to chop off the nose; to dissgrace by cutting the nose of a person.

the act of chopping of the nose or of disgracing by cutting the nose.

a particular variety of tāḷa (time scale in music).

a kind of drum, percussion instrument.

a muslim religious teacher.

name of a clan that was considered socially low or lowest.

a person belonging to this clan.

(mus.) in Karnāṭaka system, a mode derived from the main mode Naṭhabhairavi.

any of several flesh-eating crocodilians of the genus Crocodylus, having thick, horny skin, long tail, a long, narrow triangular head, large jaws, found in sluggish waters and swamps of the tropics; a crocodile.

any of a group of large cartilaginous marine fishes, having rounded body & underside mouth, tough, spiny skin, voracious, and, which sometime attack to humans; shark.

(myth.) one of the nine treasures of Kubera, the regent of wealth.

a military array in which troops are arranged in the form of a corodile.

(astrol.) the tenth sign of the zodiac; the Capricorn.

(dance) a hand gesture, in which one palm is place on the back of another hand, with thumbs of both the hands stretched apart and other fingers stretched forward.

a small flat-roofed, temporary structure, raised on four pillars having no walls on any side, which is gaily decorated, for keeping an idol.

the letter 'ಮ' (pronounced with the vowel ಅ).

= ಮಕರಪತ್ರ.

a female crocodile.