a man who sweeps; a sweeper.

a collection of materials, accumulated for some purpose (as building materials for construction of a house).

a collection of materials rejected and thrown away as worthless; rubbish.

(dial.) a dye used to blacken the hairs.

a male peafowl, having brilliant plumage and a tail (with eyelike markings) that can be expanded and displayed like a fan; a pea-cock.

the Indian cuckoo.

a woman well decorated.

the Indian fig tree, Ficus benghlensis.

a thing, matter to be dealt with at a meating, usu. listed in an agenda.

(a list of) programme of things to be done (in a meating); an agenda.

the act, fact or process of learning, gaining knowledge.

(dial.) the skill in deception; craftiness.

a commandment or direction meant as a rule of action or conduct ; a precept.

a minor scripture that deals with the rules for ceremonial acts or sacrifices.

one of the eighteen traditional writings or scriptures of Hindus.

a measure of time, as a day of the universe; (myth.) a period of thousand yugas (eras) (4,320 million years).

a thing or option chosen in place of another.

(myth.) the Final Deluge, at the final destruction of the universe.

medical treatment of the sick.

the wish-yielding tree of the Heaven.

(Jain.) one of the sixteen heavens.

(Jain.) a cycle of duration which includes universal progression and retrogression.

one of the four kinds of sacred ash.

the act, fact or process of learning, gaining knowledge.

knowledge so got.

a group of people, animals or things; a multitude; a bundle.

a peaock's tail feather.

a case for arrows; a quiver.

an ornamental metal belt worn around the waist by a woman; a sash.

(in gen.) any ornament.

the moon.

name of a town or village in which Viṣṇu is believed to be incarnating at the end of the current era.

a slender, straight missile with a pointed end shot from a bow; an arrow.