(mus.) a mode that occasionally takes a note or notes, that are not in the main mode from which it is derived, to enhance the beauty.

(mus.) name of one of the quarter-tones of a musical note Dhaivata, the sixth note in the Indian scale; a slightly varied ಧೈವತ.

a garland of flowers.

a nupital ornament worn on the forehead by a bridegroom during marriage.