|
|
twilight clouds |
Noun
|
colorful clouds visible during twilight hours |
|
|
financial crisis |
Noun
|
hardship caused by a lack of money |
|
|
financially feasible |
Adjective
|
achievable through the expenditure of money |
|
|
implied by context |
Phrase
|
understood through the context |
|
|
financial court |
Noun
|
a court that hears cases related to financial transactions |
|
|
object of perception |
Noun
|
that which is perceived by the senses |
|
|
Artha |
Noun
|
one of the four goals of human life in Hindu philosophy |
|
|
material prosperity |
Noun
|
wealth as a primary objective of human existence |
|
|
ornamental poetry |
Noun
|
poetry characterized by superficial brilliance rather than deep metaphorical meaning |
|
|
surface-level imagery |
Noun
|
literary style focusing on external aesthetic appeal over internal subtext |
|
|
in terms of meaning |
Adverb
|
from the perspective of significance or definition |
|
|
penny-pincher |
Noun
|
a wealthy person who is extremely reluctant to spend money |
|
|
explication method |
Noun
|
a pedagogical technique for explaining the meaning of a text |
|
|
financial dispute |
Noun
|
a legal dispute concerning property or financial transactions |
|
|
semantic broadening |
Noun
|
the linguistic process where a word's meaning shifts from specific to general |
|
|
mythical city |
Noun
|
the mythical capital city of the god Kubera |
|
|
Alakapuri |
Noun
|
the legendary residence of the king of the Yakshas |
|
|
Kubera's capital |
Noun
|
the celestial city belonging to the lord of wealth |
|
|
half-worn |
Adjective
|
partially worn or in a state between new and tattered |
|
|
partially worn |
Adjective
|
partially damaged but still functional for wear |
|
|
adornable |
Adjective
|
worthy of being decorated or adorned |
|
|
ornamentalist theory |
Noun
|
a literary theory that prioritizes ornamentation as the essence of poetry |
|
|
ascetic's chant |
Phrase
|
a ritual chant used by ascetics while begging |
|
|
expressing grief |
Phrase
|
the act of expressing one's inner feelings and sorrows |
|
|
process of choking |
Noun
|
the act or process of choking |
|
|
process of flooding |
Noun
|
the act or process of overflowing or flooding |
|
|
to be made to choke |
Verb
|
to be subjected to choking |
|
|
to be made to flood |
Verb
|
to be subjected to flooding |
|
|
to cause to choke |
Verb
|
to cause someone to choke |
|
|
to cause to panic |
Verb
|
to cause someone to panic or become overwhelmed |
|
|
fragmentary inscription |
Noun
|
broken or damaged stone inscription |
|
|
epigraphic fragment |
Noun
|
fragment of an inscribed stone slab |
|
|
to be made lazy |
Verb
|
to be caused to become lazy |
|
|
to be rendered idle |
Verb
|
to be made to act sluggishly |
|
|
to be idle |
Verb
|
to feel lazy or lethargic |
|
|
to make lazy |
Verb
|
to cause someone to become lazy |
|
|
to render idle |
Verb
|
to make someone idle or sluggish |
|
|
to drawl |
Verb
|
to speak in a slow, drawn-out manner |
|
|
to lament |
Verb
|
to lament in a monotonous, drawn-out tone |
|
|
to drone on |
Verb
|
to speak tediously with a lingering tone |
|
|
offering process |
Noun
|
the process or state of offering |
|
|
act of offering |
Noun
|
the act of presenting an offering |
|
|
arsa |
Noun
|
a traditional bread made from flour kneaded in molasses or sugar syrup and fried in ghee |
|
|
sweet fritter |
Noun
|
a sweet, thin, fried dough delicacy |
|
|
Arhat |
Noun
|
a perfected person or Buddha in Buddhist tradition |
|
|
rhetorical system |
Noun
|
the system of arranging or establishing figures of speech in poetry |
|
|
Alankara school |
Noun
|
a school of thought that considers figures of speech the essence of poetry |
|
|
rhetorical school |
Noun
|
a rhetorical school emphasizing the importance of figures of speech |
|
|
unwritable |
Adjective
|
impossible or not meant to be written |
|
|
cardamom plant |
Noun
|
a plant with large leaves and pods containing small seeds, typically grown in moist areas |