ಬ

(gen. pronounced with the vowel 'ಅ') the thirty seventh letter of Kannaḍa alphabet and the twenty th...

= ಬಂಕೆ1.

a shop having platforms, attached to the front wall on either side of the entrance.

= ಬಂಕುಡಿಗಾಲು.

one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, as “at the beginning and” at...

a small bag or pouch.

armour of iron netting.

N. of a ṛiṣi (J. 24, 43; 32 sum.; 32, 25, etc.).

(hist.) a kind of tax.

pretentious or ostentatious saintliness or piety (assumed with an intent of cheating others).

the tree Sesbana grandiflora Poir. (Agati grandiflora Desv., ಶಿವಮಲ್ಲಿ, ಪಾಶುಪತ, ಬಕ etc. Nr. b; ಶಿವಮಲ್...

a useless, unfruitful effort.

(fig.) the act of spending or tendency to spend more resources or effort than required to do a small...

= ಬಕರಾ.

1. ಗಂಡಾಡು. 2. ಏನೂ ತಿಳಿಯದವನು.

a male goat; he-goat.

= ಬಕ್ಕರೆ1.

= ಬಕ್ಕರೈ 1, ಬಕ್ರೈ a potsherd (occasionally used for parching seeds, etc., and as a lid, My.).

= ಬಕವೃತ್ತಿ - 1.

a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one...

licentiousness of a person covered by piety, virtuousness, etc.

Kṛiṣṇa. 2, Bhīma (J. 4, 60).

a man who cheats others, posing himself to be pious, virtuous, morally upright, etc.

= ಬಕ್ಷಿ a general (My.; Mhr., H. ಬಖ್ಯೀ, ಬಕ್ಷೀ); the head of a department (My.).

the employment of a bakaṣi (My.).

(= ವಂಕಾ or ವಂಕ). — ಬಂಕಾಪುರ. N. of a place. ಬಂಕಾಪುರಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದರೈ ಡೌಂಕು ಬಿಟ್ಟೀತೇ? (Prv.).

(in humans) the male organ of copulation and urinary excretion; the penis.

the letter 'ಬ' and its sound.

= ಬಕವೈರಿ (Śmd. 81).

a particular pose in yogic exercise, resembling the wading crane.

= ಬಕ Nos. 3 & 4. 2, a term for a voracious eater (My.; Mhr.). ಬಕಾಸುರನ ಊಟ, ಕುಮ್ಭಕರ್ಣನ ನಿದ್ದೈ (Prv.).

a shopkeeper; a tradesman.

boiled rice mixed with curds and seasoned.

a hook attached to or driven into a wall, wooden pillar, beam, etc. for hanging light objects.

= ಬಕೆಟ್ಟು.

the quality of state of being crooked; crookedness.

that which is crooked.

a leg that has become crooked as from certain diseases; bow-leg.

a man greatly devoted to something, as a deity, teacher, tradition, religion, etc.

(said of a god) he who loves and treats with affection his devotees.

(said of a goddess) she who loves and treats with affection her devotees.

profound dedication; devotion.

a woman greatly devoted to something, as a deity, teacher, tradition, religion, etc.

a brass wind instrument resembling a trumpet and not having keys or valves, used typically for sound...

a kind of fish.

= ಬಕುಳ.

a class of jaina sages or religious mendicants.

the large, evergreen tree Manilkara hexandra ( = Mimusops hexandra) of Sapotaceae family.

= ಬಂಕುಡಿಗಾಲು.

a sticky, colloidal carbohydrate found in certain trees and plants, which dissolves in water and use...