protection - a) the act or an instance of protecting; b) the state of being protected; defence.

the act or an instance of putting out of sight; a hiding; concealment.

a room or building where criminals and persons under trial are confined; a jail; a prison.

a room or group of rooms below the ground level and usu. under a building; a cellar.

a hole or a tunnel dug in the ground.

a depression in the ground where drainage water is collected and stagnated.

a stone wall enclosing something; a rampart.

a long, hollow wooden piece to hide a sword or dagger.

anything that is hidden.

(Jain.) a restraining of thought, speech or bodily desires.

ಗುಪ್ತಿಯವನು guptiyavanu a man holding a sword hidden in a wooden sheath (as a soldier, policeman or royal servant).

the ruler of the land; a king.

a road that is rough, uneven, and tiresome to walk on; a bad path.

(fig.) an illegal, immoral way, manner, etc.

the grass Sorghum nitidum (=Andropogon sorghum) of Poaceae family.

its fragrant root.

= ಕಪಿತಾನ್.

a dove, pigeon.

a small house or box with compartments for nesting pigeons, usu. on a pole; pigeonhole; dove-cot.

a horizontal molding projecting along the top of a wall, building, etc.; the cornice.

a bad or wrong path.

an immoral way or means.

belief or practice contrary to orthodox doctrine; heresy.

a pathway for cattle.

name of a Brāhmaṇa, (one of the sacred works or Hindus), subsidiary to Atharva Vēda.

the quality or qualities of a monkey; the quality or fact of playing fool; mischievousness.

a blind person.