an enlargement of the thyroid gland, often visible as a swelling in the lower part of the front of the neck; goitre.

the manner in which the wrestlers, warriors tie their hair.

the hair (of a woman) let loose, but tied at the end with a small knot.

the manner in which fighters, wrestler wear the dhotis.

an old coin, minted in Madakari Nayaka's period in Citradurga in Karnāṭaka.

a large stone worn smooth by erosion.

the plant Schrebera swietenioides of Oleaceae family.

any large rock worn smooth and round by weather and water; a boulder.

a very strong fort.

any large rock worn smooth and round by weather and water; a boulder.

that which has a sweet sound; the Indian cuckoo (a long-tailed songbird of the family Cuculidae, which has a characteristic two or three-note call and deposits its eggs in the nests of crows which rear the young as their own).

a bee (or wasp) which lays its eggs in the nest of another species; a cuckoo-bee.

any of several large usu. grey and white birds of the family Columbidae, often domesticated and bred and trained to carry messages etc.; a dove; a pigeon.

a large graceful waterbird of the genus Cygnus etc., having a long flexible neck, webbed feet, snow-white plumage; a swan.

pleasant voice; melodious sounds.

a female cuckoo.

a female swan (a waterbird of the genus Cygnus).

(mus.) in Karnāṭaka system, a mode derived from the main mode Gāyakapriya.