a pillar erected as a monument of victory.

a pole set in the middle of the threshing floor (to which a series of cattle are tied one by the side of another to tread the harvested crop for separating the grain).

the act, practice of growing crops, producing food-grains; agriculture.

the land endowed to the chief of a village.

the quality of being superior, excellent; superiority.

a man of excellent qualities.

a leader.

a suprvisor who supervises the work of workers.

the central portion.

a farm implement having a cutting tool, long beam, which is drawn usu. by a pair of oxen, to cut, turn up and break up the soil; a plough.

the handle of a plough.

a mound or small hill; a hillock.

the joint between the thigh and the lower part of the human leg; the knee.

the front part of the leg at this joint.

the kneeling posture in sword-fight, wrestling, etc.

stiffness of the knee, as a disorder or disease.

ಮಂಡಿಯೂರು maṇḍiyūru to rest on a knee or knees; ಮಂಡಿ ಡಕ್ಕೆ maṇḍi ḍakke a drum kept on the thigh, while beating it (played with the leg bent slightly).

matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; sediment.

a solid mass of no special shape or made look like a ball; a lump.

any food that is overboiled and has become a lump-like mass.

water mixed with kitchen waste which is used with chaff to feed cattle.

the large-sized, deciduous tree Ailanthus malabarica of Simarubaceae family with pinnate leaves, winged fruits, and the resin exuded as incense.

a kind of fragrant substance.

a tax levied on fragrances, myrrh, incense, etc.

the husks of paddy, wheat or other grain separated in hulling, threshing or winnowing; chaff; hull.

(fig.) overbearing pride; arrogance.

the medium-sized , deciduous tree Boswellia serrata ( = B. thurifera) of Burseraceae family.

the plant Morinda tomentosa ( = M. tinctoria) of Rubiaceae family.

the tree Morinda citrifolia of the same family: Indian mulberry.

the counter where the merchant sits in his shop.

the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when it is boiled and then cooled; cream.

a thin layer of impurities which forms on the top of liquids or bodies of water, often as the result of boiling or fermentation; scum.

the thick, whitish liquid obtained by boiling rice in slightly excess water; rice-gruel.

that which causes intoxication (as alcohol).

an agent, substance or organism that causes fermentation as an yeast or enzyme.

the castor seed plant.

the top part of the body in humans, the apes, etc. or the front part in most other animals; the head.

anything used to enhance the beauty; an ornament.

a frog.

the substance; essence; pith.

a feather; a quill.

a kind of sweet dish.

an adamant, obstinate woman.

a physically disabled woman.

a shop or series of shops (situated closely) where goods are sold in large quantities; a wholesale shop or market.

to become dense.

to become crooked; to bend.