the place where one normally resides; a house.

a division of a state gen. made for the purpose of administrative convenience; a district.

a tall, thick wall enclosing a place, building for military defence, usu. equipped as with earthworks, guns, etc.

the shrub Ziziphus xylopyrus of Rhamnaceae family.

its edible fruit.

absence of heat or lack of normal warmth; a low temperature; coldness.

a shed for sheltering cattle and other livestock; a cattle-shed.

a progressive infectious disease caused by a bacterium (Mycobacterium leprae) that attacks the skin, flesh, nerves, etc, characterised by nodules, ulcers, white scaly scabs, deformities, and the eventual loss of sensation; leprosy.

any of various contagious skin diseases caused by related varieties of fungus and characterised by itching and the formation of ring-shaped, discoloured patches covered with scales or vesicles; ringworm.

the plant Costus speciosus of Zingiberaceae family; mountain sweet flag.

a short, hollow bamboo, closed at one end (naturally so, when cut at a knotty joint), used to pour medicine, food, etc. into the throat of cattle.

the quality or fact of being vain or excessively proud of oneself or one's qualities or possessions; self-conceit; vanity.

the quality of a man who is mean, immoral or wicked.

a wild, lawless man, often a member of a gang of criminals; a scoundrel.

= ಕೋಟೆ.

a short, hollow bamboo, closed at one end (naturally so, when cut at a knotty joint), used to pour medicine, liquid food, etc. into the throat of cattle.