the ninth month in the Hindu lunar calendar (november-December).

= ಮೃಗಶಿರೆ.

name of a star in the equatorial constellation orion; Lambda Orion.

rain received during the period when the moon is seemingly asociated with this star.

(dance.) a single-hand gesture in which the thumb is stretched forward and the middle and ring fingers are placed on it, making tips touch the tip of the thumb, and other two fingers are stretched upward (to represent the head of an antelope).