Avyakt murli for Monday 20 October 1975 - 1
Words are sorted according to their importance. A word will be considered important if it is used several times in the murli and if this word does not appear as often in other murlis. This importance is calculated by what is called tf-idf (term frequency * inverse document frequency). This score appears in parentheses. The first words are good candidates as keywords.
प्रीति prīti (7.89)
आसक्ति āsakti (6.84)
Attachment, fascination, fondness, addiction.
त्याग tyāg (5.48)
Abandonment, relinquishment, renunciation, forsaking, sacrifice, abnegation.
perfect (5.29)
Perfect.
महीन mahīn (4.93)
Fine, subtle, thin.
तपस्या tapasyā (4.91)
(Hinduism) Penance, self-mortification, asceticism.
(Bābā) Intense, fire-like and consistent meditation.
धूल dhūl (4.81)
Dust.
खैर khair (4.38)
Well-being, welfare.
Well, all-right.
incharge (4.26)
स्वीकार svīkār (4.12)
'Making one's own,' taking on one's self, assent, agreement, consent, acquiescence, acknowledgment, acceptance.
खुदाई khudāī (3.90)
Divine, God's .
Godship, godhead, divinity, providence; almighty power, omnipotence.
Creation, nature, the world.
स्व-अभिमान sva-abhimān (3.62)
Self-pride (in a negative or positive sense).
करामत karāmat (3.51)
A miracle, miraculous or supernatural power.
परन्तु parantu (3.49)
But, however.
उच्चारना uchchārnā (3.45)
निभाना nibhānā (3.39)
To carry on.
To pull on, to accommodate.
To fulfil.
To accomplish.
To perform.
To maintain.
teacher (3.31)
Teacher.
position (3.24)
Position.
सिद्धि siddhi (3.21)
Acquisition, accomplishment, fulfilment.
Proof.
Success.
Supernatural powers supposed to be acquired through Yogic practices.
सम्बन्धी sambandhī (2.99)
A relative, relation.
(suffix) Related with, pertaining to.
मान mān (2.99)
Esteem, respect; honour, prestige, dignity.
सर्वस्व sarvasva (2.98)
The whole of a person's property or possessions, one's all, everything; whole substance or essence (of anything).
कहावत kahāvat (2.86)
A saying, proverb.
मोटा mōṭā (2.84)
Fat, plump, corpulent, thick.
Coarse, rough, gross.
झुकाव jhukāv (2.72)
service (2.63)
Service.
वस्तु vastu (2.61)
Article, thing, object, substance, material, content.
Action or plot of a drama.
बल्कि balki (2.38)
अवतार avatār (2.36)
Descent (especially of a deity from heaven), appearance of any deity upon earth. Incarnation (more particularly of Vishṇu in ten principal forms, viz. 1˚ Matsya, 'the fish'; 2˚ Kaććhapa, 'the tortoise'; 3˚ Varāha, 'the boar'; 4˚ Nr̤i-singha, 'the man-lion'; 5˚ Vāmana, 'the dwarf'; 6˚ Paraśu-rāma; 7˚ Rāma; 8˚ Balarāma, or Kr̤ishna; 9˚ Buddhā; 10˚ Kalkī).
शक्तिस्वरूप śhaktisvarūp (2.32)
प्रालब्ध prālabdh (2.32)
Predestination, destiny, fortune, fate, lot, venture, chance.
(Bābā) Destiny resulting from actions performed in a previous birth (fruit of karma).
मत mat (2.24)
Opinion, view. Doctrine (which contains the author's opinions).
ज्ञानी gyānī (2.22)
Who has Gyān, wise, learned, knowledgeable, well-informed, one who has attained self-realisation.
त्यागी tyāgī (2.21)
One who has made sacrifices, renouncer; a recluse.
परिभाषा paribhāṣhā (2.15)
रूकावट rūkāvaṭ (2.14)
Hurdle, obstacle, hindrance, barricade, blockade, bar, resistance.
देह dēh (2.14)
Body.
तत्पर tatpar (2.07)
कमजोर kamjōr (2.05)
Weak, feeble, ineffectual.
नाता nātā (1.97)
Relation, relationship, connection.
subject (1.96)
Subject.
टूटना ṭūṭnā (1.95)
To break, to be broken, to be fractured, to be shattered.
