1 A thing, substance, ob- ject, matter.

2 The ingredient or material of anything.

3 A mate- rial to work upon.

4 A fit or suitable object (to receive instruc- tion, &c.): Mu. 7. 14; see adravya also.

5 An elementary substance, the substratum of properties, one of the seven categories of the Vaiśeṣikas; (the dravyas are nine: pṛthivyaptejovāyvākāśakāladigātmama- nāṃsi).

6 Any possession, wealth, goods,...