a kind of poetical conversation, in the form of a song, sung by a group of persons hailing the excellence of women over men (as a sport)[the counterpart of this hailing the excellence of men is turā].

one of the two groups of people who sing this.

= ಕಲ್ಗಿ.

a decorative thing fixed to a headgear or crown.

the tenth incarnation of Viṣṇu, believed to happen for instituting a new age of purity and spiritual renewal, at the end of the current age i.e. Kaliyuga, the fourth of the four mythological ages.

(myth.) the tenth and last incarnation of Viṣṇu in his capacity of the destroyer as the wicked and liberator of the world from its enemies in the fourth of the four ages of the universe.

the act or process of learning.

acquaintance with facts; knowledge.

great ability or proficiency; expertness that comes from training, practice, etc.

the quality of mechanically repeating whatever is taught without understanding fully.

(dial.) the skill in deception; craftiness.

a thick mixture of mud and water.

the perturbed, agitated mind.

ಕಲಕಾಗು kalakāgu (the mind) to get perturbed; to become agitated.

a thick liquid in which relatively large number of small insoluble particles are in suspension and remain for long without getting settled to the bottom; gel; sol; emulsion.

the breaking of a divine or moral law, either by a conscious or unconscious act; a religious flaw; a sin.

dirt; filth; soil; defilement.

undisollved particles settled to the bottom of a liquid; dreg; lees.

a waxlike yellowish substance exuded by the ears; earwax; cerumen.

a false statement made deliberately; a lie.

a high opinion of oneself, often unduly exaggerated; pride; arrogance.

a beautiful woman.

a mixture, esp. adulterated one.