noun
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a large number of persons or things, esp. when gathered together or considered as a unit; a multitude; a flock.
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(vīr.) a mendicant, who keeps moving from place to place.
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a group of attendants of Śiva, (as a class).
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a unit of an army with twentyseven chariots, twenty seven elephants, eighty one horses, and one hundred thirty five foot-soldiers.
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any of the minor or demi-gods.
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a number of people or things grouped together because of certain likenesses or common traits; a category; a class.
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(pros.) a metrical foot, with definite number of syllables.
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the plant Trachyspermum ammi ( = Carum cpiticum) of Apiaceae family; Bishop's weed.
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its seed.
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(astrol.) any of the three classes in to which human beings are classified based on their birth-stars, on which the matchability of the bride and groom is derived.
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(biol.) a scientific classification of a group of related plants or animals ranking above a family and below a class; an order.
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(math.) a collection of distinct entities, individually specified or satisfying specified conditions, forming a unit; a set.