a natural stream of water of fairly large size, flowing in a definite course, emptying into an ocean, lake or another river; a river.

a path, way; a road.

brightness; brilliance; splendour.

to emit or reflect light; to be radiant or bright with light; to gleam; to glow; to shine.

to look or be beautiful.

to give back an image of; to mirror or reproduce the image of an object; to reflect.

to roll oneself from side to side.

to become unstable, inconsistant.

to be evasive; to be equivocal.

to turn away from one's path; to deviate.

to move or rush forward.

to come to be seen; to appear.

to be seen or realised for an instant like a flash of light; to flash.

(hist.) a unit of weight (equal to three tolas).

a unit of time, equal to twenty four seconds.

(hist.) a unit of capacity.

the flesh of animals used as food; meant.

any of several grasses.

the creeper Trichosanthes cucumerina of Cucurbitaceae family.

its gourd.

any undesired, uncultivated plant, esp. one growing in profusion so as to crowd out a desired crop; a weed.

the second crop growing from the root after the crop is cut almost to the ground level.

a kind of good quality cloth.

a baseless accusation or vilification.

a driving out or away of a dog.

that which is blamable, censurable.

deep trouble or misery.

a practice so long established that it has the force of law; a custom.

a forest; jungle; woods.

a kind of wild plant.

(only as the first word in a compound) old.