a woman of black complexion.

a manifestation of Mother Goddess Pārvati, in a black and formidable form.

an old unit of measure.

a forest dwelling woman.

a wild buffalo, Bos gaurus; a bison.

a thin food made by cooking the flour of jowar, rāgi, etc.in water; gruel.

a long, slender piece of wood for walking with or beating; a stick.

an informal unit for measuring the area of a bounded region or a plane.

a stick, graduated or not, used in measuring the land-area.

an assurance that one will or will not undertake a certain action, behaviour, etc.; a promise.

the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips, usu. of smaller circumference than these; the narrower middle part of the normal human figure; the waist.

an oblong roll of cotton thread.

a fold of skin over the navel.