a number of sheets of paper on which something is written or printed, bound together within two covers; a book.

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.

(jain.) a class of jaina sages or mendicants.

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.

a small book; a booklet.

to offer the first grain or boiled rice on a thresh-floor, before the shifting the grain from there.