= ಗಡವು.

a strong, impenetrable hedge.

a large deer (Cervus unicolor) with coarse hair, a short, erectile mane, and three-pointed antlers; an Indian sambar.

= ಕಡಬ.

the tree Anthocephalus indicus (= A. cadamba, = Nauclea cadamba) of Rubiaceae family; cadamba tree.

a kind of dish; a sweet or spiced cake either cooked in steam or fried in oil.

a steamed cake of rice and black gram, popular in the southern part of the Indian subcontinent.

(fig.) a bruised area of tissue, of the skin, etc, as by a blow (without breaking the skin, but causing discolouration).

= ಕುಡವ2.

an old measure of grain (equal to one fourth of Prastha and containing twelve handfuls or half a seer).

a sect of a caste among the people of coastal districts of Karnāṭaka.

a person belonging to this sect.

a tribal sect of the hilly regions of Karnāṭaka.

that part of the scriptures which deals with the procedure, conditions etc. of rituals.