m. (ifc. f(A). ; cf. puñja) any assemblage or combination or body of persons, a multitude, number, mass, quantity (in one place n.), [ŚāṅkhBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
country court or an assembly of townsmen, [IW. 296 n. 1]
disposition, property, nature, [W.]
the Areca Catechu, called betel-nut tree (n. its nut), [Var.]; [Kāv.]; [Suśr.]
= kaṇṭaki-vṛkṣa, [L.]
= chanda, or chandas, [L.] = bhāva, [L.]