the place of one's living.

a building or a part of a building occupied by a person or family; a dwelling place; a house.

a house for the temporary stay of a guest; a guest-house.

a military camp.

a brief or temporary stay.

a kind of tax levied in earlier days on houses.

an open area, region.

the land under the jurisdiction of a nation, ruler, etc.; a territory.

a military force; an army.

a family or race.

a body of assistants, followers or servants attending a person of rank or importance.

the yield of trees in a grove or crop in a particular farm, etc. in one season.

the act of opening (a door, the eyes, etc.).

the act of shooting arrows.

to fall - a) to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support; b) to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, esp. to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not.

to bend or incline (the knee, body or head) in worship, submission, respect; to bow.

(thunder, an arrrow shot, stone pelted, etc.) to strike; to hit againt.

to climb down.

to pass below the horizon; to set.

to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface; to slide.

to jump; to leap.

to fall or cave in; crumble suddenly; to collapse.

to become tired; to get exhausted.

to cease to live; to die.

(a food item) to become stale, hence, useless.

to disperse in different directions in a disorderly manner (as from fear).

to require the payment of (money or something else of value) in an exchange; to cost.

to get entangled.

to fall in a continuous stream.

to fall short of becoming full, complete or a whole; to be deficient.

to be defeated; to be overpowered.

to attack; to make an assault upon.

to happen; to occur.

to hang (oneself) down loosely.

to come in contact with and become one with; to join.

to hit the target; to reach the destination.

that which is useless or worthless.

land not used for growing crops or not fit for growing plants; wasteland.

that which is characterised by pettiness, insignificance or trivility.

an error or defect.

the condition that is miserable; a wretched state.

the act or an instance of falling from a higher place; a fall.

a sudden fall, as from prosperity or power; downfall.

that which is fallen down.

the dead body of an animal; carcass.

the creeper Cassytha filiformis of Lauraceae family, used to make baskets and also to tie bundles.

to hang oneself down or dangle loosely as from weakness, infirmity, etc.

the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; strength; vigour.

the military force of a nation that includes land army, air force and naval force.

power to influence, affect or control; efficacious power.

the act of helping or an aid or assistance provided; help.

Křṣṇa's elder brother (fully, Balarāma).

the physical form of anything.

the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa; the semen.

the crow (a bird of Corvidae family).

the quality of being firm or tight; firmness or tightness.

anything that is strong.

a conflict between two opposing military forces.

an offering made to a deity in a sacrifice.

the sky.

water.

the black colour.

(astrol.) the favourable aspect of an astrological planet.

(Viśiṣṭadvaita phil.) one of the six attributes or qualities of the Supreme Being.

(Dvaita phil.) one of the forty qualities.

(phys.) the force used on an object in effecting some change.

a unit of measure (varying from two to twelve seers).

the container used for this.

a variety in plantain, Musa paradisiaca of Musaceae family.

to increase (oneself) in size and develop toward maturity, as a plant or animal does by assimilating food.

to spring up; to sprout.

(an emotion, as fear, anger, wonder, love, etc.) to occur, arise or develop.

to cause to grow, develop.

to become more.

to cause to become more.

to extend throughout or get diffused all over.

to flourish; to succeed; to thrive; to prosper.

to be fulfilled, carried out; to be accomplished.

[though in earlier days this word and ಬೆಳೆ (verb) were being used in different senses, as given under the respective words in this dictionary, from 10th century onwards, these words are used as the alternative forms of each other now both are being used in the same sense]