core; firmness; essence; quintessence; marrow; the real meaning; a summary; a chief constituent of the body; wealth; resin used as a perfume; (in rhet.) a kind of climax; water; dung; pus; impure carbonate of soda; ally; a piece at chess; alkaline earth; Acacia Catechu; a kind of venomous frog (maṇḍūka); [alchemy] a kind of bandhana; [min.] a kind of tīkṣṇa