a children's game in which a player tosses a small, flat object, as a stone, into one section after another of a figure drawn on the ground, hopping from section to section; hopscotch.

a man whose profession is herding, tending of sheep, goats, etc.; a shepherd.

one of the Upaniṣads, the sacred Indian scriptures.

a man who is physically very weak; an infirm man.

a place covered or abounding with grass; a grassy place.

wet spongy earth; soft, wet mud; slush.

the quality of having loose texture.

that which is very dull, monotonous, uninteresting or boring.

the state of the bodily strength and vigour being on decline; old age.

the state of being withered, dry or sapless.

the plant Scolopia crenata of Flacourtiaceae family; potato plum of Mysore.

to hang oneself down or dangle loosely as from weakness, infirmity, etc.