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Abja, ´¡²úÂáÄå: 25 definitions

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In Hinduism

Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Wisdom Library: Åšilpa-Å›Ästra

Abja (अबà¥à¤œ, “lotusâ€�):—In Hindu iconology (Å›¾±±ô±è²¹Å›Äå²õ³Ù°ù²¹), this symbol represents enlightenment and purity. It is also one of six items that Agni is displayed carrying. Agni, one of the most important Vedic gods, represents divine illumination

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Shilpashastra (शिलà¥à¤ªà¤¶à¤¾à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥à¤°, Å›¾±±ô±è²¹Å›Äå²õ³Ù°ù²¹) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Abja (अबà¥à¤œ).—An attribute of BrahmÄ.*

  • * BrahmÄṇá¸a-purÄṇa IV. 5. 31.

1b) (abjam, abdam)�100 crores.*

  • * BrahmÄṇá¸a-purÄṇa IV. 2. 94; VÄyu-purÄṇa 101. 95.
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The Purana (पà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤�, purÄṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Abja (अबà¥à¤œ) is another name for “Padmaâ€� and is dealt with in the 15th-century YogasÄrasaá¹…graha (Yogasara-saá¹…graha) by VÄsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The YogasÄrasaṃgraha [mentioning abja] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (²ú³ó²¹¾±á¹£aÂá²â²¹-°ì²¹±ô±è²¹²ÔÄå) which is a branch of pharmacology (»å°ù²¹±¹²â²¹²µ³Üṇa).

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Abja (अबà¥à¤œ) (or Padma) refers to “snakes with the body marked by lotus; moves tailâ€� and represents a classification of Divine Snakes, as taught in the NÄganÄman (“names of the Sarpasâ€�) section of the KÄÅ›yapa SaṃhitÄ: an ancient Sanskrit text from the PÄñcarÄtra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viá¹£acikitsÄ—an important topic from Ä€yurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Agadatantra or SarpavidyÄ).—The first aspect of the Agadatantra is about the names of the sarpas and their features. The KÄÅ›yapasaṃhitÄ verse IV.6-19 provide information on divine serpents [e.g., Abja], their characterstic features, origin and other details.

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

Abja (अबà¥à¤œ) refers to a “lotusâ€� (representing the shape of certain spots on the body of elephants), according to the 15th century ²ÑÄå³Ù²¹á¹…g²¹±ôÄ«±ôÄå composed by NÄ«lakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 2, “on favorable marksâ€]: â€�4. Whose body is smooth and swarthy, colored (dark) like a sword, or else ruddy with the sheen of gleaming spots in the shape of the svastika, the Å›°ùÄ«±¹²¹³Ù²õ²¹-sign, the wheel, the conch, and the lotus (abja) [svastikaÅ›°ùÄ«±¹²¹³Ù²õ²¹-aridarÄbja-lÄñchana-lasadbinduprakÄÅ›Äruṇaá¸�]; whose buttocks stand out like breasts, and who has a good penis depending from a firm belly ; whose °ì²¹±ôÄå-part is broad, very fleshy, and elevated : such an elephant is worthy of a kingâ€�.

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Ä€yurveda (आयà¥à¤°à¥à¤µà¥‡à¤¦, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Ä€yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Vastushastra (architecture)

: OpenEdition books: Architectural terms contained in AjitÄgama and RauravÄgama

Abja (अबà¥à¤œ) refers to “doucine (molding) § 3.9.â€�.â€�(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'AjitÄgama et du RauravÄgama by Bruno Dagens)

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Vastushastra (वासà¥à¤¤à¥à¤¶à¤¾à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥à¤�, vÄstuÅ›Ästra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Abja (रेखा) refers to an “auspicious lotusâ€�, according to the ManthÄnabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess KubjikÄ.—Accordingly, while describing the signs of one who is a Siddha: “There is (an auspicious) line on his foot and (the lines) on his hand (are shaped) like an auspicious lotus [i.e., abja]. His shoulders are equal as are (his) teeth; his neck and breasts are upraised. Or else he may be bent over. Such a one is part of the Siddha lineage. (His) thigh is (strong as if) issuing from a wheel and he has a faint auspicious line of hair (on his belly). His gait is playful and his body well proportioned. Such is the mark of a Siddhaâ€�.

