the essential character of a thing; quality or qualities that make something what it is; essence; nature.

inborn character; innate disposition; inherent tendencies of a person.

any or all of the instincts, desires, appetites, drives, etc. of a person or animal (which are, as per Hindu system, divided into Satva, Rajas and Tamassu).

(phil.) any of the five substances (earth, air, fire, water and ether or space) believed to constitute all physical matter.

the entire physical universe, that is not created by human effort; nature.

the reproduction or the sexual organs in human.

a person appointed by the head of a government to take charge of some department; a minister.

(collectively) the citizens (as of a city).

the procreation power of the universe personified as a female being.

that which is to be done, carried out; a work; a job.

that which brings out something; a reason.

a worker in a skilled trade; craftsman; an artisan.

truth; fact.

a law, rule or other order prescribed by authority, esp. to regulate conduct; a regulation.

a restraining of one's anger, grief, passions, etc.

a compulsory payment to be made by a person to the government on various accounts; a tax.

that which is importnt or essential.

collectively, the beginning and end (of something).

the act or an instance of leaving something completely and for ever; abandonment.

the way that one acts; behavior; deportment; conduct.

a group of persons collected at one place for some purpose; a multitude.

the physical make up of a person; constitution.

(ling.) the fundamental element of a word or form, exclusive of all affixes and inflectional phonetic changes; a root.

(pros.) a metre in which each line of the verse has twenty one syllables.

(phil.) the physical universe; non-conscious matter of the world; the world of experience.

(phil.) one of the super natural powers of the Supreme Being often referred as Māya.

(phil.) a false idea or conception; belief or opinion not in accord with the facts.

(jain.) the system that holds the individual soul in this physical world birth after birth.

any deed, action that harms, impedes the progress of the individual souls.

(polit.) the seven divisions of the government.

(mus.) a pure note, not affected by variations or not influenced by another note or other notes.

covered completely; enveloped; encircled.

a man who is surrounded by several persons.

done, committed, performed in the previous life.

a deed that was done in the previous life (often, having its effect in the present life).

done, accomplished well.

begun; started; commenced.

now going on; now in progress; current.

at the present time; current.

bearing upon or relating to the matter in hand; pertinent; to the point.

important; of consequence.

real; true; genuine.

the matter on hand; a thing under consideration at the present.

truth; reality; fact.

(rhet.) that which is compared to another in an anology.

currently; at present.

the quality of being very hot.

the quality of being intense; extreme degree of anything; great energy or vehemence of emotion, thought or activity; intensity.

original; natural; not artificial.

belonging to or derived from the original element.

normal; ordinary; common.

low; unrefined; vulgar.