noun
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that which is used to make religiously or spiritually pure.
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the quality or state of being religiously or spiritually perfect or pure.
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that by which religious merit is earned.
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the grass Desmostachya tripinnata of Poaceae family, considered as sacred one, used for religious purposes.
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a kind of ring made with this grass blade, used to wear on the ring-finger of the right-hand, while performing certain religious rites.
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the ring-finger of the right hand.
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a kind of ornament for the ears.
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the sacrificial thread, worn on the left shoulder passing under the right arm, by men of certain castes; sacred-thread.