to begin; to start; to take up (an engagement, work, charge, etc.).

(dial.) a kind of cake prepared with coconut, fried in oil.

that which is deposited or entrusted to one for safe custody; a thin or property under the charge of a trustee or trustees.

an interval of rest from work, duty, etc.; a respite.

(one's hand) to move, act, etc.

to repair or reset (the roof-tiles of a house).

to turn upside down the grain, by running the fingers through it (to dry evenly).

a short spear or javelin.

that which is deposited or entrusted to one for safe custody; a thing or property under the charge of a trustee or trustees.

a gift; a presentation.

a human-skull used as an alms-vessel (as by Śiva).

an interval of rest from work, duty, etc.; a respite.