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Shakta (शाकà¥à¤�, Å›Äkta) or Shaktism (Å›Äktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Abja (अबà¥à¤œ) refers to “pearlsâ€�, according to the Bá¹›hatsaṃhitÄ (chapter 15) (“On the ²Ô²¹°ìá¹£a³Ù°ù²¹²õ—â¶Ä˜a²õ³Ù±ð°ù¾±²õ³¾²õ’â¶Ä�), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by VarÄhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiá¹£a).—Accordingly, “[...] Those who are born on the lunar day of Má¹›gaÅ›irá¹£a will delight or deal in perfumes, dress, pearls (abja), flowers, fruits, precious stones, wild beasts, birds and deer; will be Somayajis or singers; will be lascivious; will be good writers or painters. Those who are born on the lunar day of Ä€rdrÄ will delight in killing, torturing, lying, in adultery, thieving, cheating and tale-bearing; will deal in pod-grains, black magic, sorcery and exorcism. [...±Õâ€�.

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Jyotisha (जà¥à¤¯à¥‹à¤¤à¤¿à¤�, Âá²â´Ç³Ù¾±á¹£a or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomyâ€� or “Vedic astrologyâ€� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

1) Abja (अबà¥à¤œ) represents the number 1 (one) in the “word-numeral systemâ€� (²ú³óÅ«³Ù²¹²õ²¹á¹ƒk³ó²âÄå), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 1â€�abja] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the ÅšÄstras, connote numbers.

2) Abja (अबà¥à¤œ) refers to a “billionâ€� (1,000,000,000) in various lists of numeral denominations, according to ²µ²¹á¹‡i³Ù²¹ (“science of calculationâ€�) and Gaṇita-Å›Ästra, ancient Indian mathematics and astronomy.—We can definitely say that from the very earliest known times, ten has formed the basis of numeration in India. While the Greeks had no terminology for denominations above the myriad (104), and the Romans above the milk (103), the ancient Hindus dealt freely with no less than eighteen denominations [e.g., abja]. Cf. Yajurveda-saṃhitÄ (VÄjasanyÄ«) XVII.2; TaittirÄ«ya-saṃhitÄ IV.40.11, VII.2.20.1; MaitrÄyaṇÄ�-saṃhitÄ II.8.14; KÄá¹­haka-saṃhitÄ XVII.10, XXXIX.6; AnuyogadvÄra-sÅ«tra 142; Ä€ryabhaá¹­Ä«ya II.2; TriÅ›atikÄ R.2-3; GaṇitasÄrasaṃgraha I.63-68.

Note: According to NÄrÄyaṇa (1356), Abja is known as Saroja.

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Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

Abja (अबà¥à¤œ) refers to a “lotusâ€�, according to the Svacchanda-tantra.—Accordingly, [verse 7.220cd-222]—“[The Yogin] should visualize a second lotus (»å±¹¾±³ÙÄ«²â²¹-²¹²úÂá²¹) above him in the great ocean with the power of ²¹³¾á¹›t²¹ as well as a lotus with its full moon mouth pointed downward. In the middle of that, he should visualize ³ó²¹á¹ƒs²¹ joined with the bindu and topknot. He should visualize a divine rain of ²¹³¾á¹›t²¹, falling everywhere and imagine [it to] enter [his body] in the opening above himself [i.e., the path through the center of the body through which the Ä€tman rises to Å›²¹°ì³Ù¾±-³Ù²¹³Ù³Ù±¹²¹±Õâ€�.

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Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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India history and geography

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Abja.�(IE 7-1-2), ‘one�. Note: abja is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Abja in India is the name of a plant defined with Baccaurea courtallensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pierardia macrostachya Wight & Arn. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1866)
· Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. (1912)
· Flora of the British India (1887)

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

abja (अबà¥à¤œ).—n S A thousand millions. 2 A lotus.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

abja (अबà¥à¤œ).â€�n A lotus. Thousand millions.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abja (अबà¥à¤œ).â€�a. [apsu ÂáÄåyate, jan-á¸a] Born in or produced from water Manusmá¹›ti 5.112. अबà¥à¤œà¥‡à¤·à¥� चैà¤� रतà¥à¤¨à¥‡à¤·à¥� (abjeá¹£u caiva ratneá¹£u) 8.1

-²úÂá²¹á¸� 1 The conch; गाणà¥à¤¡à¥€à¤µà¤‚ वà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤•à¥à¤·à¤¿à¤ªà¤¤à¥à¤ªà¤¾à¤°à¥à¤¥à¤� कृषà¥à¤£à¥‹à¤½à¤ªà¥à¤¯à¤¬à¥à¤œà¤®à¤µà¤¾à¤¦à¤¯à¤¤à¥ (gÄṇá¸Ä«vaá¹� vyÄká¹£ipatpÄrthaá¸� kṛṣṇo'pyabjamavÄdayat) MahÄbhÄrata (Bombay) 7. 129.38. (n. also).

