(p. 2) akṣara any of the letters of the alphabet; a syllable; (fig.) a symbolic letter. ̃জীবী, ̃জীবক n. a scribe; a copyist; a printer or compositor, a writer. ̃পরিচয় n. acquaintance with the alphabet; commencement of education; literacy; (fig.) elementary knowledge. ̃বিন্যাস n. the characteristic style of handwriting. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of versification in which the number of letters and not the sounds in a line is taken into account. ̃মালা n. the alphabet. ̃যোজক n. a compositor. অক্ষরীকরণ n. transliteration. অক্ষরে অক্ষরে to the letter, word for word. verbatim; (fig.) with strict exactitude, rigorously. 95)

(p. 9) ajña having no knowledge, unknowing, ignorant, uninformed; stupid; foolish; uneducated. ̃তা n. lack of knowledge, ignorance; stupidity; foolishness; want of education. ̃তামূলক, ̃তাপ্রসূত a. caused by ignorance; relating to ignorance. 110)

(p. 80) alpa small in number or amount; a few; a little, a bit; short; of short duration, short-lived (অল্পজীবী); (gr.) unaspirated (অল্পপ্রাণ); illiberal, narrow (অল্পমতি); delicate (অল্পতনু); less than what is necessary or usual, insufficient, inadequate, scanty, poor. pro. a small number of persons or things. ̃ই adv. only a few, a little; but little; rarely, scarcely, seldom; insufficiently. অল্প অল্প করে adv. little by little, bit by bit; by degrees; gradually; slowly. ̃কাল, ̃ক্ষণ n. a short time, a short while. ̃কাল পরে, ̃কাল মধ্যে adv. shortly after, in a short time; before long. ̃চেতা a. narrow-minded; illiberal. ̃জীবী a. short lived. ̃জ্ঞ a. imperfectly educated, not knowledgeable; not erudite. ̃তম a. minimum. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. smallness in number or quantity; shortness; shortness of duration; illiberality, narrowness; insufficiency, inadequacy, shortage. ̃দর্শী a. lacking in foresight, short-sighted; imprudent; lacking in experience, inexperienced; narrow in outlook. ̃দর্শিতা n. want of foresight, short-sightedness; imprudence; want of experience,; narrowness of outlook. ̃ধী a. dull-witted, unintelligent. ̃প্রাণ a. short-lived; narrow-minded, illiberal, mean-minded; (gr.) unaspirated. ̃বয়সী, ̃বয়স্ক a. of tender age, young, minor. ̃বিদ্য a. possessing but a little learning; imperfectly educated. ̃বিদ্যা n. a little learning; imperfect education. অল্পবিদ্যা ভয়ংকরী a little learning is a dangerous thing. ̃বিস্তর adv. & a. more or less. ˜বুদ্ধি same as অল্পধী । ̃ভাষী a. of few words; reserved in speech; taciturn; reticent. ̃ভাষীতা n. taciturnity; reticence. ̃মতি a. meanminded. ̃মাত্র a. just a little. ̃মাত্রা n. a small dose or quantity. ̃মূল্য a. cheap. ̃মূল্যে adv. at a low price, cheaply. ̃শ adv. same as অল্প অল্প করে । ̃সংখ্যক a. a few, small in number. ̃স্বল্প a. a little, a bit; a few; not much or many; not frequent; temperate; moderate. 9)

(p. 80) aśikṣā lack of education or training or instruction; bad or improper or harmful education or training or instruction; (loos.) ill-breeding. অশিক্ষিত a. uneducated; untrained; uninstructed; illiterate. fem. অশিক্ষিতা । 29)

(p. 126) āśrama a hermitage; a residence (usu. a small one), a cottage (পুণ্যাশ্রম); an asylum or refuge (আতুরাশ্রম, অনাথাশ্রম); a residential institution (esp. an educational or religious one) (বিদ্যাশ্রম); a stage of life (গার্হস্হ্যাশ্রম). ̃ধর্ম n. duties or rites to be performed by inmates of a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution; duties to be performed in each of the stages of life. ̃বাসী a. & n. one who lives in a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution. fem. ˜বাসিনী । ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. fallen from one's religious order. আশ্রমিক, আশ্রমী a. of or living in a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution, or pertaining to the life in it; adopting any of the stages of life. n. an inmate of a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution; one in any of the stages of life. 126)

