an elaborate religious sacrifice.

a religious service; a worshipping.

a difficult, onerous task.

a religious penance observed by remaining at a place (without moving).

for what? for what reason, cause or purpose?; why.

because of which; on account of which.

the reason for which.

wooden crosspiece fastened over the necks of two oxen etc. and attached to the plough or cart to be pulled; a yoke.

the forepart of the beam of a cart (to which a yoke is fastened).

a set of two people or things, regarded as a unit; a pair.

a period of five years.

any of the four ages of the world, of long mundane period of years.

any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse), parasitic on humans and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse corporis) or head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis).

a very small unit of linear measure.

= ಯೂಕ.

the act or process of joining, uniting together.

the fastening of a horse, ox, etc. to the yoke of a cart, plough, etc. with a cord; harness.

the fact of being associated; association.

the state of (various ingredients) being mixed; a mixture.

an act of arranging; state of being arranged; arrangement.

a follower of the Yoga system.

a contemplative saint, ascetic.

a Śaiva mendicant.

a man who practices sorcery, black magic; a sorcerer.

= ಅಶ್ವಮೇಧ - 1.