noun
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(lit.) a man who has undergone a definite experience of fundamental moral and spiritual renewal, which is considered as his rebirth.
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a man, belonging to brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya or Vaiṣya caste (but more often referred to the one belonging to brāhmaṇa caste), whose investitute with the sacred thread constitutes, religiously and metaphorically, his second birth.
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any being, as a bird or certain other animals, that comes to the world as an independent living being, from an egg; any egg-born being.
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any of the human teeth that is got for the second time
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any of the self-luminous celestial objects seen as points of light in the sky; a star.
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the moon.
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various grains.
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an ornament for the ears.