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that which is auspicious and propitious from all points of view.
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Śiva, the most beneficent deity.
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the medium to large sized, evergreen tree Azadirachta indica ( = Melia azadirachta) of Meliaceae family; neem tree.
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a particulary type of array of army in the battlefield.
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(archit.) a type of a building that has four entrances, many spires or turrets, many beautiful dormer windows and five storeys and is twenty six cubits broad.
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(archit.) a four-fold image one on each side of a four-faced column.
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a village or town having a surrounding road and entrances on four sides.
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a square-type canvas on which a picture is painted.
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a type of literary compositions in a square having sixty four small squares within, in each of which a single letter is written, and the sense of each row or column remains same when read in any direction (as from left or right or from above or below).
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a kind of game played with a ball on a square ground.
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(dance.) a variety of dance.
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(jain.) a formal worshipping of Jina, the Jaina spiritual teacher, by a king.
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(jain.) a vow which runs for one hundred days of which on seventy five days the observant has to refrain from taking food.