(correctly, ಘರಾನ) 1. a family, lineage.

a school (as of music, painting, etc.) maintaining some traditions peculiar to it, which makes it different from other such schools.

anything producing an effect or result; a cause.

a person or thing acting voluntarily or involuntarily as the agent that brings about an effect or result.

a reason, motive or ground for some action, feeling, etc.; esp., sufficient reason.

a generative cause; a creator; a god; a father.

necessity or obligation created by some situation; a need.

a heavenly soul that has taken birth on the earth for some special purpose.

an auspicious occasion or celebration.

one of the twenty eight Śaiva sectarian works which contain mythological, epical and philosophical materials.

the causal body that carries the seeds of the past deeds into future lives.

pain; agony; distress.

the crime or wrong of which a person is accused.

an accusing or being accused.

= ಗ್ರಹಣ.

the organ of hearing and balance in humans and vertebrates, esp. the external part of this; the ear.

a broad, flat, movable piece of wood or metal hinged vertically at the stern of a boat or ship, used for steering; the helm or rudder of a ship.

(fig.) a very generous man.

a line extending between the vertices of any two non-adjacent angles in a polygonal figure; a line opposite to any angle in a triangle.

a symbol for the number two,2.

because of; on account of; as a result of.

for; with the purpose of; in order to.

a paste applied to the central part of the skin or parchment of percussion instruments like Mridanga, tabala.

seizure - a) the act of one who seizes or an instance of this; b) the state or an instance of being seized.

the obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination; an eclipse.

a kind, obliging, friendly or generous attitude or act; a looking with compassion.

the part of the face in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration; the nose.

the act of perceiving the smell, detecting the scent or odour of.

odour - a) that characteristic of a substance which makes it perceptible to the sense of smell; b) a smell, whether pleasant or unpleasant as fragrance, stench, etc.

an act; an action; a deed; a work.

a thing by means of which something is done; means; an instrument; a device.

any of the five organs (the eye, nose, skin, ear or tongue) of C human being; an organ of sense.

a gesture or motion that conveys information, gives a command, etc.; a sign.

the body (of a human being).

a piece of land used for farming, agriculture; a field.

something one intends to get or do; an intention; a purpose.

a writer or accountsman.

(gram.) the sense expressed by the instrumental case.

(dance) coordinated movements of the hands and feet.

(astrol.) one of the eleven divisions of a lunar day.

a symbol for the number five 5.

a man whose mother belongs to fourth caste and father to the trading caste.

sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of another or others, accompanied by an urge to help; deep sympathy; pity; compassion.

(rhet.) a sentiment in poetical works, drama etc. generating compassion.

a kind of plant.

an elephant's elongated prehensile nose; the trunk.

a female elephant.

a man who shows unworthy fear in the face of danger, pain or difficulty; a coward.

powdery earth or other matter in bits fine enough to be easily suspended in air; dust.

the tree Pterospermum acerifolium (= P. Aceroides) of Sterculiaceae family.

its flower.

a kind hearted, compassionate person; a person moved from pity.

sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of another or others, accompanied by an urge to help; deep sympathy; pity; compassion.

(rhet.) a sentiment in poetical works, drama etc. generating compassion.

= ಕರಣಿಕ.

a female elephant.

a class of women as classified in the science of erotics.

the part of a plough or other agricultural tool that cuts the soil; the share of a plough.

a long brass blow-pipe.

a small hand-held tool with a flat pointed blade, used to apply and spread mortar etc by a mason; a trowel.