a beautiful woman.

an excellent, meritorious woman.

Lakṣmi.

Durge.

Sarasvati.

(in gen.) a woman.

the creeper Tinosporia cordifolia ( = Menispermum cordifolium, = Cocculus cordifolius) of Menispermaceae family.

the plant Helleborus niger of Ronunculaceae family; black hellebore.

the powder of its rhizome used in medicine and also for seasoning the food; turmeric powder.

the refined resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees by the female of the lac insect, used by women for drawing ornamental lines on their body; lack; shellack.

a bright yellow pigment prepared from the urine or bile of a cow or that is vomited by a cow in the form of scybala.