giving delight; very pleasing; delightful.

agreeable; gentle.

apt; proper; appropriate.

joy; pleasure; delight.

(astrol.) the fourth house from the birth house.

(correctly, ಶುಕ) any of several tropical or subtropical birds of the Psittaciformes with a hooked bill, brightly coloured feathers, and feet having two toes pointing forward and two backward; a parrot.

(correctly, ಸುಖ) 1. a pleased feeling; enjoyment; delight; satisfaction; pleasure.

the state of being or doing well; condition of health, happiness, and comfort; well-being; prosperity; welfare.

any bristlelike fibre or fibres, as on the head of wheat, barley, paddy, etc. awn.

similar sharp fibre on leaves of some plants.

(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.