the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usu. determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; colour.

a coloured substance.

the brightness or attractiveness of the body complexion.

any of the four social divisions, the brāhmaṇa, Kṣhatriya, vaiśya, and śudra of Hindu society.

a letter or alphabet of any language.

one of the twelve Ādityas, a class of deities.

the God of Water and the Regent of western direction.

the tree Aegle marmelos of Rutaceae family; the beal tree; stone apple tree.

the ocean.

water.

coloured; colourful.

belonging to certain class or caste.

a painter; an artist.

a man belonging to any of the four classes or any of the castes of the Hindu society.

a brāhmaṇa student.

a writer; an author or columnist.

the act of opposing; opposition.

a warding off or preventing.

the act of covering, veiling something from being seen.

a protecting or being protected; protection.

a hindrance; an obstacle.

= ವಾರಕಾಂತೆ.

the perennial vine Citrullus colocynthis ( = Cucumis colocynthis) of Cucurbitaceae family, whose small, dried fruits are used in making a strong cathartic; colocynth.

of, belonging, made of or caused by water.

= ವಾರುಣಾಸ್ತ್ರ.

water.

the direction which the sun apparently sets in; the west.

the wife of Varuṇa, the God of Ocean.

the western direction personified as a woman.

a kind of spirit prepared from hogweed mixed with the juice of the date or palm and distilled.

any spirituous liquor.