a single stage or degree in the succession of natural descent (in humans); a generation.

to take and keep with the hands or arms or by other means; to grasp; to clutch; to seize; to hold.

to take; to acquire or accept; to receive.

to take possession of legally.

to depend on; to rely on.

to capture and put into custody; to arrest; to apprehend.

to conduct oneself adhering to (a principle, specific path, certain rule, contract, etc.).

to protect, guard against (as danger).

(a snake) to bite.

(an evil spirit) to possess a person; to have control and rule another's emotion, reasoning, judgement, etc.

to make or give sound by blowing (air through); to blow.

to be commenced, begun.

to find out; to learn.

to commence (something); to start; to begin.

to resist, oppose, obstruct or impede another's movement, progress, etc.

to confine with certain bounds; to limit; to curb; to restrict.

to fit in or within something.

to need; to require.

to receive favourably; to approve.

to accustom to; to habituate to.

to look for a right opportunity.

the act of holding, grasping.

that part of a utensil, tool, etc. which is to be held, turned, lifted, pulled, etc. with the hand; handle.

a hand with the fingers closed into the palm; fist.

that or that much quantity which is or can be held in one's palm with fingers closed.

a pack of playing cards.

a caputuring or being captured.

a broom, used to sweep dust.

a short weapon with pointed blade, used for stabbing.

anything that is relatively smaller in size.

that which is earmarked for purpose of offering to a god or specific use.

a female elephant.

a female of any animal.

= ಪೀಡಿ.

a piece of fabric; cloth.

a cloth of superior quality.

a piece of cloth used as a screen, cover; a veil.

a specially prepared piece of canvas for painting on.

a kind of black cloth used to write on.

a sheet of paper, cloth on which a map, sketch, drawing is written.

a picture or portrait painted (on a canvas).

an extent of the canvas or other strong material by which a vessel is propelled forward through water; a sail.

a light frame covered with some thin material as paper or cloth, with a tail to balance, designed to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string; a kite.

the tree Buchanania latifolia ( = B. lanzan) of Anacardiaceae family.

that which is done well.

a banner; a flag.

ಪಟದ ಕುಣಿತ paṭada kuṇita a kind of folk dance, performed holding a tall bamboos about which silk cloths of different colours are wound; ಪಟದ ಹಬ್ಬ paṭada habba a festival observed in Āṣāḍa, the fourth month in Hindu lunar calender; ಪಟದ ಹುಳು paṭada huḷu a kind of worm that eats up clothes; ಪಟವಾಡಿಸು paṭavāḍisu to fly kites; 2. (fig.) to make another act as per one's wishes.

an image or picture made by photography or painting; a photograph.

a light frame covered with paper, plastic, etc. with a tail for balancing, to be flown in the wind at the end of a string; a kite.

a long, narrow cleft or crack in a rock or between two rocks.

a piece of stone that is flat, broad and fairly thick; a slab of stone.

a depression in the ground where water may get stagnated.

= ಪಡವು3.

a small water vessel; a boat.