a group of persons, animal or things gathered together; an assemblage.

a large organised body of soldiers; an army.

a number of people or things arranged so as to form a line; a row.

open armed conflict between two armies or factions of people; a war.

(dial.) any of the religious rites to be performed at the appointed hour every day.

an army of soldiers.

a collection of people; a crowd.

up to the time of; till; until.

except under the circumstances that; unless.

a rascal; a scoundrel.

he who is free from sin; a virtuous man.

he who is free from blemishes; a man who is faultless.

a man who has never committed a crime.

quality or condition of being pure; purity, i.e.- a) freedom from adulterating matter; b) cleanness or clearness; c) freedom from evil or sin; innocence; chastity; d) freedom from corrupting elements.

a large military drum.

the sound that follows a flash of lightning, caused by the sudden heating and expansion of air by electrical discharge; the thunder.

upto that distance or time.

by that time; by them.

upto a short period.

a thing, situation that causes a feeling of surprise and delight by its extraordariness; a wonder.

a flout; a ridicule; mockery.

a treating with derision; the act of laughing at or treating with contempt; derision.

making fun; sport; jest; a joke.

making a show or pretence of, to counterfeit, simulate; act of imitation; acting; feigning.

ludicrous imitation; a parody.

a bitter remark in scorn or contempt; a sarcasm, a satire.

molestation; annoyance.