m. the meaning of a word, [VPrāt.]; [Prab.]; [BhP.] &c. (ifc. also -ka, [Pat.])
that which corresponds to the meaning of a word, a thing, material object, man, person, [Var.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]
a head, subject (16 with Naiyāyikas)
a category, predicament (7 with Vaiśeṣikas, 25 with Sāṃkhyas, 7 with Vedāntins)
a principle (-tritaya n. a triad of principles, [RTL. 119])