a song sung by women in chorus on auspicious occasions as marriage.

a term used at the end of each verse of a song, wishing good, welfare, etc.

any auspicious song.

any auspicious occasions as marriage.

a ceremony on a day after marriage, on which night the married copule would have sexual intercourse for the first time.

the part around the anus of a horse.

(hist.) a particular measure of land.

= ಶಿವನಿ1.

Pārvati, wife of Śiva.

a dog (Canis familiaris).

a pair of tongs used by goldsmiths.

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 Jaina or Buddhist nun.