India history and geography

Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

Gundu (“cannon-ball”) is one of the gotras (clans) among the Kurnis (a tribe of South India). Kurni is, according to the Census Report 1901, “a corruption of kuri (sheep) and vanni (wool), the caste having been originally weavers of wool”. The gotras (viz., Gundu) are described as being of the Brāhman, Kshatriya, and Vaisya sub-divisions of the caste, and of Shanmukha’s Sudra caste.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Guṃḍu (ಗುಂಡು):—

1) [adjective] shaped like a ball; spherical; globular.

2) [adjective] shaped like a circle, ring or disk; circular.

3) [adjective] shaped like a cylinder (in having a circular cross section); cylindrical.

4) [adjective] curved in shape like part of a sphere or circle.

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Guṃḍu (ಗುಂಡು):—

1) [noun] something round or rounded; a thing or part that is spherical, globular, circular, curved, annular or cylindrical; round.

2) [noun] a dressed, cylindrical stone piece used in grinding spices, grams, etc.

3) [noun] a rock a) a large stone detached from the mass; a boulder; b) a broken piece, of any size, of such stone.

4) [noun] a projectile of lead etc. (orig. round but now usu. cylindrical and pointed) for firing from a rifle, revolver, etc.; a bullet.

5) [noun] a weight suspended by means of a thread, used by a mason to verify the perpendicularity of walls.

6) [noun] a little ball of stone, glass or clay, used in games; a marble.

7) [noun] a small bead-shaped ball of gold threaded with other ornaments, worn as an ornament.

8) [noun] the testis (of animals).

9) [noun] a large number of people collected together; crowd; multitude.

10) [noun] (sl.) any intoxicating liquor.

11) [noun] (school.) zero (said of marks obtained in an examination.

12) [noun] ಗುಂಡಿಕ್ಕು [gumdikku] guṇḍikku to fire a bullet at; to shoot; ಗುಂಡಿಡು [gumdidu] guṇḍiḍu = ಗುಂಡಿಕ್ಕು [gumdikku]; ಗುಂಡುರುಳಿಸು [gumdurulisu] guṇḍuruḷisu (fig.) to lie; to pull fast one; ಗುಂಡಿನ ಕಾಳಗ [gumdina kalaga] guṇḍina kāḷaga a (fierce) exchange of bullet firings.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Starts with (+30): Gumdubadanike, Gumdubamdige, Gumdubattalu, Gumdudivu, Gumdugal, Gumdugalaga, Gumdugallu, Gumdugappara, Gumdugol, Gumdugole, Gumdugovi, Gumdugurucadu, Gumduhaku, Gumduharisu, Gumduhode, Gumduhullu, Gumdukallu, Gumdukattige, Gumduli, Gumdumallige.

Ends with (+100): Alarkegumdu, Alavugumdu, Altigumdu, Alurkegumdu, Anmugumdu, Anugumdu, Aralugumdu, Aregumdu, Arpugumdu, Artigumdu, Avadhanagumdu, Badigumdu, Bagegumdu, Balagumdu, Baluhugumdu, Bannagumdu, Bannamgumdu, Biguhugumdu, Biguvugumdu, Bilgumdu.

Full-text: Gundu kaare, Gundu mallige, Gundu-mani, Gundu sanighelu, Betta gundu kaddi hullu, Gundu kadeera, Gundu-malli, Betta-gundu-kaddi-hullu, Kritamala, Gumdukallu, Tuka.

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