a large, opaque, non-luminous mass, usu. with its own moons, that revolves about a star; esp., any of the sun's nine major planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto; a planet.

(astrol.) any of the nine planets (the sun, moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rāhu and Kētu) which are supposed to influence and control the life of all human beings.

an evil spirit that is believed to possess human beings; ಗರಂಗಳ ಬಲ್ಲಹ garangaḷa ballaha the prominent one among the nine planets; the sun; ಗರಂಗಳಾಣ್ಮ garangaḷāṇma the sun (as the leader of planets); ಗರಮುಟ್ಟು gara muṭṭu (an evil spirit) to affect adversely; to harm; ಗರಮುಟ್ಟೆ gara muṭṭe gowing to touch the sky (or a planet); ಗರವಕೊಳ್ garavakoḷ to be possessed by an evil spirit.

a building for human beings to live in; a house.

a machine or device used for lifting water from a well.

any score shown by dice in games of chance, when rolled.

the act of drinking.

that which can be drunk; any beverage, water, etc.

a substance causing illness or death when eaten, drunk or absorbed even in relatively small quantities; poison.

(astrol.) the fifth of the eleven divisions of the day.

an indeclinable used to express joy, gladness, appreciation, wonder, sarcasm, grief, etc.

to be charred; to be reduced to charcoal from burning.

to heat something in a pan or directly in fire.

to cook in a pan in hot oil.

(fig.) to undergo sever pain or affliction.

a thing that may cause injury, pain, etc. ; a danger.

harsh; biting; severe.

violent; impetuous.

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.