an instrument for weighing, esp. one that opposes equal weights, as in two matched shallow pans hanging from either end of a lever supported exactly in the middle; a balance; scales.

a manner of testing the truthfulness of man, in which the man under trial was made to sit on one of the pans of a balance and lumps of earth or other material equal to his weight are placed on the other, then once the man has to get out of the balance and sit again and then he is declared innocent if his weight is less than the weight on the other pan, otherwise he is declared guilty; a balance-ordeal.

land on either side and along a river; bank.

a screen made by weaving thin strips of bamboo, used as a partition wall, screen, etc.

a temporary shelter made using this supported on poles.

a flat, coarse mat made of woven or plaited strips of bamboo, used for sitting on.

a door made of the screen made by bamboo strips.

a basket made of thin strips of bamboo.

a colony of bees; a beehive.

a flat, broad, metal plate used by soldiers, policemen to avoid blows or missiles; a shield.

a temporary shed made using grass, hay, etc. for wayfarers.

= ತಟಿ.

a Jaina or Buddha mendicant wearing traditional rough, unsewn cloth.

= ತಟ್ಟು5.

to strike; to bang.

to strike or beat resoundingly; to pound; to bang.

to come into physical contact with.

to pat (on another's back) as in encouragement.

to flatten the prepared dough in making roṭṭi, capāti, etc.

to smear with something oily.

to force to go; to drive.

to lightly pat on, as in lulling a child to sleep.

to apply; to be referred with.

to be liked; to be found agreeable to or very much pleasing.

a clapping with both the hands together.

a kind of contagious, small pox characterised by red pustular eruptions on the skin.

the act of touching or coming into physical contact.

a wish; a desire.

the act of anointing, smearing.

(dance.) one of the ten kinds of rhythmic and measured movements of hands, legs, head, etc.

the sloping side of a hill.

land on either side and along a river; bank.

an area, place, region.

a piece of farm land.

the apparent blue space over our heads; the sky.

the line where apparently the sky meets the earth.