noun
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a number of sheets of paper, parchment, etc. with writing or printing on them, fastened together along one edge, usu. between protective covers; a book.
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(jain.) a class of jaina sages or mendicants.
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ಪುಸ್ತಕದ ಬದನೆಕಾಯಿ pustakada badanekāyi knowledge got by mere book learning, lacking common sense, practicability or application to useful ends; ಪುಸ್ತಕದ ಹುಳು pustakada huḷu = ಪುಸ್ತಕಕೀಟ; ಪುಸ್ತಕ ನೋಡಿಸು pustaka nōdisu to get opened a page randomly in a sacred book and interpreted its content as if it would apply or would give a clue to the future event.