a speech, talk that is serious, not loose.

(rightly, ಭಾಗವತ) (masc.) a teacher who teaches, trains in, Yakṣagāna, bayalāṭa etc.

Pārvati, the Goddess of energy and consort of Śiva.

any of the Hindu goddesses.

a term used in respectfully addressing a reverential woman.

relating to a god, esp. to Viṣṇu.

a staunch follower of the sect that worship Viṣṇu.

a man who teaches, trains yakṣagāna (a genre of dance drama, having themes selected from epics) and directs its presentation.

one of the eighteen Purāṇas, and the most popular one among them, dedicated to the glorification of Viṣṇu.

one of the three sects of the cult of worshippers of Viṣṇu, holding him as the Supreme Being.