(p. 143) ucca (for. High.) high, tall; elevated (উচ্চ ভূমি); socially high (উচ্চ বংশ); noble, exalted (উচ্চ মন); dignified or pompous (উচ্চ চালচলন); upper (উচ্চ শ্রেণি); high-pitched, loud (উচ্চ স্বর); dear, costly (উচ্চ মূল্য); superior, senior (উচ্চ পদ, উচ্চ কর্মচারী). ̃কুলজাত a. born of a high family, highborn, nobly born. ̃তম a. super; highest; loftiest. ̃তর a. compar. higher; loftier. ̃তা n. height, altitude; tallness; elevation; state of being socially high; nobleness, exaltedness; loudness. ̃নাদ a. highsounding, making a loud noise; loud. n. a loud noise or sound. ̃নীচ a. & n. high and low. ˜পাত n. (astr.) the ascending node. ̃বাচ্য n. response; anything in favour or opposition; commenting. ̃বাচ্য না করা v. not to respond; not to say anything in favour or opposition; not to pass any comments; to keep quiet, to remain silent. ̃বিত্ত n. upper class. a. belonging to the upper class. উচ্চ বিদ্যালয় a high school. ̃বেতন n. high or handsome or fat or big salary. ̃ভাষী a. harsh-tongued; bragging. ̃মধ্যবিত্ত n. upper middleclass. ̃মূল্য n. high price. ̃রোল n. loud noise, clamour. ̃শিক্ষা n. high or higher education. ̃হার n. high rate. ̃হারে adv. at a high rate. ̃হাসি n. a loud laugh, a guffaw, laughter. ̃হৃদয় a. large-hearted, high-minded, magnanimous, generous. 27)

(p. 208) kalēja a college. কলেজি শিক্ষা n. college education. 81)

(p. 232) kāli2 ink; darkness, gloom (মনের কালি); a dark spot, discoloration (চোখের কালি); a. stigma, disgrace (কুলের কালি); soot, smut (ঝুলকালি). চোখের কালি black eye, a black in the eye. জুতোর কালি shoe polish. প্রদীপের কালি lamp-black. কালির আঁচড় (fig.) minimum education or learning. পেটে কালির আঁচড়ও না থাকা not to have even the minimum education or learning, to be completely illiterate. 12)