2) The moon.

3) Camphor.

4) Name of a tree, Barringtonia Acutangula (nicula).

5) Dhanvantari, physician of the gods, said to be produced at the churning of the ocean along with other jewels. cf. अबà¥à¤œà¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥ निचà¥à¤²à¥‡ शङà¥à¤–à¥� पदà¥à¤®à¥� धनà¥à¤µà¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤°à¤¾à¤µà¤ªà¤¿ à¥� वैदà¥à¤¯à¥‡à¤¨à¥à¤¦à¥‹à¤°à¤ªà¤� (abjastu nicule Å›aá¹…khe padme dhanvantarÄvapi | vaidyendorapi) ... Nm.

-bjam 1 A lotus.

2) One thousand millions.

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´¡²úÂáÄå (अबà¥à¤œà¤�).â€�m. (²úÂáÄåá¸�) Ved. Born in water (P.III.2. 67;VI.4.21.) अबà¥à¤œà¤� गोजा ऋतजा अदà¥à¤°à¤¿à¤œà¤� ऋतमॠ(abÂáÄå goÂáÄå á¹›taÂáÄå adriÂáÄå á¹›tam) á¹»¶±¹±ð»å²¹ 4.4.5. f. A pearl-oyster.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abja (अबà¥à¤œ).—m.

(-²úÂá²¹á¸�) 1. The moon. 2. A kind of tree, (Barringtonia acutangula.) 3. The physician of the gods. See dhanvantari. mn.

(-²úÂá²¹á¸�-²úÂá²¹á¹�) A conch. n.

(-²úÂá²¹á¹�) 1. A lotus. 2. A large number, a million of millions. E. ab for ap water, and ja who is born; from the situation of the things named, or their production at the churning of the ocean.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abja (अबà¥à¤œ).—i. e. ap-ja (vb. jan), I. adj., f. ÂáÄå, Born or produced in or by water, [²ÑÄå²Ô²¹±¹²¹»å³ó²¹°ù³¾²¹Å›Äå²õ³Ù°ù²¹] 5, 112. Ii. n. A lotus,

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abja (अबà¥à¤œ).—[adjective] born in water; [neuter] a lotus-flower.

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´¡²úÂáÄå (अबà¥à¤œà¤�).—[adjective] water-born.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Abja (अबà¥à¤œ):—[=ab-ja] mfn. ([from] 2. ap and âˆ�jan), born in water

2) [v.s. ...] m. the conch

3) [v.s. ...] the moon

4) [v.s. ...] the tree Barringtonia Acutangula

5) [v.s. ...] Name of Dhanvantari (physician of the gods, produced at the churning of the ocean)

6) [v.s. ...] a son of ViÅ›Äla

7) [v.s. ...] n. a lotus

8) [v.s. ...] a milliard (cf. padma).

9) ´¡²úÂáÄå (अबà¥à¤œà¤�):—[=ab-ÂáÄå] [from ab-ja] mfn. born, in water, [Ṛg-veda iv, 40, 5 and vii, 34, 16.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abja (अबà¥à¤œ):—[tatpurusha compound] 1. m. f. n.

(-²úÂá²¹á¸�-bÂáÄå-bjam) Born or produced in, or by, water. 2. m.

(-²úÂá²¹á¸�) 1) The moon.

2) Dhanwantari, the physician of the gods (he having arisen from the ocean when it was churned for the ²¹³¾á¹›t²¹).

3) A fish.

4) The ratan (Calamus rotang).

5) The name of two other aquatic plants: [a.]) Valisneria octandra; [b.]) Barringtonia acutangula.

6) The proper name of the father of Viśala; see also abjakakubha.

7) (In Arithmetic sometimes used to denote) the numeral 1. Comp. candra. 3. m. n.

(-²úÂá²¹á¸�-bjam) The conch. 4. n.

(-bjam) 1) A lotus; (according to the ³§Äå°ù²¹²õ±¹²¹³ÙÄå²ú³ó¾±»å³óÄå²Ô²¹ the white esculent variety; ‘p²¹á¹…k²¹Âá²¹°ì²¹¾±°ù²¹±¹±ðâ€�).

