any of the festivals observed on days of conjunctions, as full moon-day, new moon-day, the days of solastices, etc.

a time or day of feasting or celebration; a festival day.

(fig.) joy; delight.

a feast arranged on festival days, days of social gatherings, etc.

a joint of the body.

great lustre.

water as converted into vapour by heating; steam.

to cause to be spread, distributed over or to pervade throughout a relatively large area.

to spread (information, gossip, etc.) widely.

to scatter in all directions or in a disorder manner.

to spread (oneself) widely.

to drive away or force to go.

the fact of being spread over a wide area.

the measure of a bounded region on a plane or the surface of a solid; area.

a wide, open field.

the act of being distributed.

the act, fact or manner of following (as a stream); a flow.

the rattan Calamus rotang of Arecaceae family; slender rattan; water rattan.

the tree Polyalthia cerasoides of Annonaceae family; common cherry nutmeg tree.

another tree Polyalthia fragrans of the same family; fragrant cherry nutmeg tree.

= ಹಬೆ.

thick, rough hair of a hog used for making brush (used by the makers of ornaments).

the hair growing on the bony arch over each eye; eye-brow.

the eleventh of the twenty seven lunar mansions, containing two stars (Zosma and Theta Leo).

the rain that comes during the period in which the moon is associated with this mansion.

(Jain.) a period of 70,56,000 crore years.

ancient times.

the yam plant Dioscorea atropurpurea of Dioscoreaceae family.