(pl.) the five faces of Śiva, - Sadyōjāta, Vāmadēva, Aghōra, Tatpuruṣa and Īśāna.

one of several names of Śiva.

(pl.) the five sides, surfaces of a thing.

a plate, designed to have five votive-lamp shaped depressions at one end and a handle at the other, used to wave light before a deity.

a lion which has a broad face.

a man belonging to the lowest caste, caṇḍāla.

anything that has five faces (as an idol of a deity).