a young one of any animal, particularly of sheep; a lamb.

a particular mode of holding one's hand (said of a deity) that assures favour, boon, grace, safety, etc.

a devotee, who undertakes a pilgrimage to a temple or pilgrimage centre on a particular day every year.

a tenant who has taken a farm land on lease paying half the crop grown therein.

a receptacle or holder of water; the ocean.

the cief revenue or administrative officer of a town or village.