any of an order (Isoptera) of pale-coloured social insects having a soft body and living in colonies composed of winged forms that mate and wingless workers and soldiers that are usu. sterile or immature, and which are very destructive to wooden structures and are found in the temperate zones and esp. in the tropics; a white ant; a termite.

the plant Barleria buxifolia (Var. roseaflora) of Acanthaceae family; prickly purple nail dye.

a kind of tree.

any of various plants of the grass family that are usu. used for food, fodder or grazing and as lawns.

(fig.) that which is worthless.

the act or fact of bearing something or supporting.

that which bears or supports (a burden).

a barrier built to hold back flowing water; a dam.

the sun.

an ancient coin or gold or silver.

an old weight (equal to ten palas).

the power to resist strain, stress, etc.; strength.

the act, fact or an instance of crossing (a body of water).

the act, fact or an instance of passing through successfully an arduous or hard situation.

a ship, boat, raft etc. used for crossing over a body of water.

the act, process or an instance of splitting, tearing or breaking.

an archaic monetary coin (equal to a fourth of a varaha).

bearing; holding; carrying; supporting.

the act of crossing as from one side of a river to the another or from one stage to the other; a crossing.

a ship, boat, raft etc. used for crossing over a body of water.

the act of making another cross a river.

he that helps crossing over a river or passing through successfully a formidable situation or period of difficulty.

a helping or causing another pass through successfully a difficult time, formidable situation, etc.

the eighteenth of the sixty-years cycle in Hindu system.

a thing given or held as security for the performance of a contract, as a guarantee of faith, etc.; something pawned; a pledge.

the act or an instance of splitting, rending or cleaving.

a taking or throwing out.

of or made of hay; consisting of grass.

the plant Aloe Vera of Liliaceae family with fleshy leaves that are spiny along the edge; Barbados aloe.

the act of holding, bearing.

the act of support as a prop.

something rigid which supports (as a beam, pole, etc.) a prop.

a wearing of clothes ornaments, etc.

an enduring; endurance; bearing.

a bringing up with care or helping to grow and develop; fostering.

the fact of having, possessing (something).

the power, act or process of recalling to mind facts previously learned or past experiences; memory.

a keeping (someone or something) under check; a controlling; control.

an abstaining from food; fasting.

(yoga.) a controlling of the extrovert tendencies of the mind.

= ಧರಣಿ2.

the act of protecting or a being protected.

the quality or state of being strong; the capacity for exertion and endurance.

a metal armour or leather coat, covering for protection of the body or any part of the body.

a man who protects, guards another or anything against danger.

the maximum bearing capacity of a ship.

that helps crossing over (a river).

enabling to pass through successfully a formidable situation or period of difficulty).

passed or crossed over.

flown or floated over.

spread (over).

stepped beyond; transgressed.

accomplished; fulfilled.

the wheel, mounted on a vertical shaft, that rotates horizontally, used by a potter to shape clay pots, bowls, vases, etc. a potter's wheel.

a particular movement to catch the opponent in wrestling.

she who helps crossing over a river or pass through a formidable, distressing situation.

Durge, the mother-power of the universe.

(Buddh.) name of a goddess.