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

its fragrant root.

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

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.

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.

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.

= 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.