

to look with a malicious or envious intntion.

(fig.) to look at something with a desire to have it.

to become dense; to be or become crowded.

unrefined, coarse or vulgar speech.

to be able to manage, carry on, (esp. financially).

to have influence on.

to stretch one's hand.

to commence a work.

to extend help; to assist.

to try one's luck; to take a chance.

to show one's skill, strength, valour, etc.

to observe the lines and marks on the palm of another to know that person's future, character, etc.

(a plant, as of jowar, sugarcane, bamboo, etc.) to form hard joint or joints on the stem, as it grows.

red-arsenic.

an inferior actress; an actress having no merit.

a small opaque screen tied to the eye (while one's eye is under medical treatment).

anything that keeps an object from being seen.

to measure by the hand with the thumb and little finger extended; to span.