noun
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a bamboo, split lengthwise, with slings on both sides for carrying burdens, across the shoulder.
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a basket to place in such a sling, for holding something.
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a seat hanging from ropes or chains, on which one can sit and swing backward and forward as a form of amusement; a swing.
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a decorated, curved structure of wood on a beam, carried on the head or shoulder by folk dancers, while performing the dance or by the devotees of Skanda to temple as a religious vow.