noun
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(pl.) the five sacred fires.
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(pl.) the five mystic fires supposed to be present in the body.
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(pl.) five inflammatory passions.
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(pl.) fires set on four sides and the sun on top of a person undergoing self-mortification or self-penance.
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such a penance.
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(pl.) the five venerable persons - father, mother, teacher, the sacred fire and the Supreme Being.
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(Dvaita phil.) (pl.) the five objects to be venerated father, mother, the earth, cloud and the sky.
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(pl.) five kinds medicinal substances that stimulate the appetite.