(gram.) the origin and development of a word; etymology.

skill; proficiency.

scholarship; erudition.

the sky as a path.

= ವ್ಯತೀಪಾತ.

the act of abandoning completely and forever.

a great calamity.

any portent indicating it.

(astrol.) the day of new moon falling on a Sunday and when the moon is associated with certain stars or asterisms.