noun
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a ray of light.
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brightness; lustre; shine; radiance.
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an optical phenomenon, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below or an illusion of a non-existent object is seen, as a result of refraction of light rays in the hot air; a mirage.
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a stingy fellow; a miser; a niggard.
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(myth.) name of a sage who was one of the sons of Brahma, the Creator of the universe (or, according to some, a son of Swaymbhu Manu).