(correctly, ಶಕ) 1. a system of reckoning time by numbering the years from some important occurrence or given point of time etc.; an era.

a period of time considered in terms of noteworthy and characteristic events or developments; an epoch.

= ಶಕ1 - 1.

any herbaceous plant or a part (as leaves, fruits, stem, roots, etc.) that is eaten either raw or cooked; a vegetable.

any food prepared using a vegetable or vegetables.

power; strength.

the tree Tectona grandis of Verbenaceae famiy, with hard, yellowish-brown wood, used for house-building, furniture, etc.; teak; Indian oak.

one of the seven mythological divisions of the earth.

ಶಾಕಾಯ ಲವಣಾಯ śakāya lavaṇāya that much which would just be sufficient to meet the requirement of day's essentials; 2. (fig.) small earnings.

a kind of plant.

heat; warmth.

the hottest season of the year; summer.

the condition of being oppressively hot; sultriness.

water converted into vapour; steam.

= ಶಾಖ1.

a doubt; a suspicion.

the quality of being hot; hotness; heat.

much hotness; great warmth; heat.

= ಶಾಖೆ - 1.

(hist.) the north-western region of India which was ruled by people belonging to Śaka race.

that race itself.