causing mental pain or distress; vexing; tormenting.

he who inflicts mental pain or distress; a vexer; a tormentor.

a man who is easily frightened; a timid man.

an aged man; an old man.

the Brahminee kite, Haliastur indus, an accipitrine bird with long, pointed wings, forked tail and white neck.

(myth.) the king of birds, which is used by Viṣṇu as his vehicle.