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the essential character of a thing; quality or qualities that make something what it is; essence; nature.
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inborn character; innate disposition; inherent tendencies of a person.
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any or all of the instincts, desires, appetites, drives, etc. of a person or animal (which are, as per Hindu system, divided into Satva, Rajas and Tamassu).
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(phil.) any of the five substances (earth, air, fire, water and ether or space) believed to constitute all physical matter.
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the entire physical universe, that is not created by human effort; nature.
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the reproduction or the sexual organs in human.
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a person appointed by the head of a government to take charge of some department; a minister.
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(collectively) the citizens (as of a city).
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the procreation power of the universe personified as a female being.
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that which is to be done, carried out; a work; a job.
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that which brings out something; a reason.
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a worker in a skilled trade; craftsman; an artisan.
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truth; fact.
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a law, rule or other order prescribed by authority, esp. to regulate conduct; a regulation.
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a restraining of one's anger, grief, passions, etc.
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a compulsory payment to be made by a person to the government on various accounts; a tax.
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that which is importnt or essential.
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collectively, the beginning and end (of something).
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the act or an instance of leaving something completely and for ever; abandonment.
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the way that one acts; behavior; deportment; conduct.
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a group of persons collected at one place for some purpose; a multitude.
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the physical make up of a person; constitution.
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(ling.) the fundamental element of a word or form, exclusive of all affixes and inflectional phonetic changes; a root.
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(pros.) a metre in which each line of the verse has twenty one syllables.
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(phil.) the physical universe; non-conscious matter of the world; the world of experience.
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(phil.) one of the super natural powers of the Supreme Being often referred as Māya.
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(phil.) a false idea or conception; belief or opinion not in accord with the facts.
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(jain.) the system that holds the individual soul in this physical world birth after birth.
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any deed, action that harms, impedes the progress of the individual souls.
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(polit.) the seven divisions of the government.
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(mus.) a pure note, not affected by variations or not influenced by another note or other notes.