a critical assessment, based on certain standards, of the value, merit, relevance, etc. of something (as a literary or art work, cinema, painting, plays, television features, by studying, analysing it objectively.
a literary activity involving this, and carried on with responsibility.
a conjecture; a supposition; a guess.
a doubt; uncertainty.
the confluence of Śiva and Śakti, for purpose of creation of the universe.