(p. 243) kula3 family; a clan; lineage, pedigree; good pedigree or lineage, a kulin (কুলীন) family (সে কুলের ছেলে); purity of blood; dignity of one's family, family prestige, aristocracy, high or noble birth (কুলগর্ব); descendants, line (তার কুল আজও টিকে আছে); one's own house or family or society (কুলত্যাগ); family religion or cult; residence (গুরুকুল); a race, a tribe (রক্ষঃকুল); a species or kind or class (নরকুল); a collection, a herd, a flock, a swarm (শিবাকুল). কুল করা v. to enter into a matrimonial alliance with a kulin (কুলীন) family. কুল মজানো v. (fig.) to bring disgrace upon one's family. কুল রাখি কি শ্যাম রাখি (fig.) on the horns of a dilemma. কুলে কালি দেওয়া (fig.) to bring disgrace upon one's (own) family, to tarnish the good name of one's (own) family. কুলের বার হওয়া same as কুলত্যাগ করা । একুল-ওকুল দুকুল খাওয়া বা হারানো (lit.—of a married woman) to lose shelter and support of both one's husband and parents; (fig.) to reject one alternative and lose the other; to be utterly ruined, to leave one's friends and be ill-treated by one's foes. ̃কণ্টক n. one who is a disgrace to or a pest of one's family. ̃কন্যা n. a girl born of a high (kulin) family. ̃কর্ম same as কুলক্রিয়া । ̃কলঙ্ক n. one who is a disgrace to his family. fem. কুলকলঙ্কিনী । ̃কলঙ্কী a. masc. bringing disgrace on one's family. ̃কামিনী n. a wife of a good family; a girl born of a good family; (loos.) a family woman (esp. one living in a zenana.) ̃কুণ্ডলিনী same as কুণ্ডলিনী । ̃ক্রিয়া, ̃কার্য n. traditional customs and practices of a family or befitting a family; act of entering into a matrimonial alliance with a kulin (কুলীন) family. ̃ক্ষয় n. destruction or decay of a family or line. ̃ক্ষয়কর a. causing decay or destruction of a family or line. ̃গত a. pertaining to a family. ̃গরিমা, ̃গর্ব n. dignity of a family, family prestige; pride of birth. ̃গুরু n. a family preceptor; the hereditary religious guide of a family. ̃গৌরব same as কুলগরিমা । ̃ঘ্ন a. destroying a family, causing destruction of a family. ̃চ্যুত a. expelled from one's family, interdicted, ostracized; one who has lost his family prestige or status. ̃জ, ̃জাত a. born of a good family; born of a kulin (কুলীন) family. ̃জি n. a (descriptive) genealogy (often composed in verse). ̃জিনামা n. a genealogical table. ̃জ্ঞ a. acquainted with the genealogy of a family. n. a herald. ̃জ্ঞতা n. knowledge of heraldic lore. ̃টা n. a woman who has brought disgrace upon her family (usu. by leaving it for good); a woman of bad moral character. a. of or like such a woman. কুলটার স্বামী the husband of such a woman, (cp.) a cuckold. ̃তিলক n. (one who is) the glory or pride of one's family. a. glorifying one's family. ̃ত্যাগ n. (of women) leaving one's home for good for immoral purposes; (of men) abandoning one's family, giving up the customs and practices of one's family. কুলত্যাগ করা v. (of women) to leave one's home for good for immoral purposes or to elope with her paramour; (of men) to abandon one's family, to repudiate the customs and practices of one's family. ̃ত্যাগী a. masc. one who has abandoned one's family or has repudiated the customs and practices of one's family. ̃ত্যাগিনী a. fem. one who has left her home for good for immoral purposes or eloped with one's paramour. ̃দূষক, ̃দূষণ a. bringing disgrace upon one's family. n. (one who is) the disgrace to one's family. ̃দেবতা n. the hereditary or tutelary or guardian deity of a family. ̃ধর্ম n. the traditional customs and practices of a family. ̃নারী same as কুলকামিনী । ̃নাশন same as কুলঘ্ন । ̃নাশা a. bringing disgrace upon one's family. ̃নিন্দা n. family scandal. ̃পঞ্জি, ̃পঞ্জী same as কুলজি । ̃পতি n. the headman or chief of a clan; a patriarch; an arch-sage. ̃পাংশুলা n. an unchaste woman; a woman who is a disgrace to the family. ̃পুরোহিত n. a family priest. ̃প্রথা n. a family custom or practice. ̃প্রদীপ n. (fig.) one who glorifies one's family. ̃বতী, ̃বধূ n. a virtuous wife; (loos.) a family woman (esp. one living in a zenana). ̃বালা same as কুলকামিনী । ̃ভঙ্গ n. loss of one's family prestige or status (esp. due to matrimonial alliance with a family of inferior prestige or status). ̃ভূষণ, ̃মণি n. one who glorifies one's family, the ornament of one's family. ̃ভ্রষ্ট same as কুলচ্যুত । ̃মজানে a. bringing disgrace upon a family. ̃মর্যাদা n. the dignity of a family, family prestige; the heraldic sign or mark of a family. ̃মান n. the dignity of a family, family prestige. ̃লক্ষণ n. any of the nine good qualities of a kulin (কুলীন) namely; (1) observance of rites, (2) politeness, (3) education, (4) good or reputable social position, (5) pilgrimage, (6) constancy or firm devotion, (7) honourable profession, (8) penance, and (9) benevolence or charity. ̃লক্ষ্মী n. fem. the guardian goddess of a family; the guardian goddess of fortune of a family; a housewife who brings prosperity to a family. ̃শীল n. lineage and character. ̃শীলমান n. lineage, character and dignity. ̃শ্রেষ্ঠ n. the best or most distinguished person in a family or line. ̃সম্ভব a. born of a particular family; born of a good family. ̃স্ত্রী same as কুলবধূ । 68)

