the soft, white seed-hairs filling the seedpods of the shrubby plant Gossypium herbaceum; cotton.

a leaf of the plant Nicotina tabacum, mainly used for cigarettes, beedies, and for chewing.

= ಕಲಿಂಜಕ.

a thick, coarse fabric made of woven or plaited hemp, straw, etc., often used as a floor covering; a mat.

similar, but stiff one, made of thin splits of bamboo, used as a screen.

a big, thick, closely knit basket of bamboo or cane splits, used to store grains.

a kind of plant cultivated and used as a green manure.

a measure of weight used in weighing precious things like pearl, coral, perfumes etc.

(dial.) a folk dancer who visits houses during the fourth month in Tuḷu calendar (corresponding to July-August period).

a kind of nut-tree; .

a vessel for sprinkling scented water.

a jarlike container to spit into; a spittoon; a cuspidor.

an estate passed down by, inherited by a legal heir from an ancestor; hereditary property.

hereditary right to lands, fees of office, etc.

a vessel for sprinkling scented water, 2) a jarlike container to spit into; a spittoon; a cuspidor.