= ಪರ್ವ - 5.

a period during which major or important changes take place that affects for a long time the life of an individual or a society, nation, etc.

a period of festivals.

the period of progress.

to become wider or broader; to increase one's vastness.

to be stretched; to be held out.

ancient time; a former or previous time.

(gram.) the verb tense indicating an action completed or in progress at a former time or a state or condition in existence at a former time; past tense.

(mus.) name of a Karnāṭaka rāga (musical mode) derived from the main mode Dhīraśankarābharaṇa.