(p. 248) kṛta done, made, performed (কৃতকর্ম); instituted, committed (কৃত অপরাধ); composed (ব্যাসকৃত মহাভারত); built, learnt, earned (কৃতবিদ্য); taken, accepted (কৃতদার); appointed, employed, engaged (কৃতদাস); fixed, settled (কৃতবেতন). ̃কর্ম n. a work done, a deed. ̃কর্মা n. one who has done a work or performed a feat. ̃কাম, ̃কার্য a. one who has succeeded in performing a task undertaken, one who has achieved one's end, successful. ̃কার্যতা n. success. ̃কৃত্য a. one who has been able to accomplish one's duty or task; a person who has had his education completed; well-educated, learned. ̃তীর্থ a. one who has done one's pilgrimage. ̃দার a. masc. one who has taken a wife, married. ̃দাস n. one who has been made a slave for a term, a bond-slave. fem. ̃দাসী । ̃ধী a. having firm resolve; having one's intellect sharpened; having intellectual sharpness or accomplishments. ̃নিশ্চয় a. thoroughly convinced; having firm resolve; thoroughly convinced of success. ̃নিশ্চয়তা n. thorough conviction; firm resolve; thorough conviction about success. ̃পূর্ব a. already done or accomplished. ̃বিদ্য a. one who has had his education completed; welleducated, learned. ̃বিদ্যতা n. (successful) completion of one's education; state of being well-educated or learned. ̃সংকল্প a. one who has resolved, determined; bent or intent upon. ̃সংকল্প হওয়া v. to resolve, to determine, to make up one's mind. 38)

(p. 248) kṛtya that which ought to be or is to be done. n. a duty, a task (নিত্যকৃত্য, প্রাতঃকৃত্য); (gr.) a system of adding suffixes to words. ̃ক n. a public department, public service (শিক্ষণ-কৃত্যক = the educational service). কৃত্যকবই n. a service-book. কৃত্যক সূচি n. service-roll. ̃সূচি a. agenda. কৃত্যা n. fem. enchantment, witchery; an act or deed. কৃত্যাকৃত্য n. what ought to be and ought not to be done.

(p. 280) khun̐ṭa-ākhariẏā, khun̐ṭa-ākhurē one who has little or no education: one who makes a fuss over trifles; a stickler (for perfection). 56)

(p. 314) guru a spiritual teacher or guide, a preceptor, a master, a guru; a priest; a teacher; an adviser; a venerable person; Brihaspati (বৃহস্পতি) the priest of gods; (astrol.) the Jupiter. a. heavy, weighty (গুরুভার); very responsible or difficult or important or serious (গুরুরাজকার্য, গুরুদায়িত্ব, গুরুকর্তব্য); excessive (গুরুভোজন); venerable (গুরুজন); great, glorious ('গুরু-কাছে লব গুরু দুখ'); (gr.—of vowels or vowel-sounds) long. ̃কল্প a. like a spiritual guide, like a preceptor or teacher; (of a person) conceived as a spiritual guide. ̃কৃপা n. kindness or benevolence or gracious behaviour such as one receives from one's teacher, spiritual guide or guru. ̃কুল n. the abode or the family of one's guru or teacher. ̃গম্ভীর a. serious and grave. ̃গিরি n. the profession of a guru or teacher or priest, priesthood or teachership. ̃গৃহ n. the abode