a kind of Kannaḍa meter (ಸೀಸ) that can be halved and each of which can be treated as separate unit.

a tax levied on crop grown during rainy season.

to become thin or thinner (as from a disease); to be emaciated.

that which (as used cloth, food, etc.) is offered by a teacher, religious pontiff, with his blessings to his pupil.

to pass (food, drink, etc.) from the mouth through the gullet or oesophagus into the stomach, usu. by a series of muscular actions in the throat; to swallow.

to take (something as food) into the stomach through the throat; to swallow.

(fig.) to serve entirely; to envelop.