noun
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the state or fact of being mixed, mingled or blended.
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the state of being crowded or being crowded with.
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a miscellaneous collection; miscellany.
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that which is complex, complicated.
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commingling of castes or races, as by an intermarriage.
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an elephant in rut; a sexually excited elephant.
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(pros.) a metrical verse having four lines of which the first and third lines have three groups of four syllabic instants each, second has five groups of four syllabic instants and the fourth has two groups of four instants followed by a short instant, one group of four instants and a long one.
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(rhet.) a blending together of metaphors which ought to be kept distinct.
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(rhet.) a fault of combining words which leads to confusion or difficulty in understanding.
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a kind of drama the characters of which are corrupt or wicked.
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(mus.) a kind of tāḷa, in which the laghu has nine units.