a kind of tax.

a monk (in gen.).

a Jaina or Buddhist monk.

a follower of jaina religion.

ಸವಣಗೆಯ್ savaṇagey an extent of land given as a gift to a jaina mendicant.

the act of hearing.

the organ of hearing; the ear.

a pair of tongs used by goldsmiths.

= ಸವಡು3.

(correctly, ಶ್ರಾವಣ) 1. Śrāvaṇa, the fifth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.

a kind of plant that grows during this month in rice-fields.

its flower.

a Jaina or Buddhist nun.