to keep from occurring; to avert; to prevent; to hold back from action.

to remove, expel, drive out by force.

to demolish or destroy completely.

a kind of hunting by driving the prey from its hole or the bush it is hiding in.

a tract made by repeated passage of wild animals in a forest; a beaten path.

an indication, token; a sign.

mental concentration; attention.

an animal hunted or killed for food by another animal or a person; a prey.

a protecting; protection.

the duty of a watchman, guard.

the tall herb Foeniculum vulgare ( = Anethum pannori) of Apiaceae family.

its aromatic seed.

another herb Pimpinella anisum of the same family.

its seed.

a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usu. made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide; a soap.

(correctly, ಸಾಪ) a calling on God or the gods to send evil or injury down on some person or thing; a curse.

= ಸಾಫ3.

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

a scolding in a contemptuous language.

a formal declaration of one's intent and resolute decision that one would stand by it; an oath.

ಶಾಪತಟ್ಟು śapa taṭṭu = ಶಾಪತಗುಲು; ಶಾಪಹಾಕು śapa hāku to scold; to reprove; ಶಾಪಾದಪಿ ಶರಾದಪಿ in any way whatever; by any means, honest or dishonest; by hook or by crook; ಶಾಪತಗುಲು śapa tagulu (one's curse) to become effective.

any or several kinds of liquid foods made using dhal, spices, vegetables etc. for mixing it with rice.

any rich food.

a male cook.

= ಸಪ್ಪೆ.

(correctly, ಸರ್ಪ) a snake or serpent.