noun
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a careful search or examination; systematic inquiry; an investigation.
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the act of begging or beseeching earnestly for.
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a man who bets for charity; a beggar.
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an arrow.
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(masc.) a follower of a right path.
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an antagonist, enemy.
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a soul undergoing punishment in a hell.
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the tall, woody, hard, springy, jointed and often hollow stem of the grass of the sub-family Bambusoideae; a bamboo.
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(jain.) the path a person has find for himself (in spiritual life) and condition of that person in that stage.