act of making; doing; producing; effecting; an act; deed; an action; special business of any tribe or caste; calculation; an astrological division of the day; pronunciation; articulation; a sound or word as an independent part of speech; posture of an ascetic; posture in sexual intercourse; instrument; means of action; an organ of sense or of speech; (in law) an instrument; document; bond; the means or instrument by which an action is effected; idea expressed by the instrumental case; instrumentality; cause; spell; charm; rhythm; time; body; name of a treatise of Varāhamihira on the motion of the planets; name of a work belonging to the Śivadarśana; field; mind; heart; grain; the Karaṇa formula (BaudhŚS 1.11)