s. m. (H.), ) Parsimony; a medicine taken to prolong pleasure in carnal intercourse; a mode of tying on a pagṛí; the act of tying a cord at intervals on a roll of cloth, as practiced by dyers, before it is put into the dye, to prevent the colouring of the parts which are bound; permanency, stability; order, arrangement; a stipulated sum given to certain faqírs at weddings to prevent them from giving trouble.