a piece of cleared land, set off or enclosed, for raising crops; agricultural land.

space; room.

something that covers or protects; protection or place affording protection; shelter.

an area, field of one's work, operation or knowledge.

something dealt with in discussion, study, writing, painting, etc.; subject.

the fact of being seen; appearance.

the sphere of activity.

a place of dwelling; a house.

an extent of agricultural land fed only by rain water (as distinguished from the irrigated one).

= ಹೋಲು1.

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.

(only as a first word in a compound) old.