the largest glandular organ in vertebrate animals, located in the upper or anterior part of the abdomen, which secretes bile, and has an important function in the storage and metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, also helps detoxify many poisonous substances that may be ingested; the liver.

a portion of time, either indefinite or relatively long, characterised by certain events, processes, conditions, etc.

a female cuckoo.

a female swan (a waterbird of the genus Cygnus).

(mus.) in Karnāṭaka system, a mode derived from the main mode Gāyakapriya.

the manner in which the wrestlers, warriors tie their hair.

the hair (of a woman) let loose, but tied at the end with a small knot.

the manner in which fighters, wrestler wear the dhotis.

a very strong fort.

a large stone worn smooth by erosion.

the plant Schrebera swietenioides of Oleaceae family.

any large rock worn smooth and round by weather and water; a boulder.

an old coin, minted in Madakari Nayaka's period in Citradurga in Karnāṭaka.

any large rock worn smooth and round by weather and water; a boulder.

that which has a sweet sound; the Indian cuckoo (a long-tailed songbird of the family Cuculidae, which has a characteristic two or three-note call and deposits its eggs in the nests of crows which rear the young as their own).

a bee (or wasp) which lays its eggs in the nest of another species; a cuckoo-bee.

any of several large usu. grey and white birds of the family Columbidae, often domesticated and bred and trained to carry messages etc.; a dove; a pigeon.

a large graceful waterbird of the genus Cygnus etc., having a long flexible neck, webbed feet, snow-white plumage; a swan.

pleasant voice; melodious sounds.