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.

fame; glory; renown.

good character, trait; meritorious behaviour.

praise; extolment; adulation.

a set of outer clothes for some purpose or occasion; constumes.

form; structure; shape.

a cover; a veil.

a decorative cloth spread over the back and sides of an elephant.

any of the features that make something what it is; a characteristic element; a quality.

the act of perfuming the body.

gold.

the dried, aromatic stigmas of the plant Crocus sativus of Iridaceae family, used in flavoring and colouring foods, and formerly in medicine; saffron powder.

the quality of being attractive; attractiveness; beauty.

a religious vow.

(said of a singer of the classical music) the mood, intense interest, prevailing at a particular point of time.

a lyrical poem set to a local prosodic metre.

(math.) a symbol for the number one.

a smallest basic unit of sound (consisting of one or more syllables); a phoneme.

(Dvaita phil.) one of the twenty basic substance of the universe.

the act of encircling, covering from all sides.

a wall enclosing a space (with or without a building).

the wall around a fortified place.

a religious service to a deity; worship.

anything that is used in or as an aid for, worshipping.

a respectable, venerable man.

the act of choosing.

the act of choosing a bride; choice of a bride.

the act or an instance of requesting, begging.

the plant Embelia ribes of Myrsinaceae family; worm-killer plant.

a bridge (for crossing over a stream, river, canal, etc.).

a camel.

the raised strip of land between two pieces of agricultural land.

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.

the raised land around a water tank; the bund of a water tank.

an elephant.

the trunk of an elephant.

an armour worn by soldiers.

the entrance of a building; a door.

a camel.

a cloud.

the ocean.

the tree Pistacia vera of Anacardiaceae family.

its nut.

a wound or abscess; a sore; an ulcer.

= 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.

the grass Cynodon dactylon ( = Panicum dactylon) of Poaceae family.

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

the palm tree Caryota urens of Arecaceae family.

(yoga.) name of one of the astral tubes carrying prāṇa or nerve current.

name of a star in the southern constellation Aquarius; Sadalsud.

the thirteenth day of the second half of Caitra, the first lunar month in Hindu calendar.

a kind of double drum used on social occasions, as marriage, etc.

the grass Vetiveria zizanioides ( = Andropogon muricatus) of Poaceae family.

its fragrant root.

a woman who hates another, and wishes or tries to injure him; a foe; an enemy.

the plant Barleria buxifolia (Var. roseaflora) of Acanthaceae family; prickly purple nail dye; (?).

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.

the Sun-God.

Viṣṇu.

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.