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.

matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; sediment; dregs.

having the colour of pure snow or milk; white.

morally or spiritually pure; spotless; innocent.

absorbed deeply; engrossed (in).

the plant Eclipta prostrata ( = E. alba) of Asteraceae family; weed-ham.

a water-jar.

a festival observed on the full moon-day of the 12th month of a lunar year, in which a man, dressed as a woman runs on the roads carrying on his head jars filled with water without holdig them.

a folk dance prevailing in some parts of Tamiḷ Nāḍu and Kēraḷa.

ಕರಗದಮ್ಮ karagadamma a female deity of ಕರಗ.

causing; making; doing.

a tax levied on artisans, craftsman, etc.

the front of the neck beneath the chin and above the collar-bones, containing the upper parts of the gullet and windpipe; the throat.

a long, usu. curved weapon with a sharp blade on the convex side, with a hilt, used as a weapon for cutting, stabbing, etc. or as a religious symbol; a sword.

a small water container with a handle, a snout or nozzle.

frozen rain falling in a shower or storm of pellets; hail.

the tree bearing this fruit, Punica granatum of Punicaceae family and its fruit; pomegranate.

a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth; a forest.

the tree Terminalia chebula of Combretaceae family.

its nut; myrobalan.

a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young; a nest.

a water pitcher; a pot.

the hard outer cover of the coconut kernal; coconut shell.

the terminal part of the arm from the wrist to the tip of fingers; the hand.

a regular and mandatory payment made to a ruler by his subordinate ruler; tribute.

a kind of bird.

the adult male of cattle; an ox; a bull.

any of a number of oligochaetous worms that burrow in the soil, esp. any of a genus (Lumbricus) very important in aerating and fertilising the soil; an earthworm.

(myth.) name of a sage.

a man who does, makes, performs.

mental or physical pain.

(gram.) the relation subsisting between a noun and a verb in a sentence or between a noun and other words governing it, as subject, predicate, etc.

a suffix to denote 'doeṛ, 'makeṛ, etc.

any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers; crab.

a white horse.

the state or process of combustion, in which substances using the oxygen available in the air, giving out bright light and heat; the substance so burning; fire.

a water jar.

an image-giving metal piece with a smooth surface or glass coated on the otherside as not to allow the light to pass through; a mirror.

the fourth sign of the zodiac, entered by the sun about June 21; the Cancer.

a malignant new growth anywhere in the body of a person or animal; malignant tumor: cancer.

the plant Eclipta prostrata ( = E. alba) of Asteraceae family; weed-ham.

= ಕರಿಕ.

the grass Cynodon dactylon (= Panicum dactylon) of Poaceae family.

(in gen.) any green grass that cattle, buffalo eat.

a beggar's alms-vessel.

pellets of frozen rain falling in showers from cumulonimbus clouds; hail.

= ಕರಿಂಕು.

to be or become charred with excess heat or by burning.