1. ಪ್ರಬಂಧ

    ♪ prabandha
      noun
    1. the condition of being bound, tied, attached together; a close and firm relationship between persons; a binding.
    2. an arranging or being arranged; arrangement.
    3. something made by arranging in a particular manner; arrangement.
    4. a continuous flow, series or succeession; continuity.
    5. a literary work (esp. a poetical one).
    6. a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, in prose and gen. analytic, speculative or interpretative; an essay.
    7. a kind of musical composition, which has a clear tāḷa structure and prosodic metre.
    8. any of the works of Tamil Vaiṣṇava saints consisting of songs in praise of some forms of Viṣṇu characeterised by piety and devotion.