noun
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the hollow stem of a plant; a culm.
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the hollow stalk of a lotus flower.
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any blood vessel.
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the regular beating in the arteries, caused by the contractions of the heart; pulse.
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any astral tube carrying prāṇa or nerve current.
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any tube or pipe.
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an abnormal passage from an abscess, cavity or hollow organ to the skin or to another abscess, cavity or organ; fistula.
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a period of twenty four minutes.
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a sort of bent grass.
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a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, esp. a hostile, unlawful or evil purpose.
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(yoga) any of the passages that exist in the body for the internal, vital winds.
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(fig.) the perceptible underlying feelings of the public or of a situation.
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ನಾಡಿ ಆಡು nāḍiāḍu (an artery) to beat regularly and rhythmically (at certain points of the body); ನಾಡಿ ಆಡದವ ಓಡಿ ಬಂದಾನೆ? nāḍiāḍādava ōḍi bandāne (prov.) a dead is dead, will never come back; ನಾಡಿ ನಿಂತ ಮೇಲೆ ಕಾಡ ಪಾಲು nāḍi ninta mēle kāḍa pālu (prov.) no one will follow the dead person; ನಾಡಿ ನೋಡು nāḍi nōḍu to check the rate and rhythmicity of the pulse-beating; ನಾಡಿ ನೋಡದೆ ಮದ್ದುಕೊಟ್ಟರೆ ಕಾಡುರೋಗ ಬರುವುದು nāḍi nōḍade maddu koṭṭare kāḍurōga baruvudu diagnose the disease before treating it; ನಾಡಿ ಮಿಡಿ nāḍi miḍi = ನಾಡಿ ಆಡು; ನಾಡಿ ಮಿಡಿತ nāḍi miḍita the regular beating in the arteries, caused by the contractions of the heart; 2. practical knowledge of underlying feelings of the public or a particular situation; ನಾಡಿ ಹುಣ್ಣು nāḍi huṇṇu = ನಾಡಿ1 - 6.