noun
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a variety of sugarcane having vertical stripes of white and red colours.
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a sectarian mark made on the forehead with sandal.
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(collectively) different coloured stripes or patches (on the body of a horse).
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(hist.) name of a country covering parts of present West Bengal and Bihar.
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a picture, painted or drawn.
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a worm or insect.
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(in gen.) a lotus flower.
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the lotus plant Nelumbo nucifera ( = Nelumbium speciosum) of Nymphaeaceae family.
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its white flower.
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a river or stream.
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an embellishment; an ornament.