a blow, esp. the heavy one.

a solemn promise or pledge dedicating oneself to an act, service or way of life; a vow; a pledge.

utterly unyielding and quarrelsome in attitude; adamancy.

a striving in competition or rivalry with another; a vying.

any game of uncertainty played with a wager.

(in gen.) any game played by two teams to establish supremacy of one over other.

a pledge of a forfeit risked on some uncertain outcome; wager; a bet.

haughtiness; insolence; disdain; arrogance.

an announcement, declaration or narration made in an open or ostentatious way.

the drainings of jaggery or crude sugar; treacle; molasses.

a mature crop (that is ready for harvesting).

the act of cutting, severing.

a physical combat in which the opponents stab, cut or try to stab or cut each other.

a piece or part cut off or out, as a segment, slice, etc.

a heap of bits, fragments, pieces, etc. that is chapped, minced.

a defiant confrontation as in a battle.

fully grown or developed; ripe.

mature as in judgement, knowledge, etc.; ripe.

= ಹಣತೆ1.

the act of intervweaving or braiding.

a votive lamp with a wick and oil, used to light before a deity.

the tongue or flame of the burning wick in this.

a cluster of fruits in the fruit-stalk of the plantain.

= ಹಣತೆ1.