the quality or fact of being new or being related to the present time; newness.

the state or quality of being modern; modernity.

(myth.) (pl.) the nine treasures of Kubēra, the regent of wealth (ಪದ್ಮ, ಮಹಾಪದ್ಮ, ಶಂಖ, ಮಕರ, ಕಚ್ಛಪ, ಮುಕಂದ, ಕುಂದ, ನೀಲ and ಖರ್ವ).

(pl.) the nine treasures that an virtuous emperor possesses (ಕಾಲ, ಮಹಾಕಾಲ, ನೈಸರ್ಪ. ಪಾಂಡುಕ, ಪದ್ಮ, ಪಿಂಗಲ, ಮಾನವಕ, ಶಂಖ, and ಸರ್ವರತ್ನ).

(arith.) a symbol for the number nine.

fresh butter got by churning curds.

(mus.) the fortieth of the seventy two main modes in Karnāṭaka system.