noun
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a religious mendicant, esp. a class of Śaiva ascetics.
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(gen.) a man who begs or asks for charity, esp. one who lives by begging; a beggar.
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Śiva.
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a priest of the sect among the devotees of Śiva (the god known among them popularly as Mailāra linga).
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an elderly, venerable man.
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a sect among Śaivas, the members of which, traditionally are attendants in temples.
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any of the birds Gracula religiosa, Acridotheres tristis, Eulabes religiosa, Tumenuchus pagodarum and Sturnopastor contra, a few of them are able to mimic the human voice, often kept as pet; myna.