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- (Noun)
- a forest in a highland.
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- the third of the four stages in a brāhmaṇa's life, which is to be spent in a forest, being away from his children, worldly possession, etc.
- a brāhmaṇa is this stage of life.
- the tree Butea frondosa of Papiionaceae family.
- the tree Madhuca indica ( = Bassia latifolia) of Sapotaceae family.