the faculty, power or act of speaking; speech.

Sarasvati, the Goddess of speech and knowledge.

a sound.

a long, narrow, open container of wood, stone, metal etc. for holding water for animals.

an old unit of measure.

a narrow, long wooden plate fixed horizontally in a boat for passengers to sit on.

a container, usu. of clay, plastic, etc. to grow plants.

a device made of leather, for drawing water from a well, using an ox or a pair of oxen.

an extent of land, by the side of a piece of agricultural field, that has small trees, shrubs, etc.

a slender shaft pointed at one end and feathered at the other, shot from a bow at the target; a shaft-missile; an arrow.

noise; sound.

fire.

a kind of Barleria plant that bears blue flower.

the cylindrical part of a Linga, the symbol of Śiva.

(myth.) name of a daemon.

any grass.

name of a celebrated Samskřta poet who wrote Kādambari and Harṣacarita.

a kind of fire-cracker (as a flower-pot).

a kind of cloth.

(math.) a symbol for the number five.

(pros.) a kind of meter having twelve syllables in each line.

a kind of drama or interlocution enacted by a single person having an imaginary incident of a thief, wicked fellow, etc., as a theme.

= ಬಣ್ಣ.

of great size, extent or capacity; large; big; great in amount, weight or quantity.

a stringed, musical instrument.

an extent of level country, not having plants, buildings, etc.

a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer; a wedge.

an extent of level country, not having plants, buildings, etc.

the quality of being attractive; attractiveness; loveliness; charm; beauty.

the first cash sale of the day made by a seller.

the first customer who purchases something by paying cash.

(gen.) the first one that happens in the day.

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