[Skt.] n. The essence of anything. saramu. One of the constituent elements of the earth, or of the body. A fossil or mineral red chalk, parvatadhatuvu jeguru. manisilalonagu errani dhatuvu, silavikaramu A red mark on the forehead, bottu. The pulse. dhatuvu adu, naducu or kottukonu to beat as the pulse. A grammatical root. A relic. Thus dantadhatuvu is the Tooth-relic, being the tooth of Gautama Buddha. dhatuvadamu dhatu-vadamu. n. Assaying, in mineralogy. The art of Chemistry. T. iii. 65. rasavadamu. “dhatuvadimbu hetuvarambu” Amuk. i. dhatuvadi dhatuvadi. n. A mineralogist. A critic, grammarian. A Chemist rasavadi, A. v. 231. vaiyakarani. dhatuvucucu dhatuvu-tsutsu. v. n. To feel the pulse. saptadhatuvulu or mahadhatuvulu the seven great principles of nature, romatvagma ṃsasthisnayumovranamulu.