- ''s.'' [''commonly'' ஐவேலி.] A creeping plant whose leaf is suppos ed to resemble the fingers, a pentadac tyle, ஓர்கொடி, Bryonia laciniosa, ''L.''- ''Note.'' In this plant the god Siva is said to have concealed himself when pursu ed by பஸ்மாசுரன், who had, by penance, obtained from him, as a boon, power to destroy all on whose head he should place his hand.
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