(p. 182) ēkānta excessive; thorough; downright; overwhelming (একান্ত বিপদ); earnest (একান্ত মিনতি); sure; certain; solitary, lonely; secluded; private; personal. adv. very, much; thoroughly; earnestly; at all. একান্ত কক্ষ a private chamber; (loos.) an ante-chamber. ̃ই, ̃পক্ষে adv. if at all. ̃সচিব n. a private secretary. একান্তে adv. in private, confidentially; aside. 23)