a species of sand lizard (the oil extracted from it is said to cure gout and impotence), The fat chameleon-like animal, which has no hair on its body but has a tail like a crocodile, has five fingers and toes, and its fat is said to be useful for arthritis

rope tied on the hind legs of animals while milking them

torrential, raining cats and dogs

use medicine of loose motion to cure disease

take a purgative

a well-known rice harvester tool which is in the form of long thick stanchion and which has a crater to hold in the middle and iron plates joined in the end

the place where two things are joined or tied, a junction

laxative, purgative, aperient, cathartic

the plough and pestle (the implements of Śesh-nāg)

seeing is believing, hearsay is not at par with observation

unheard word

zaliil

certified, authenticated, reliable

weevil, an insect pest damaging the crops, larva, caterpillar

like imprint of the rival's desire

heard, something that is heard