To have twitching pain.
To be on the wane.
To be dissolved.
To fail.
सफलतामूर्त saphaltāmūrt (1.95)
Image of success.
विधिपूर्वक vidhipūrvak (1.92)
According to rule, agreeably to prescribed law.
दासी dāsī (1.89)
Maid (female servant).
व्यक्ति vyakti (1.88)
मतलब matlab (1.87)
शान śhān (1.83)
Magnificence, splendour, grandeur.
यदि yadi (1.82)
सेवाधारी sēvādhārī (1.81)
'who has, carries, or supports the service'. Server, servant.
प्रजा prajā (1.81)
Subjects, public, people.
यथार्थ yathārth (1.70)
Real, actual.
Accurate.
खोना khōnā (1.66)
To lose, to squander.
अथक athak (1.63)
उत्तर uttar (1.60)
Answer, reply.
North.
Later.
प्रश्न praśhna (1.53)
Question, query, interrogation, interpellation, problem.
मधुर madhur (1.47)
Sweet, melodious, pleasant, mellifluous.
ख़त्म ḵẖatm (1.46)
Ended, completed, concluded.
योगी yōgī (1.45)
(One) who practices yōg.
के पीछे kē pīchhē (1.43)
lucky (1.42)
Lucky.
मग्न magna (1.38)
Absorbed, engrossed, engaged, busy, immersed, drowned.
Glad, happy, delighted.
महावाक्य mahāvākya (1.38)
Great utterance, great sentence. A sentence impregnated with an expression of essential truth.
(Hinduism) Tat Tvam Asi "that you are", Ahaṁ Brahmāsmi "I am Brahman", Prajñānaṁ Brahma "Prajñāna is Brahman", Ayam Ātmā Brahma "This Self (Atman) is Brahman". These four mahāvākyas are erroneous or misinterpreted confusing the soul, the Supreme Soul and Brahman (Brahm, the element that occupies the space of the incorporeal world of souls) and thus making God omnipresent.
(Bābā) Every verse or sentence of the murlī uttered by Bābā.
वृद्धि vr̥iddhi (1.38)
Increase, increment, rise, growth, progress, enlargement, augmentation, enhancement, magnification.
सफलता saphaltā (1.29)
Success, achievement.
बाप की याद bāp kī yād (1.29)
Remembrance of the Father.
बजाए bajāē (1.28)
In place.
लक्षण lakṣhaṇ (1.25)
A symptom.
Indication.
Trait, characteristic feature, characteristic mark.
(Bābā) The symptoms of the soul which show progress towards his/her goal.
व va (1.23)
मायाजीत māyājīt (1.22)
सार sār (1.20)
Essence, substance, best or essential part, heart, core, marrow.
Sap.
Gist, sense; content.
Essential worth or value.
अवश्य avaśhya (1.19)
योग yōg (1.19)
Connection, union.
Combination; conjuncture (as of heavenly bodies); agreement, similarity.
Yoga, a theory or practice of abstract meditation undertaken to bring the soul towards or into union with the supreme spirit; bodily exercises or disciplines, as conducive to the above.
(Bābā) Union in remembrance (especially with the Father).
कदम kadam (1.15)
Step, pace, footstep.
अथवा athavā (1.11)
Or.
That is.
आकर्षित ākarṣhit (1.08)
Attracted, charmed, allured.
भाग्यवान bhāgyavān (1.06)
कमी kamī (1.03)
बाहर bāhar (1.02)
Out, outside, exterior, beyond, away.
A foreign land.
अल्पकाल alpkāl (1.00)
Short term.
निरन्तर nirantar (1.00)
महिमा mahimā (0.98)
Exaltation, greatness, grandeur, glory, dignity, majesty, importance.
आकर्षण ākarṣhaṇ (0.97)
Attraction, charm, allurement.
बोल bōl (0.95)
साथी sāthī (0.95)
Companion, comrade, associate, attendant, follower; ally, accomplice, supporter.
मुरली murlī (0.94)
Flute, pipe.
(Bābā) The words of God, the instrument to enchant us, to make us dance in happiness in the company of the Supreme Being, the Beloved Being.
नम्बरवार number-wār (0.91)
In order, orderly.
According to his rank, his position.
