(dial.) the skill in deception; craftiness.

a commandment or direction meant as a rule of action or conduct ; a precept.

a minor scripture that deals with the rules for ceremonial acts or sacrifices.

one of the eighteen traditional writings or scriptures of Hindus.

a measure of time, as a day of the universe; (myth.) a period of thousand yugas (eras) (4,320 million years).

a thing or option chosen in place of another.

(myth.) the Final Deluge, at the final destruction of the universe.

medical treatment of the sick.

the wish-yielding tree of the Heaven.

(Jain.) one of the sixteen heavens.

(Jain.) a cycle of duration which includes universal progression and retrogression.

one of the four kinds of sacred ash.

a violent movement within a group of a people or against the government, management, etc.; an upheaval; commotion.

a thing, matter to be dealt with at a meating, usu. listed in an agenda.

(a list of) programme of things to be done (in a meating); an agenda.

a male peafowl, having brilliant plumage and a tail (with eyelike markings) that can be expanded and displayed like a fan; a pea-cock.

the Indian cuckoo.

a woman well decorated.

the Indian fig tree, Ficus benghlensis.

the act, fact or process of learning, gaining knowledge.

to send (a person) off or away; to send to; to despatch (a person or goods).

to spend (one's time, days, life etc.).

to pass over; to go from one side to the other of; to go across.

to send (a person) off or away; to send to; to despatch (a person or goods).

to spend (one's time, days, life etc.).

to pass over; to go from one side to the other of; to go across.

the act, fact or process of learning, gaining knowledge.

knowledge so got.

common salt, natural sodium chloride, occurring in solid form, esp. in rocklike masses; halite; rock salt.

common salt that is not ground; granular salt.