noun
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the Brahminee kite, Haliastur indus, an accipitrine bird with long, pointed wings, forked tail and white neck.
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(myth.) the king of birds, which is used by Viṣṇu as his vehicle.
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a particular class of gods.
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the individual soul (when considered diff. from the Supreme Soul).
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the Supreme Being.
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any of a widespread division (Filicophyta) of nonflowering embryophytes having roots, stems, and fronds, and reproducing by spores instead of by seeds; fern.