प्रकृति prakr̥iti (0.88)
Original form or state.
Nature, character, temperament.
Nature, the natural world.
(philosophy) A force or principle evolving the material world.
लगन lagan (0.87)
Devotion, perseverence, inclination, attachment.
An auspicious moment (for performing a ceremony).
मानना mānnā (0.85)
नहीं तो nahī̃ tō (0.85)
Otherwise, or else, if not, lest, but for.
No, certainly not.
सोना sōnā (0.84)
To sleep.
लगा lagā (0.83)
भला bhalā (0.82)
Gentle, noble, good.
Well-being; good.
जहाँ jahā̃ (0.81)
Where, wherever.
तीसरा tīsrā (0.80)
Third.
शिव śhiv (0.79)
Beneficial, favorable, auspicious, salutary.
Well-being, prosperity, happiness.
(Hinduism) Confused with Śhaṅkar. Name of the third god of the Hindū triad, the Deity in the character of producer or destroyer (Śhiv's most distinctive function is to preside over the dissolution of the world at the end of each aeon in order that it may be created anew), or Time personified.
(Hinduism) The phallic or pillar emblem of Śhiv.
(Bābā) The name of the Supreme Being The Auspicious, the Good, the Well-being, etc. who does his work of Creation, Sustainment and Destruction of the World through the trimūrti Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar three subtle deities created by God in the subtle world.
(Bābā) The Seed of the Human World Tree.
(Bābā) The Point. He is the Supreme Soul and therefore has the shape of a point like any soul. As He is incorporeal, it was represented with the shape of a pillar or, more anciently, an egg. The degradation of devotion has led Hindus to see it as a phallic representation symbolizing the Creator role of God and others to transgress the rules of Hindu conduct (left path tantra) where sexuality is permitted and revered as a divine activity.
मुख्य mukhya (0.78)
Principal, chief, main, salient, staple, leading, capital, cardinal, pre-eminent, predominant.
मूर्ति, मूर्त mūrti, mūrt (0.76)
Idol, statue, image.
निशानी niśhānī (0.76)
A memento, keepsake, token.
Mark, mark of identification, sign, trace.
भूलना bhūlnā (0.72)
To forget.
पीछे pīchhē (0.72)
Behind, on the back side of.
After, afterwards.
Backwards.
In the absence of.
प्राप्त prāpt (0.70)
Got, obtained; procured, acquired.
यहाँ yahā̃ (0.70)
Here, hither, in/at this place.
कोई भी kōī bhī (0.70)
Anyone, someone, any.
विधि vidhi (0.68)
Law.
Method, manner, system.
Direction.
Rule.
A prescribed act or rite or ceremony, prescription, imperative.
Destiny, providence.
The Creator-Lord Brahmā.
निमित्त nimitt (0.68)
Cause, reason, factor, purpose, motive.
For the sake of, on account of.
(Bābā) Instrument. He who acts for the Cause of God, in His name.
number (0.68)
Number.
मेहनत mēhnat (0.67)
Labour, hard work, toil.
Industry, application.
Exercise.
काम kām (0.66)
Work, task, job, employment, performance, function.
काम kām (0.66)
Passion, lust.
Desire.
साधारण sādhāraṇ (0.65)
Ordinary, simple, common, commonplace, usual, moderate.
वहां vahā̃ (0.64)
There.
सम्पूर्ण sampūrṇ (0.63)
Whole, entire, complete, perfect.
साथ sāth (0.62)
With, together, along with.
Company, association.
कम kam (0.61)
Less (also used in comparisons).
Little, few, scanty, short, small, deficient.
Rarely, seldom.
cum (0.61)
भविष्य bhaviṣhya (0.59)
Future; what has yet to be, what will be, the future.
बैठना baiṭhnā (0.57)
To sit, to squat, to occupy a seat, to settle, to board, to mount.
जीवन jīvan (0.56)
Life, animation, existence.
सेवा sēvā (0.55)
Service.
(Bābā) Selfless use of our mind, body and wealth for the benefit of the world.
मैं maĩ (0.54)
I. (personal pronoun)
लिए liē (0.53)
For, with a view to, for the sake of, on account of.
Taking, carrying, bearing.
समाप्त samāpt (0.53)
Finished, ended, concluded, terminated, completed.
practical (0.53)
Practical.
