the act, practice or quality of being hospitable; solicitous entertainment of guests.

a festive celebration; festivity.

an offering (as an eatable) made to a god, that is considered as holy and taken as having the blessing of that god.

= ಸರಾಫ.

a moving in a zig-zag manner by crawling on the ground (as a snake does).

a flowing of or as of a liquid.

a snake, esp. a large one; a serpent.

the tree Mesua ferra of Guttiferae family; serpent champaka.

(myth.) name of one of the hells.

(astrol.) the long southern constellation; Epsilon Hydra.

(correctly, ಸರ್ಪ) a snake or serpent.

the shape or form of anything.

having a shape or form.

having a similar shape or form (as of another).

that which has a shape or form.

Indra, the lord of gods.

(pros.) a metrical foot consisting of three short syllables (uuu); tribrachys.

a calling on a god to send evil or injury down on some person or thing; a curse.

clarified butter; ghee.