Mekhale, Mēkhale: 1 definition
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMēkhale (ಮೇಖಲೆ):—
1) [noun] an ornamental metal band used by women as a waist-belt.
2) [noun] a girdle made of the grass Saccharum sara ( = S. munja) used by men.
3) [noun] a sword-holding waist-belt.
4) [noun] the central part of anything.
5) [noun] either of the two fleshy, rounded parts at the back of the hips; either half of the rump; the buttock.
6) [noun] the slope of a mountain.
7) [noun] the peak of a mountain.
8) [noun] a particular part of the body of a horse.
9) [noun] the plant Hemionites arifolia ( = H. cordifolia) of Polypodiaceae family.
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Mēkhaḷe (ಮೇಖಳೆ):—[noun] = ಮೇಖಲೆ [mekhale].
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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Ends with: Harimekhale.
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Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
14. Goddess Mekhalā < [Chapter 4 - Female Deities and the Glorification of Women in the Atharvaveda]
Warfare and Military System in Vedic Literature (by Rinki Deka)
Arms and Armours < [Chapter 2 - Military System as Revealed in the Vedic Texts]