the structure made or the place chosen by birds for sheltering themselves and for laying their eggs; a nest.

a cap to cover the head upto the neck including the ears of children; a kind of bonnet; a coif.

a man of high birth.

a taking care of the family.

any of the separate parts of the hard connective tissue forming the skeleton of most full-grown vertebrate animals; a bone.

an artificial waterway for transportation or irrigation; canal.

a deep, broad ditch dug around a fortress or castle, and often filled with water, for protection against invasion.

a measure of eight drōṇas.

a clan among tribal people of Gujarāt state in the western India.

of, born or coming from to a noble family.

of or related to a family.

(dial.) that is essential or important; absolutely necessary; indispensable.

the annual, tendril-climbing plant Pisum arvense of Papilionaceae family.

its pea; garden pea.

a tin coating given to the inside of culinary vessels to avoid food turning verdigris.

(fig.) a shaving of the head completely.

= ಕಾಳಿಂಗ - 5.

a mythological snake subdued by Křṣṇa.