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(pl.) the five faces of Śiva, - Sadyōjāta, Vāmadēva, Aghōra, Tatpuruṣa and Īśāna.
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one of several names of Śiva.
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(pl.) the five sides, surfaces of a thing.
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a plate, designed to have five votive-lamp shaped depressions at one end and a handle at the other, used to wave light before a deity.