a temple usu. a pyramidlike tower and typically having upward-curving roofs over the individual stories, built over a sacred relic or as a work of devotion; a pagoda.

the tower of a building esp. a temple.

any of several former gold or silver coins of southern India, usu. bearing a figure of such a temple, first issued in the late 16th century.

a kind of spicy pudding fried in oil.

sweet talk that is capable of winning favour or cheating.

excessive and blinding love or affection.

insolent arrogance.

a deposit of an amount of money that a lessee has to pay to the lesser at the time of taking a building on rent.

the large, evergreen tree Mimuspos elengi of Sapotaceae family, with strong and hard wood the core of which is black.

its flower.

a game of chance played with dice and pawns, on a chequered cloth.

a small cube, usu. one of the pair, marked on each side with different number of spots (from one to six) used in this game; a dice.

the symbol for the score one, on a dice.

a pawn used in this game.

a kind of sari (sīre, a garment worn by Indian women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder).

ಪಗಡೆ ಆಟ pagaḍe āṭa = ಪಗಡೆ2 - 1; ಪಗಡೆಯಾಡು pagaḍeyāḍu to play this game of chance; 2. (fig.) to make a move cunningly or craftily.

= ಪಗಡೆ ಹಾಸು.

= ಪಗಡೆ2 - 2.

any of the several different coloured squares on the cloth used for this game.

a long cloth wound about one's head in folds as a head dress worn by men.