of one's teacher or guru. ̃চণ্ডালী n. an instance of using undersirably Sanskrit and non-Sanskrit words or elegant and inelegant words side by side. ̃জন n. a venerable person; an elder. ̃ঠাকুর n. a spiritual teacher or guide, a preceptor, a guru. ̃তর a. heavier, weightier; more responsible or difficult or important or serious; very serious (গুরুতর অপরাধ). ̃তা ̃ত্ব n. weight, heaviness; gravity (আপেক্ষিক গুরুত্ব = specific gravity); importance; seriousness. গুরুত্বহীন a. divested of or wanting in weight or seriousness, unimportant; negligible. ̃দক্ষিণা n. a fee paid or payable to a guru or a teacher when teaching is completed or on completion of education. ̃দণ্ড n. heavy punishment. লঘুপাপে গুরুদণ্ড heavy punishment for a light offence. ̃দশা n. the period of mourning on the death of one's father or mother; (astrol.) the period of domination by the planet Jupiter. ̃দেব same as ̃ঠাকুর । ̃দ্বার n. a temple of the Sikhs, Gurudwara. ̃নিন্দা n. upbraiding of one's guru or teacher. ̃পত্নী n. the wife of one's guru or teacher. ̃পত্নী গমন n. sexual intercourse with the wife of one's guru or teacher. ̃পত্নী-হরণ n. act of abducting the wife of one's guru or teacher for immoral purpose. ̃পাক a. hard to digest. ̃পাপ a deadly sin, felony. ̃পূর্ণিমা n. the full-moon of the month of Ashara, the third month of the Bengali calendar. ̃বরণ n. the ceremony of appointing one as one's guru or of receiving a guru usually accompanied with offer of presents. ̃বল n. occult power conferred upon by one's benignant guru; grace of the guru. ̃বাক্য n. words or advices of a guru. ̃বার n. Thursday. ̃বৃত্ত n. a great circle. ̃ভক্ত a. devoted to one's guru or teacher. ̃ভক্তি n. devotion to one's guru or teacher. ̃ভাই n. a codisciple, a brother disciple. ̃ভার a. very heavy; unbearably heavy. n. heavy burden. ̃মণ্ডল n. (geog.) barysphere. ̃মহাশয়,, (coll.) ̃মশাই n. a teacher; a primary teacher. ̃মস্তিষ্ক n. (anat.) cerebrum. ̃মা n. the wife of a teacher or guru; a preceptress; a woman teacher, a lady teacher. ̃মারা-বিদ্যা n. art or learning in which the student excels the teacher in course of time; (ridi.) art or learning which the student uses against the teacher to discomfit him. ̃মুখি n. the script or (loos.) the language used by the Sikhs. ̃লঘুজ্ঞান n. due sense of respect for superiors; sense of proportion; capacity for making distinction between the high and the low. ̃শিষ্যসংবাদ n. a report of the conversation or discussion between a guru and his disciple or between a teacher and his student. ̃সেবা n. attendance on a guru or a teacher. ̃স্ফীতি n. (astro.) springtide. ̃স্হানীয় a. as venerable as a guru or a teacher. ̃হত্যা n. murder of one's guru or teacher by oneself; parricide. ̃হন্তা n. one who murders one's guru or teacher, a parricide. fem. ̃হন্ত্রী । যেমন গুরু তেমনি চেলা like master like man. 26)

