ಫಾಲದಿವ್ಯ

ಅಲರ್ ನಿಘಂಟು (ವಿ. ಕೃಷ್ಣ)

1. 1.
   noun

   a crude ordeal, in which the accused would seize a red-hot plough-share to prove his or her innocence (it was supposed that the accused would come out of the ordeal unscathed if innocent).