a net work of cords or thin ropes hung from above, used to keep kitchen items from the reach of children, cats, etc.

a network, small basket, bag, etc. tied to the mouth of a horse, cow or ox to prevent it from eating.

= ಸಿಕ್ - 2.

= ಸಿಕ್ಕೆ.

(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.

(masc.) an intimate companion; a friend; a confidant.

the abode of gods; heaven; paradise.

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

a system of reckoning time by numbering the years from some important occurrence or given point of time (as Śalivāhana śaka, Vikrama Śaka, Krista śaka (Christian era), etc.; an era.

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

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

that race itself.

= ಶಾಖ1.