to become reduced in size or bulk; to draw together; to shrink or contract oneself.

to fail to happen; to miss; to be unsuccessful.

to go back; to return as from fear, uncertainty, lack of confidence, etc.

to bend or stoop oneself.

to go out of sight; to be hidden; to be within or concealed.

= ಪತಂಗ1 - 1 & 6.

a unit or division of an army.

a group of persons.

a small, flat, round or square ornamental piece of metal (as of gold) hung by a string (as in a necklace) worn round the neck.

a small flat piece of metal, bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action or event or given as a reward for bravery, merit or the like; a medal.

a man versed well in reciting of vedic hymns in ಪದಪಾಠ method (see: ಪದ2 - 16).

a kind of ornament.

a kind of plant.

a more or less detailed alphabetical listing, in a book, of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed; an index.

(pros.) a metrical stanza.

= ಪದಕ - 1.

a walking.

a man who goes or travels on foot; a walker.

a foot-soldier.

= ಪತಾಕೆ - 1.

a kind of weapon.

(dance.) a hand gesture in which the fingers are extended and kept close pointing upward and the thumb is slightly bent and its tip touching the root of the forefinger; the flag-gesture.

causing to fall.

full of or characterised by sin; wicked; immoral; sinful.

the act of felling or causing to fall down.

a sinful act, as transgression of religious, moral rules; a sin.

a man who has committed such an act or acts; a sinner.