a place of protection; a shelter; an asylum.

the act or profession of husking paddy by beating.

a very hard bowl in which softer substances are pounded and husked with a pestle; a mortar.

a thick wooden club used to pound, husk paddy, etc.

a tax levied on paddy pounding houses.

= ಕಟ್ಟಡ.

the state of being prepared; esp. possession of sufficient armed forces, materiel, etc. for waging war.

= ಕಟ್ಟಡ.

a prescribed rule; an authoritative direction; the act of prescribing a rule; a regulating or regulation.

outstandingly good of its kind; of exceptional merit, virtue, etc.

= ಕಠಿಣತೆ.

that which is of superior quality.

a person of excellence, exceptional merit, virtue etc.

a string of excellent pearls.

= ಕಟ್ಟಾಣಿ1.