the grain-bearing spike of a cereal plant, esp. of corn left by reapers on the field.

an ear of grain chosen as having best suited seeds for further propagation; the first crop of the year or of the crop rotation-period.

(happening) without cause or effort.

the fatherhood - a) the state of being a father; paternity; b) the qualities or character of a father.

a place of dwelling; a house.

a building for the worship of a divinity or divinities or anything viewed as the dwelling place of God or a divinity.

a place, esp. a raised platform, where animals are offered to a god in a sacrifice; an altar.

(Buddh.) the sensory organs of human beings.

(med.) the cause of a disease.

the state of the mind being absorbed in meditation.

a battle; a war; a combat.