noun
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the upper part of the back or region from the neck to the shoulder-joint, in humans; the shoulder.
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corresponding part of an elephant.
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the stem or trunk of a tree (from the ground to that part where the branches begin).
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a troop or division of an army consisting of elephants, horses, and foot-soldiers.
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a chapter or section of a book.
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a large number of persons, animals or things gathered together; a multitude.
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a number of people or things grouped together because of certain likenesses or common traits; kind; sort; a category; a class.
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a ruler; a king.
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a learned and wise man.
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(pros.) a particular form of ārya metre having 64 syllables in each verse.
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(buddh.) the five constituent elements of being (viz. bodily form, sensation, perception, aggregate of formations and consciousness or thought-faculty).