noun
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that which is auspicious, causes or brings prosperity, welfare, etc.
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good fortune; good luck.
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the state of a woman whose husband is alive (as opp. to widowhood).
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wealth; riches.
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loveliness; comeliness; fairness; attractiveness.
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a bright-red or slightly orange powder applied by women on their foreheads, as an auspicious sign and also used in worshipping a deity.
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(yoga.) one of the twenty seven yogas.
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(phil.) one of the forty kinds of qualities in the nature of things.