a white or yellowish emulsion secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for suckling their young and usu. consisting of fats, proteins, sugars, vitamins, and minerals suspended in water; milk.

the thick, white liquid that comes out when a portion of certain plants (as Calotropis gigantea, any of cactus family plants, etc.) is broken.

the juice in the coconut; coconut milk.

juice extracted from sugar-cane.

blood serum containing agents of immunity, taken from an animal made immune to a specific disease by inoculation.

the white colour.

the whitish liquid form of a grain (in the initial stage of its development).

the quality of being soft; softness.

the large entrance room of a house or building; a hall.

a large room or building for public gatherings; a hall.

= ಹಲ್ಲು.

consisting of some large, indefinite number (of persons or things); numerous; many.

relatively numerous; too many.

(hist.) a unit of weight (equal to three tolas).

an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverising soil; a plough.

a plough-shaped military weapon.

the quality of being unpleasant to look at; ugliness.

(astrol.) a particular conjugation of planets in which the seven main planets are located in houses other than the birth house.

= ಹಲಿ3.

(hist.) a professional tax levied on washermen.

the part of the face between the eyebrows and the line where the hair normally begins; the forehead.

the share of a plough; a ploughshare.

an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverising soil; a plough.

Balarāma, elder brother of Křṣṇa, who has a plough-like weapon.