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seizure - a) the act of one who seizes or an instance of this; b) the state or an instance of being seized.
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the act of receiving (something from another).
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(myth.) Rāhu or Kētu, either of the two demons who are supposed to eclipse the sun or moon by swallowing them.
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a large, opaque, non-luminous mass, usu. with its own moons, that revolves about a star; esp. any of the sun's nine major planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto; a planet.
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(astrol.) any of the nine celestial bodies, as the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rāhu and Kētu, thought of as influencing human lives.
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any of the evil spirits that are supposed to possess human.
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the condition of being possessed by an evil spirit.
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a Brahmaṇa.
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the earth.
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the living beings collectively.
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the symbol for the number nine.
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a dwelling place; a house.
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(mus.) a note with which a rāga (musical mode) is begun or must be begun with.