अन्दर andar (0.53)
In, inside, within.
ज्यादा jyādā (0.52)
More, -er (also used in comparatives and superlatives).
Additional; superfluous, redundant; too much, excessive.
Superfluously; excessively, &c.
Many, much, plenty.
छोड़ना chhōṛnā (0.51)
To leave.
To abandon.
To release.
भाग्य bhāgya (0.51)
Fortune, fate, luck, destiny.
ज़रूर zarūr (0.50)
Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.
कई kaī (0.49)
Several, sundry, divers, some, some few.
क्यों kyō̃ (0.48)
Why.
check (0.48)
Check.
लगाना lagānā (0.46)
To engage, to employ.
To attach, to join, to connect.
To plant.
To apply.
To affix.
To make someone hang around.
To levy.
To touch.
To invest.
To paste, to stick.
To set, to fix.
To shut, to close.
To keep.
To backbite.
To inflame.
To add.
in (0.45)
In.
के साथ kē sāth (0.44)
With, along with, in the company of, in company with, in connection with.
We will replace kē with a possessive pronoun mērē (mine), tērē (yours), etc. to say "with me", "with you".
लगना lagnā (0.42)
साधन sādhan (0.39)
The act of accomplishing, or achieving, processing.
An accomplishment, achievement, solution, realization.
Means, medium; expedient.
Appliance(s), equipment, device, an implement.
Resource(s).
(bābā) Material things, comforts, facilities.
दिखाई देना dikhāī dēnā (0.38)
To show oneself (or itself, &c.), to come in sight, to appear, to be visible or apparent, to be seen.
आधार ādhār (0.38)
Base, basis, foundation.
(sindhi) A support, prop, dependence.
(Bābā) Support.
सम्बन्ध sambandh (0.37)
Connection, relationship.
बाबा bābā (0.37)
Father.
या yā (0.36)
Or, either.
स्वयं svayã (0.35)
बुद्धि buddhi (0.35)
The intelligent mind that thinks, observes its thoughts, sets a goal, imbibes knowledge or beliefs and judges what is right or not, what conforms to its purpose or not. This mind grows until an adult age.
चाहिए chāhiē (0.35)
Is necessary, is needful, is requisite, is proper, is right.
It behoves.
Should, ought, must (be).
निकलना nikalnā (0.34)
To come out, to get out, to emerge, to rise, to ooze out, to proceed, to emanate, to appear, to be extracted, to be deduced, to be solved, to issue or be issued, to be published, to slink away.
न na (0.34)
Not (subjunctive or imperative).
Na .. na, Neither .. nor.
Repetitive Compounds of indefinite Pronouns, and of Adverbs formed from them are made by placing the Negative particle between the two words. These Compounds have a pronounced indefinite force. (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi - Appendice III 5-j)
दोनों dōnō̃ (0.34)
दिन din (0.34)
A day (comprised of twenty-four hours from sunrise to sunrise).
A day (extending from sunrise to sunset), daytime.
Time(s).
समझाना samjhānā (0.33)
(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.
याद yād (0.32)
Remembrance, recollection, memory.
कैसा kaisā (0.32)
(interrogative adjective and adverb of manner) What-like, what sort of, what kind or manner of, in what manner, how, by what means.
प्रकार prakār (0.31)
Manner, way.
बन ban (0.31)
द्वारा dvārā (0.30)
By, through, through the medium of, through the agency of, by means of, with.
सोचना sōchnā (0.30)
To think, to reflect, to ponder over, to consider.
थोड़ा thōṛā (0.29)
A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.
शक्ति śhakti (0.28)
Power, strength, potency, energy.
Name of the goddess personifying divine power.
The energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife (as Gaurī of Śhiv, Lakṣhmī of viṣhṇu, &c.)
(Brahma kumaris) Sister, mother.
Śhiv Śhakti, the powers of Śhiv. In Bhakti they are portrayed as goddesses sitting on a lion, swan, lotus etc. They are symbolic of the victory over vices (demons). As power of Śhiv, brothers are Śhiv Śhakti too.
फिर phir (0.27)
Then, again, afterwards, thereafter, in future, a second time.
अर्थात् arthāt (0.26)
That is, that is to say, namely (viz.).
