an erudite, scholarly woman; a learned, wise woman.

a learned or erudite person, esp. one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject; a scholar; a wise man.

anāyurvēdic physician or a man who treats sick men with the knowledge of some native medicines.

a man who has studied deeply a language, grammar, logics or philosophy in a traditional manner.

converted into a shapeless mass or turned into a sphere.

crowded; thronged.

a woman as related to a man whom she is married to; a wife.

a woman in gen.

= ಪೆಂಡತಿ.

a quack - a) an untrained person who practices medicine fraudulently; b) any person who pretends to have knowledge or skill that he or she does not have in a particular field; charlatan.