2) A large number, a million of millions; LÄ«lavatÄ«: ekadaÅ›aÅ›atasahasrÄyutalaká¹£aprayutakoá¹­ayaá¸� kramaÅ›aá¸� . arbudamabjaá¹� kharvanikharvamahÄpadmaÅ›aá¹…kavastasmÄt . jaladhiÅ›cÄntyaá¹� madhyaá¹� parÄrdhamiti daÅ›aguṇottarÄá¸� saṃjñÄá¸� . saṃkhyÄyÄá¸� sthÄnÄnÄá¹� vyavahÄrÄrthaá¹� ká¹›tÄá¸� pÅ«rvaiá¸�.

3) A sort of collyrium; see °ù²¹²õÄåñÂá²¹²Ô²¹. 5. f.

(-bÂáÄå) A pearl oyster. [The meanings 2. 3. 4. 5. a., 4. 3. and 5. are given in ³§³Ü°ù±ðÅ›±¹²¹°ù²¹'s Åš²¹²ú»å²¹±è°ù²¹³ÙÄ«±è²¹, where the word is thus defined: abjaá¹� rasÄñjane padme ²õ³Ù°ù¾±²âÄåá¹� Å›uktau ca puṃsi ca . Å›aá¹…khaÅ›aivalamatsyeá¹£u vetase rajanÄ«kare.] Compare abÂáÄå. E. ap and ja.

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´¡²úÂáÄå (अबà¥à¤œà¤�):—[tatpurusha compound] 1. m.

(-²úÂáÄåá¸�) 1) Born or produced, in, or by, water; a vaidik epithet of Fire (see ahi and comp. ap), and of Ä€ditya or the Sun in the type DadhikrÄ, when he is identified with Parabrahman or the universal deity, according to ³§Äå²â²¹á¹‡a, because the Sun is born in the midst of the water; according to ²Ñ²¹³óÄ«»å³ó²¹°ù²¹, because he has horses which are born from the waters, or as the Aitareya BrÄhmaṇa intimates, on account of the Sun’s apparent rising from the ocean and setting in the same (see Wilson's á¹»¶±¹±ð»å²¹ vol. 3, p. 200 note).

2) A lotus.

3) The moon. 2. f.

(-²úÂáÄåá¸�) Laká¹£mÄ« or ÅšrÄ«. [The last three meanings are given by the Åš²¹²ú»å²¹°ù²¹³Ù²ÔÄå±¹²¹±ôÄ« where the two E. I. H. Mss., 1512 and 1585, refer the name of ÅšrÄ« to the masc.; both words abja and abÂáÄå are thus explained: abjaá¸� Å›aá¹…khe ²õ³Ù°ù¾±²âÄåá¹� (which must be read ²õ³Ù°ù¾±²âÄåá¹�) nÄ tu dhanvantaryambuje triá¹£u . klÄ«vaá¹� padme tathÄbÂáÄåstu padmenduÅ›rīṣvasau pumÄn; there seems to be no incorrectness in the text of the Mss., for ²Ñ²¹³Ù³ó³Ü°ù±ðÅ›²¹ takes now and then the liberties of a versemaker, but a male ÅšrÄ« appears nevertheless to be a stronger license even than a curtailed »å³ó²¹²Ô±¹²¹²Ô³Ùá¹� (loc. dhanvantari) instead of dhanvantari (loc. dhanvantarau).] E. ap and ÂáÄå (jan, ká¹›t aff. ±¹¾±á¹�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abja (अबà¥à¤œ):â€�(²úÂá²¹á¸�) 1. m. The moon; a conch. n. A lotus.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Abja (अबà¥à¤œ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avaya.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Abja (ಅಬà³à²œ):â€�

1) [noun] that which is water-born; the lotus.

2) [noun] the large, spiral, univalve shell of any of various marine molluscs; a conch.

3) [noun] the moon, as ocean-born.

4) [noun] a smooth, hard, usually white or bluish-grey, abnormal nacreous growth of various, usually roundish, shapes, formed around a grain of sand, a parasite or other foreign body within the shell of some oysters and certain other bivalve molluscs which is used as a gem; a pearl.

5) [noun] name of the celestial elephant of Indra, the Lord of the gods.

6) [noun] the physician of the gods.

7) [noun] the middle sized, evergreen tree Barringtonia acutangula of Lecythidaceae family, the wood of which is used in boat building; Indian oak.

8) [noun] one thousand million.

9) [noun] the crude camphor.

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