(pl.) the five sacred fires.

(pl.) the five mystic fires supposed to be present in the body.

(pl.) five inflammatory passions.

(pl.) fires set on four sides and the sun on top of a person undergoing self-mortification or self-penance.

such a penance.

(pl.) the five venerable persons - father, mother, teacher, the sacred fire and the Supreme Being.

(Dvaita phil.) (pl.) the five objects to be venerated father, mother, the earth, cloud and the sky.

(pl.) five kinds medicinal substances that stimulate the appetite.

(geom.) a closed plane figure with five angles and five sides; a pentagon.

(myth.) one of the hells.