the hair growing on the head.

the mane of a horse or lion.

a ray of light.

Varuṇa, the Ocean-God.

a kind of perfume made from the fragrant grass Andropogon muricatus.

a narrow strip of leather or cloth for fastening clothing, etc.; a string.

a lash attached to a stick for urging on animals or punishing etc.; a whip.

a unsewn, oblong cloth worn by men around the waist to cover the lower parts and one end of which is taken between the legs and tucked behind at the waist band; a dhōti.

an oblong, unsewn cloth, as a towel, used to tie around the waist.

brightness; radiance; brilliance; lustre.

the grass Saccharum spontaneum of Poaceae family.

the grass Sorghum nitidum (= Andropogon serratus) of Poaceae family.

a flower of this grass.

shining with light that is radiated or reflected; bright; brilliant.

clearly seen.

a holy city in Uttar Pradesh, in North India, on the Gangā river.

(fig.) a place that is very important, sacred to a particularsect or group of people.

the act or an instance of rubbing.

a type of black stone used to test the purity of gold or silver by the streak left on it when it was rubbed with the metal; a touchstone; streak plate.

brightness; radiance; brilliance; lustre.

the clenched hand; fist.

the sun.

= ಕಾಶಿ3.

the act of cutting, severing or seperating (from the whole); a cutting.

the act or process of removing the testicles of a bull, ram, etc.; emasculation; castration.

a graft - a) a shoot or bud of one plant or tree inserted or to be inserted into the stem or trunk of another, where it continues to grow, becoming a permanent part; scion; b) the act or process of inserting such a bud or shoot; grafting.