(p. 978) sandhi union, unification; alliance, a treaty; a compact, a covenant; a joint (ঊরুসন্ধি); meeting or juncture (যুগসন্ধি); juncture of day and night (cp. twilight, gloaming); juncture of two lunar days; mystery, secrets (নারীর মায়ার সন্ধি); a tunnel, a (long) hole (সন্ধিপথ); (gr.) blending of the final sound of a word with the initial sound of the following word, sandhi (স্বরসন্ধি = blending of two vowel sounds; ব্যঞ্জনসন্ধি = blending of two consonantal sounds or of a consonantal sound with a vowel sound; বিসর্গ সন্ধি = blending of a বিসর্গ with a vowel or consonantal sound). কপাট-সন্ধি n. a hinge joint. সন্ধি করা v. to conclude a treaty; to enter into an alliance; to make a compact; to make peace; (gr.) to join by sandhi. ̃ক্ষণ n. the juncture of two ages or periods or moments. ̃ত a. joined; bound by a treaty; covenanted; fermented. ̃পত্র n. a written covenant; a written agreement of peace. ̃পূজা n. worship of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) esp. in autumn at the juncture of the eighth and the ninth lunar day. ̃প্রদাহ n. arthritis. ̃বদ্ধ a. bound by a treaty or agreement; covenanted. ̃বন্ধন n. a ligament, a nerve. ̃বাত n. gout; (erron.) arthritis. ̃বিগ্রহ n. war and peace. ̃বিচ্ছেদ n. (gr.) disjoining of sandhi (সন্ধি). ̃ভঙ্গ n. violation of a treaty or covenant; disruption of an alliance. ̃স্হল n. juncture. 25)

(p. 1022) sūtra thread; yarn; fibre; a string; connection, a link (কর্মসূত্র); a tie, a bond (পরিণয়সূত্র); a series, a chain (চিন্তাসূত্র); a clue or trail (সন্ধানসূত্র); a brief hint or point (সমাধানের সূত্র); an aphorism (বেদান্তসূত্র); a rule, a law (ব্যাকরণের সূত্র); a summary introduction of a subjectmatter, an argument; (of dramas etc.) a prologue; introduction, commencement, beginning; (alg.) a formula (pl. formulae, formulas). ̃কার n. an aphoriser, an aphorist. ̃কৃমি n. a thread-worm; (erron.) Ascaris. ̃ধার n. a carpenter; a joiner; (in dramas) the chief actor who recites the prologue; (erron.—in a stage-play) a prompter. ̃পাত n. commencement, beginning. start, inception. সুত্রপাত করা বা হওয়া v. to commence, to begin.