noun
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a commandment or direction meant as a rule of action or conduct ; a precept.
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a minor scripture that deals with the rules for ceremonial acts or sacrifices.
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one of the eighteen traditional writings or scriptures of Hindus.
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a measure of time, as a day of the universe; (myth.) a period of thousand yugas (eras) (4,320 million years).
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a thing or option chosen in place of another.
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(myth.) the Final Deluge, at the final destruction of the universe.
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medical treatment of the sick.
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the wish-yielding tree of the Heaven.
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(Jain.) one of the sixteen heavens.
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(Jain.) a cycle of duration which includes universal progression and retrogression.
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one of the four kinds of sacred ash.