noun
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an onward movement; a going on from one point to the next; progression; course of movement.
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a starting or commencing; a beginning.
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the interest or intent involvement in worldly life (as diff. from spiritual life).
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the act, fact of using or the state or fact of being used.
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the act of one who deals; transaction or transactions; dealings.
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inborn character; innate disposition; inherent tendencies of a person.
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a report of or information about an event (esp. recent one); news; tidings.
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looseness of bowel movement.
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a flowing or flow; flux.
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adaptation of costumes, local dialects in language, etc. by stage actors.
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(Nyāya phil.) the religious merits and demerits, considered as one of the eight pramēyas (that of which a correct notion should be formed).
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(log.) the act or thing done; an action.