a tool having a heavy metal head with a blade fixed to a long wooden handle; an axe.

auspicious; propitious.

anything that is auspicious, propitious.

he who is gracious, propitious.

an atttendant of Śiva.

a heavy, silver-white, highly toxic metallic element, used in barometers, thermometers, pesticides, etc.; mercury.

known or acquainted well; being familiar with.