a kind of sweet-meat, made using grit-like flour of wheat, ghee, etc.

the part of the body, in humans, above the neck or corresponding part in other animals; the head.

the front portion (of anything); top; summit; pinnacle; acme.

the top of a tree.

the root of a pepper plant.

a kind of large serpent.

ಶಿರದೊಳಾನ್ śiradoḷān to carry out (an order, command, instruction) faithfully and obidiently.

= ಶಿರಾ.

any blood vessel that carries blood from some part of the body back toward the heart; a vein.

any natural combination of minerals, from which a metal or metals can be extracted; an oar.

an injunction of Koran, read out at the time of marriage.

a particoloured thing.

air or wind.

having or marked with, spots.

marked with different colours in spots, streaks, etc.; parti-coloured; variegated.

of yellow colour; yellowish.

an arrow.

the grass Saccharum sara.

a the oily, yellowish part of milk, which rises to the top when the milk is boiled and cooled; cream.

the liquid left after the butter is taken out from curds, by churning; butter-milk.

a wound; a sore.

water.

a pond or lake.

a sound.

any bristlelike fiber or fibers, as on the head of barley, oats or wheat; the awn.

(math.) a symbol for the number five.

(pros.) a set of four syllables (some times the initial long one is substituted by two short ones making it five) which can be put in sixteen combinations.

(pros.) a metrical verse, having six lines in which the first, second, fourth and fifth have two groups of four syllabic instants whiile the third and sixth have three groups of four syllabic instants followed by a long one.

something written in endorsing, at the end of a writing; a note; an endorsement.

something written in endorsing, at the end of a writing; a note; an endorsement.

riches; wealth.

development; progress; prosperity.

dignity; worthiness; nobility.

lustre; radiance.

Lakṣmi, the Goddess of Wealth.

greatness; superiority; excellence; speciality.

a decorating or being decorated; decoration.

natural ability in any field; talent.

the first three of the four ideals of Hindu philosophy - righteousness, economic prosperity and meaningful worldly life.

the dried flower bud of a tropical evergreen tree Eugenia aromatica, used as a pungent, fragrant spice; clove.

a prefix used before the name of a man as a token of respect (used before a deity irrespective of male or female).

a letter written on top of the paper while commencing writing something as a token of auspiciousness or welfare.

name of one of the sixteen digits of the moon.

the tree Aegle marmelos of Rutaceae family.

the tree Pinus longifolia of Pinaceae family.

(pros.) a metrical verse haviang four lines each of which having one long syllable.

(jain.) a female deity guarding one of the eight directions.

(mus.) in Karnāṭaka system, name of a rāga (musical mode) derived from the main mode Kharaharapriya.

poison; venom.

a pronoun used in respects of the monks and pontiffs, expressing excessive veneration.

a starting or commencing; a beginning.

any one of the equal parts into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided; a share.

any intoxicating drink, as toddy, alcholic liquor, etc.

a pawn used in the dice-game.

a piece or pawn used in chess, having very limited movements.

the cavity formed by open hands joined together and folded slightly; the hollow of the palms.

that much quantity which can be held in such a cavity.

the width, breadth of the palms so joined.

= ಶಿರ1 - 1.

a starting or commencing; a beginning.

ಶುರುಹಚ್ಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳು śuru haccikoḷḷu = ಶುರುಮಾಡು; ಶುರುಮಾಡು śuru māḍu to start; to begin; to commence.

strong; powerful; valiant; heroic.