= ಜೇವಣ.

a kind of herb believed to give life to the dead.

the food served for eating or eaten.

a bit of food, esp. that much which can be held in one's palm.

a particular kind of plant that is believed to give life to the dead or make feel a person young, bringing back youthful strength and vigour.

a long bamboo staff.

a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat; an oar.

(Biol.) a very small, complex unit of protoplasm, usu. with a nucleus, cytoplasm, and an enclosing membrane, (all plants and animals are made up of one or more cells that usu. combine to form various tissues); a cell.

(rightly ಅಣುಜೀವಿ) any of the microscopic, one-celled creatures, having no chlorophyll, multiplying by simple division, some of which cause diseases such as pneumonia and anthrax, while some others are necessary for fermentation, nitrogen fixation, etc.; a bacterium.

the food served for eating or eaten.

a bit of food, esp. that much which can be held in one's palm.