फिरना phirnā (0.24)
To turn.
To wander, to ramble, to walk about, to go round.
सारा sārā (0.24)
All, the whole, whole, entire, complete, universal.
तक tak (0.24)
To, upto, till, until, by.
तब tab (0.23)
Then, at that time, afterwards, thereupon, therefore, hence.
आगे āgē (0.22)
Ahead, in front of, before; in future.
दूसरा dūsrā (0.22)
Second.
Other, another.
Next.
कुछ kuchh (0.22)
Something; anything.
A little, some.
fig. sthg. particular.
Some; any.
A few.
Somewhat, a little, at all.
रूप rūp (0.21)
Rūp, the one who smiles while making the flowers of virtues emerge from his lips. He is the embodiment of Yoga.
Form, shape, appearance, aspect, image, beauty, good looks, mould, type.
बोलना bōlnā (0.20)
To speak, to utter, to pronounce.
To bid.
बड़ा baṛā (0.20)
Big, large, great, huge, important, commodious, expansive.
Noble, reputed.
Elder, elderly, senior.
Grown up.
Rich.
adv. Very, exceedingly.
अगर agar (0.20)
If, if so be, in case, in the event of.
कारण kāraṇ (0.19)
Reason, cause.
Agency, instrument.
For the reason, because (of, -ke), on account (of), for the sake (of), &c.
कभी kabhī (0.17)
Sometime, ever.
इसलिए isliē (0.16)
On this account, for this reason, hence, therefore.
ने nē (0.16)
A postposition denoting the subject (ergative case that is to say with a past participle).
सिर्फ sirph (0.16)
यही yahī (0.15)
Emphatic form of yah: this very.
चलना chalnā (0.15)
Continue.
कहना kahnā (0.15)
Say.
सकना saknā (0.12)
To can, to be able to.
मिलना milnā (0.12)
To meet, to encounter, to be mixed, to be mingled, to unite, to merge, to tally, to conform, to obtain, to get, to acquire, to be acquired, to beget, to embrace, to form an alliance.
लेना lēnā (0.11)
To take.
क्योंकि kyōṅki (0.11)
Because, since.
सर्व sarv (0.11)
All ; whole, entire, complete.
कितना kitnā (0.11)
(interrogative) How much, how many.
(exclamative) So, so much, so many.
बात bāt (0.10)
A matter, topic, subject, concern, fact, thing.
कौन kaun (0.10)
interrogative pronoun. Who
कोई kōī (0.10)
Some, any, someone, anyone.
हर har (0.09)
her (0.09)
संकल्प saṅkalp (0.09)
Determination, resolve, resolution, will.
Mind, thought, idea.
(Bābā) Thought, idea.
(Bābā) Right idea, pure thought (śuddha khyāl)
बाप bāp (0.09)
Father.
हरना harnā (0.09)
जानना jānnā (0.08)
To know, to become aware of, to perceive.
चाहना chāhnā (0.08)
To wish, to want, to like, to love, to be fond of, to crave for, to desire, to require.
जब jab (0.08)
(Relative pronoun) When.
जाना jānā (0.07)
To go, to depart, to lose, to flow.
समझना samajhnā (0.06)
To understand.
पर par (0.06)
पर denotes :
- Location or position on or upon or at something.
- Point of time at which an action takes place.
- Sequence of actions of happenings.
- Cause or reason.
- Objects of (compound) Verbs signifying mercy, faith, confidence, anger etc.
(A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)
वाला vālā (0.06)
A suffix denoting an agent, doer, owner, possessor, keeper or inhabitant : the one of, the one with, the one who.
सदा sadā (0.05)
Always, perpetually, continually, ever.
बनाना banānā (0.05)
To make, to construct, to compose, to build, to prepare, to make ready, to form.
To pull somebody's leg, to patch up, to develop a good equation with.
To befool.
पर par (0.05)
Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.
आत्मा ātmā (0.04)
The soul, the spirit, the self.
समय samay (0.04)
Time.
Period.
Times, timings.
Occasion.
Leisure.
A convention.
एक ēk (0.04)
One, 1, a, single, alone.
The number one.
The One, the Number One. God. There is only one God (Supreme Being) but many gods and goddesses (golden age deities).
अब ab (0.04)
Now.
