something one has heard but does not know to be true; rumor; gossip; hearsay.

news; tidings.

not bound or stringed with a thread.

a woman who has lost her husband; a widow.

a well-bred horse.

one of the six main schools of ancient Indian philosophy.

Indian philosophy in gen.

a fundamental truth, law, doctrine or motivating force, upon which others are based; a principle.

the Upaniṣads, which form the concluding part of the vedas.

a man who has thoroughly studied the upaniṣads.

a man who is an expert in philosophy.