Bhagavata
A devout Brahmin and a priest
Ganesha
The elephant-headed Hindu deity
Pundit
A scholar; a scholar of Sanskrit texts in Vedic era
Nuisance
Causing annoyance to someone
Unfathomable
A thing which cannot be measured
Kali
A Hindu goddess, one of the wives of Lord Shiva
Soldered
Accompanied or added to something; in pair
Uprooting
Calling up or remembering bygone days
Alpanas
A kind of floor decor made with different colors during a pious occasion
Dissuade
Try to convince someone not to do something
Prattle
Childish talk
Dilapidated
Rundown, decaying
Mollycoddle
Give someone too much attention
Appendage
A part connected to a larger body, like an arm
Palanquin
A conveyance formerly used especially in eastern Asia usually for one person that consists of an enclosed litter borne on the shoulders of men by means of poles
Sonorous
Deep and echoing
Guffaw
A loud, full laugh
Peevishly
Fretfully, obstinately
Bane
A source of harm or destruction
Transfixed
Incapable of lifting one's focus from someone or something
