(dial.) a steel tool with a rough, ridged surface for smoothing, grinding down; a file.

a steel tool with a rough, ridged surface for smoothing, grinding down; a file.

a marriage gift.

the cow-dung.

a division in the Vēdas.

(Jain.) one of the sixteen heavens.

six haṇas (an old Indian currency coin).

a flowing water; a current; a flow of water.

a symbol employed to represent a speech sound or sounds; a character in an alphabet; a letter.

a large Indian tree Tectona grandis of the Verbena family, with white flowers and hard, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, furniture, etc.; teak.

(pros.) a meter, in which each of the four feet, has two groups, each having three short syllables (uuu) and eight groups, each having one long syllable followed by one short and another long syllables (-u-).

the seed-producing structure of an angiosperm, with the leaf-like sepals, colourful petals, and pollen-bearing stamens unfolding around the pistils; a flower.

a piece of wood (of Śami = Ficus religiosa) used for kindling the sacred fire for a sacrifice by attrition; the fire-producing wooden stick.

the tree Ficus religiosa of Moraceae family, itself; peepul tree.

a member of the Lacertilia, having four legs, green body, moveable eyelids; lacerta interpunctula.

(rarely, dial.) a member of the Chamaeleontudae family, with an angular head, prehensile tail, eyes that move independently of each other, the ability to change skin colour rapidly, and a long, agile tongue for catching prey; Lacerta cristata; chameleon.

ಅರಣೆ ಕಡಿದರೆ ಬರಣಿ ಮದ್ದು ಸಾಲದು araṇe kaḍidare baraṇi maddu sāladu (prov.) the lacerta interpunctula's bite is highly poisonous and local medicine cannot be the right antidote (proverb coined by mistaking this to be poisonous); ಅರಣೆ ಮೆಟ್ಟಿದರೆ ಧರಣಿ ನಾಶ araṇe meṭṭidare dharaṇi nāśa (prov.) the lacerta interpunctula is a highly dangerous animal (proverb coined by mistaking this to be poisonous).