बनना bannā (0.03)
To become, be, change, belong (with a possessive pronoun or a noun in the genitive case).
सब sab (0.03)
All, entire, whole, total.
Every.
All people, everybody, the whole.
कि ki (0.03)
That (to report indirect speech, example he says that).
आना ānā (0.03)
To come.
ओम् ōm (0.03)
(Hinduism) Sacred syllable symbolising God Almighty.
Sacred syllable symbolising the almighty soul in general. (Hindus confuse the soul and the Supreme Soul)
I am.
Me the soul.
देखना dēkhnā (0.03)
To see, to look, to view, to perceive, to observe.
To consider.
To experience.
आप āp (0.02)
You (to a superior, a stranger, his father).
(reflective pronoun) Self, himself, oneself, yourself, themselves...
ऐसा aisā (0.02)
Such, of this type.
देना dēnā (0.02)
To give.
शान्ति śhānti (0.02)
Peace, calmness, quiet, tranquillity, quietude, silence.
रहना rahnā (0.02)
To remain, to stay.
अच्छा achchhā (0.02)
Good.
Well.
All right, well done.
So long.
क्या kyā (0.02)
Interrogative pronoun What? for an open question.
Interrogative adjective What?, Which? (if followed by a name).
Interrogative pronoun for a closed question (yes/no type).
अव्यक्त avyakt (0.02)
Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.
नहीं nahī̃ (0.01)
No.
Not.
जो jō (0.01)
Relative pronoun (without distinction of gender or number): who, that, which, what. Can be coupled with vah creating an identity relationship between the two terms of two propositions in the sentence.
यह yah (0.01)
3rd person personal pronoun, demonstrative pronoun or determiner in a close context : he, she, this (also they, these).
अपना apnā (0.01)
Reflexive possessive pronoun and adjective : my, mine, myself, your, yours, yourself, etc.
वह vah (0.01)
Third person personal pronoun: he, she, it (and also they).
Distant demonstrative pronoun and adjective: that (and also those).
और aur (0.01)
And.
Else.
Other.
तो tō (0.01)
Then, therefore, moreover.
An emphatic particle (e.g. मैं तो जाऊँगा).
At any rate, however, at least.
key (0.00)
Key.
ही hī (0.00)
Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.
K (0.00)
The letter K of our alphabet (used as an initial in acronyms).
होना hōnā (0.00)
To be.
To happen, to occur.
To exist.
To be born.
का kā (0.00)
का denotes one of the under-mentioned relations between a Noun or a Pronoun and another Noun which follows the former. If the Noun that follows is Feminine (singular or plural), का changes to की; if it is Masculine and Plural, or has an oblique form, का changes to के.
- Possession and relationship.
- Material or composition.
- Worth and measure (space or time).
- Source, origin, cause.
- Subject (doer of an act).
- Object (of an activity).
- Part of a whole.
- Purpose.
- Characteristic.
(A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)
करना karnā (0.00)
To do.
Also used after a transitive English verb to conjugate.
भी bhī (0.00)
Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.
को kō (0.00)
को is used for denoting:
- A Person who 'does' something involuntarily (such as—like, dislike, remember, be injured, be offended, suffer, feel, enjoy, receive, happen, to have, to meet, to know, to see or to hear, or to do something under compulsion, requirement, necessity, obligation, etc.).
- An Animate Object, provided it denotes a particular being.
- The object of a Verb in the Neutral Construction.
- Every Secondary Object (which is usually animate).
- The Object of a Verb requiring a predicative word (referring to the object).
- Nouns denoting time when used adverbially.
(A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)
में mē̃ (0.00)
में is used for denoting :
- Location or presence (of something) in or within something.
- Duration.
- Price.
- Comparison with reference to more than two, or difference.
(A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)
से sē (0.00)
से is used for denoting :
- The Subject of a Verb in the passive and impersonal voices.
- The indirect Objects (which are usually persons) of the Verbs meaning 'to tell, say, ask, ask for, beg, demand, claim, request’.
- Means, instrument or agency.
- Manner.
- Cause, reason, origin.
- Association, antagonism.
- Separation or keeping away from.
- Starting point (place or time).
- Duration (with reference to a continuous 'action' of present or past).
- Difference and comparison between two persons or things.
(A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)