(rightly ಜ್ಯೋತಿ)1. light of comfortable intensity that helps living beings see the outside objects.

a waving of small lamps before an idol or person.

the light of fact and knowledge; revelation of truth; knowledge itself which frees from ignorance.

(fig.) a person, a god or anything that guides to the truth.

he who is born.

that which is born, produced, brought into being.

any animal being.

a boy or man in relation to his father or mother; a male offspring.

the act, fact or an instance of (something, someone) coming into life or being; birth.

a large number of persons gathered, came together; a crowd.

a man of noble birth.

a large number of people proceeding in a procession in an organised manner.

excluding (some or a few).

in great number, degree or amount.

= ಜತನ.

brought into life or being; born.

great in amount, degree or number.

the act or fact of coming into life or of being born; birth.

the family of one's birth.

any of the distinct, hereditary Hindu social classes, each having its own privileges and limitations, and each traditionally, but no longer officially, excluded from social dealings with the others; a caste.

any of the different populations of human beings distinguished by physical traits such as hair, eyes, skin colour, body shape, etc.

a number of people or things grouped together because of certain likenesses or common traits; a class.

inborn character; innate disposition; inherent tendencies of a person.

superior quality or breed.

likeness; similarity.

the hard, aromatic seed of the tree Myristica fragrans of Myristiaceae family, used as a spice; nutmeg.

the creeper Jasminum grandiflorum (= j. officinale) of Oleaceae family.

its white, fragrant flower.

the small tree Phyllanthus emblica of Euphorbiaceae family.

the tree Cordia dichotoma (= C. myxa) of Boraginaceae family.

a fire-wood oven.

(log.) a reply or answer that serves no purpose; a useless answer.

(mus.) the set of seven notes.

(rhet.) a particular kind of figure of speech.

a symbol for the number eighteen.

a girl or woman (having taken birth).

a girl or woman as related to her father or mother or both.

= ಜೋದ2.

a man leading ascetic life in an attempt to find the philosophic truth behind the universe; an ascetic.

(mus.) a short break at a particular place in the course of singing or playing a musical composition; a pause.

a harmonious and rhythmical musical composition, chiefly made of musical notes, used in dance.

(pros.) a break or suspension, as a caesura, in a line of verse; a pause.

a medicinal plant .

a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees by the female of the lac insect (as Laccifer lacca), used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red colouring matter; lac.

the state of being associated; companionship; fellowship; partnership; association.

any of a pair.

asset or association of two persons, animals or things; a pair.

the condition of being prepared; preparation; readiness.

the state or condition of being the same in power, value, rank, etc.; equality; parity.

a set of two successive lines following a ಸುಳಾದಿ, a particular type of Kannaḍa compositions; a couplet.

together - a) in or into one gathering, group, mass or place; b) in or into contact, collision, union, etc. with each other.

a professional wrestler who struggles hand to hand with an opponent in at attempt to throw or force him or her to the ground without striking blows; a wrestler.

the state of being associated; companionship; fellowship; association

ಜತ್ತಾಗು jattāgu to become associated with; to become one of the two in a pair.

a man serving in an army; a member of an army; a soldier.

a rider of an elephant.

a warrior who fights sitting on an elephant.