the doing of something; an action.

an act or thing done.

behaviour; habitual conduct.

habitual activity characterised by energy and boldness.

a usual method or custom; convention; practice.

religious, ceremonial act, rite, etc.; observance.

any act of reparation, self-punishment, etc. done in repentance for a sin or wrongdoing; penance.

the state of being charred or reduced to charcoal from burning.

that which is burnt competely or reduced to charcoal.

the black colour.

religious defilement.

the day following the day of eclipse, solstice or new moon-day.

a plant disease.

the cobweb holding dust and has turned black.

a black substance consisting chiefly of carbon particles formed by the incomplete combustion of burning matter; soot.

ಕರಿಯಾಗು kariyāgu to be scorched; to be charred; ಕರಿಕರಿಯಾಗು karikariyāgu to be reduced completely to charcoal by burning;ಕರಿಯ(ನ್ನು) ಹರಿ karaya(nnu) hari to drive the bullocks fast on the day following the day of eclipse, solstice, etc. to clear the religious defilement of the previous day.

intensely dark in colour; opposite to white; of the color of coal or pitch; black.

ಕರಿಕುತ್ರಿ kari kutri (dial.) (derog.) a person of very dark complexion.

the doing of something; action.

an act or thing done.

behaviour; habitual conduct.

habitual activity characterised by energy and boldness.

a usual method or custom; convention; practice.

religious, ceremonial act, rite, etc.; observance.

any act of reparation, self-punishment, etc. done in repentance for a sin or wrongdoing; penance.

any of the growths covering the body of a bird or making up a large part of the wing surface, as down or contour feathers; a feather.

a feather or featherlike part fastened to the shaft of an arrow to help control its flight.

an arrow.

the leaf of a palm tree.

a petal of a flower.

a rectangular piece of paper, esp. one of a number of pieces cut to a definite, uniform size, and bound together making a book; a sheet of paper.

any of a family (Picidae) of piciform birds distinguished by stiff tail feathers used for support, a strong, pointed, chisel-shaped bill used for drilling holes in bark to get insects, and a long, protrusile tongue with a spearlike tip; a woodpecker.

a piece or tract of land that is rich in salt or salts; a brackish land.

a part of a sea or lake, indenting the shoreline; wide inlet not so large as a gulf.

a shallow place in a stream, river, etc., where one can cross by wading, by riding on horseback, etc.; a ford.

an act of making, doing, causing, etc.

a man who makes, creates, as an artist, mechanic, actor, etc.

(dial.) the nest of a crow.

the animal that has a trunk; an elephant.

a symbol for the number eight; 8.

a mirror (of glass) or a smooth metal surface reflecting the image.

the lotus flower.

the musk, a kind of perfume, obtained from the glands of musk-deer.

a serpant.

the bird swan.

fame; renown; favourable reputation.

a mountain.

lustre; effulgence; brightness.

a horse.

Viṣṇu.

(pros.) a kind of alliteration in which the first vowel of each line is long, and the consonant following it recurs at corresponding place of all the lines in a stanza.

the tree Maba nigrescens of Ebenaceae family.