noun
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lustre; brightness.
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the eye; that corresponds to Fire, one of the five basic universal elements.
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any of a class of chemical elements, as iron, gold or aluminium, gen. characterised by ductility, malleability, lustre, and conductivity of heat and electricity; a metal.
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(phil.) the self, variously conceived as a spiritual substance which subjectively experiences the outer objects.
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(phil.) the self that has self-awareness.
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(phil.) one of the states of the soul in which it experiences the dream-world.
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(Jain.) a subtle body, one of the five such bodies, that gives brightness to the gross body.