the practice of using weapons (in the course of learning).

a thin sphere of liquid enclosing air etc; a bubble.

an inflamed pus-filled swelling caused by infection or an abnormal protuberance on or in the body; a boil; a swelling.

a hard outer covering, as of a mollusc, insect, etc.; a shell.

a small, circular band of metal, usu. of silver, worn by a married woman on the second toe; a toe-ring.

anything that is spherical; a ball or ball-like thing.

the evergreen tree Carallia lucida (= C. integirrima) of Rhizophoraceae family.

= ಕರಳಿ2.

very much exceeding the usual size, number or degree; of great size; huge; vast.

causing fright; terrifying; frightening; dreadful.

outrageously evil or wicked; abominable; heinous; atrocious; very brutal.

abnormal to a considerable degree.

(myth.) Rāhu, a serpant demon, once believed to eclipse the sun and moon, considered to be one of the nine planets that rule the destinies of individuals.

Yama, the Hindu Death-God.

Śiva.

a disease of the teeth.

the plant Ocimum sanctum of Lamiaceae family; sacred basil; black basil.

(myth.) one of the hells.

a cloth made from the hair of some wild animals.

= ಕರಳಿ2.

one of the powers of Śiva, personified as a female.

a servant who stays very close to his master.

salty, brackish soil.