a man whose profession is to worship a god or gods in a temple.

a professional sculptor, who makes the idols of different deities.

a sage who has written one of the code of law.

an instance or the fact of becoming less in intensity, strength, power, importance, etc.

a coming to the end of existence or a being destroyed; death; destruction.

a spending or using up; expense.

the condition or quality of being poor; indigence; poverty.

a distressing or difficult happening; such a situation.

= ತೇವುಳು.

lack of honesty; a disposition to lie, cheat or steal; deceiving; dishonesty.

a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood; a lie.

the feeling, attitude or expression of disdaining; the feeling of contempt.

a man who habitually cheats another; a fraud or cheat.

three folds of the skin just above the navel of a woman (regarded as a beauty).

any of the three signs or marks (as foot print, undried dung, damage done to the plants) left by the passage of a wild animal by which its movements can be traced.

a kind of drum, a percussion instrument.

= ತಿವಳಿ2.

= ತಿವಳಿ2.

a man belonging to Tamil Nadu, in South India or a Tamil-speaking man chiefly in Tamil Nadu or Sri Lanka.

a desire that cannot be resisted easily; an itching desire; the condition of being addicted (to a habit).

an irrepressible or unrestrained sexual desire.

any harmful or destructive habit.