noun
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the state or fact or being connected or associated together; connection; union; association.
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a condition that accompanies, determines or modifies a fact, event course of action, etc.; a circumstance.
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a debate involving arguments in favour and against (something); a debate; a dispute.
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something told; news; information.
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(dial.) the theme, topic or subject, usu. taken from a mythological work and adapted for a Yakṣagāna (a kind of dance-drama).