noun
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a group of a large number of people.
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a body of soldiers; a troop.
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an orderly arrangement (of the parts or constituents of a whole).
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any of several patterns of arranging the army in the battlefield; a military array.
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a trick, scheme or plan for deceiving an enemy in war; a strategem.
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(Viśiṣṭadvaita phil.) one of the five forms of the Supreme Being.