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चौरासी ćaurāsī[Prk. चउरासी; S. चतुरशीितः], adj. Eighty-four;—s.f. A subdivision (in former times) of a parganaor district comprising eighty-four villages;—small bells (such as are hung from the necks of draught oxen, or under the seat of a native vehicle); morris-bells (worn on the ankles by dancing girls);—the varieties or different stages of transmigration:—ćaurāsībhognā, To undergo all the transmigrations in store for one; to be punished for one's sins:—ćaurāsīghanṭewālī, s.f. An epithet of the goddess Kālī.
Origin: Hindi