(p. 449) taribata etiquette; demeanour; education, teaching, training; careful cultivation (গোঁপের তরিবত); care. তরিবত করা v. to cultivate carefully; to look after carefully, to take care of. 69)

(p. 457) tālima instruction; teaching; training; education. তালিম দেওয়া v. to instruct; to teach; to train; to educate. 59)

(p. 532) dharma religion, faith, creed; piety, virtue (অহিংসা পরম ধর্ম); scriptural laws or directions (ধর্মসম্মত); a form of worship (তান্ত্রিক ধর্ম); theology (ধর্মগ্রন্হ); natural quality or behaviour or disposition, property or function (মানবধর্ম, কালধর্ম, আগুনের ধর্ম); virtuousness, righteousness, morality (ধর্মহীন আচরণ); law (ধর্মপত্নী); justice (ধর্মাধিকরণ); holiness, sacredness (ধর্মের সংসারে পাপ); Yama (যম) the god of piety and death; a popular god of Bengal (ধর্মঠাকুর); chastity (স্ত্রীলোকের ধর্মনাশ); (astrol.) the ninth house from the house of birth in the zodiac. ধর্মে সওয়া v. (of a sin, misdeed etc.) to be tolerated by God or the Divine Judge. ধর্মের কল বাতাসে নড়ে, ধর্মের ঢাক আপনি বাজে (fig.) truth cannot be kept concealed, truth must come out; the irrevocable rod of Nemesis is sure to strike in course of time. ধর্মের ষাঁড় (fig.) a wildly wayward man allowed to move scotfree. ধর্মের সংসার a family practising virtue, a pious family. ধর্ম-অর্থ-কাম-মোক্ষ n the four principal aims of human life; piety, wealth, love or fulfilment of desire, and salvation of the soul. ̃কন্যা n. fem. one solemnly accepted as a daughter by a person other than one's parents; (loos.) a god-daughter. ধর্ম-কর্ম, ̃কার্য n. religious practices (esp. as enjoined by scriptures). ̃কাম a. desirous of attaining virtue through religious practices. ̃কৃত্য, ̃ক্রিয়া same as ধর্মকর্ম । ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a holy or consecrated place, a place of pilgrimage. ̃গত a. pious, virtuous; concerning or pertaining to religion, religious. ̃গতপ্রাণ a. having one's life devoted to religion or piety; very religious-minded; profoundly or deeply pious. ̃গ্রন্হ n. a holy book or text, a scripture; a religious book; a theological treatise. ̃ঘট n. (ori.) a religious practice consisting in giving away pitchers filled with holy water; (pol. & pop.) cessation of work as a means of putting pressure on employers, a strike. ধর্মঘটকালীন ভাতা strike-pay. ধর্মঘটী n. (pol.) a striker. ˜চক্র n. the four laws or directives of Buddha conducive to attaining final salvation. ̃চর্চা n. religious discussion or practice. ̃চর্যা n. observance of religious rules and rites, religious practice; practice of virtue. ̃চারী a. observant of religious rules and rites, devoted to religious practices; virtuous, pious. ̃চিন্তা n. religious meditation; spiritual meditation; theological meditation; theology. ̃চ্যুত same as ধর্মভ্রষ্টা । ̃জ a. legitimately born. ̃জিজ্ঞাসা n. religious inquiry; spiritual inquiry. ̃জিজ্ঞাসু a. seeking after or inquisitive about religious or spiritual truths. ̃জীবন n. religious or spiritual life; pious or virtuous life; ecclesiastical life. ̃জ্ঞ a. conversant with religious rules and duties; conversant with religion; pious, virtuous, religious. ̃জ্ঞান n. religious knowledge; religious-mindedness; deep sense of piety. ̃ঠাকুর n. a popular god of Bengal named Dharma (ধর্ম). ̃তা adv. in the eye of righteousness or piety; according to or conforming to righteousness, piously. ̃তত্ত্ব n the mysteries of religion; theology; theosophy, a religious doctrine. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. one conversant with the mysteries of religion; a theologian; one conversant with a religious doctrine. ̃তত্ত্বীয় a. concerning the mysteries of religion, religious; theological; concerning a religious doctrine. ̃ত্যাগ n. abandonment of one's religion, adoption of another religion, apostasy. ধর্মত্যাগ করা v. to abandon one's religion, to adopt another religion. n. an apostate, a renegade. ̃দ্বেষী, ̃দ্রোহী a. revolting against or hostile to religion; irreligious; impious; ungodly. fem. ধর্মদ্বেষিণী, ধর্মদ্রোহিণী । ̃দ্রোহ, ̃দ্রোহিতা n. revolt against or hostility towards religion; irreligion; impiety; ungodliness. ̃ধ্বজী a. simulating piety or virtuousness; sanctimonious; hypocritical. n. one simulating piety or virtuousness, a religious imposter. ̃নাশ n. ravishment of a woman's chastity, rape; profanation or defilement of one's religion or idol. ধর্মনাশ করা v. to ravish or outrage one's chastity, to rape; to profane or defile one's religion or idol. ̃নিন্দা n. disparagement of religion; blasphemy. ধর্মের নিন্দা করা v. to disparage religion; to blaspheme. ̃নিরপেক্ষ a. irrespective of creed (ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ বিচার); secular (ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ রাষ্ট্র). ̃নির্দিষ্ট a. enjoined by religion; enjoined by scriptures, scriptural. ̃নিষ্ঠ a. devoted to religion or religious practices; pious, virtuous, righteous. ̃নিষ্ঠা n. devotion to religion or religious practices; piety, virtuousness, righteousness. ̃নীতি n. a religious principle or principles; a principle or principles of virtue; a moral principle or principles; ethics. ̃পত্নী n. a lawful wife; a lawfully married wife. ̃পথ n. the path of virtue or piety. ধর্মপথে থাকা v. to follow the path of virtue or piety, to practise virtue or piety; to walk in the presence of God. ̃পর, ̃পরায়ণ same as ধর্মনিষ্ঠ । ̃পাল n. a defender of religion; (Christ.) a bishop. ̃পালক n. one who observes religious rites and practices; a defender of religion or faith. ̃পালন n. observance of religious rites and practices; defence of religion. ̃পিতা n. one solemnly accepted as father by a person other than one's children; (loos.) a godfather. ̃পিপাসা n. a strong desire for learning religious truths, thirst for religion. ̃পিপাসু a. desirous of learning religious truths, thirsty of religion. ̃পুত্র, (coll. corrup.) ̃পুত্তুর n. (loos.) a godson; a son of Yama (যম) the god of piety; an appellation of Yudhisthira of the Mahabharata; (sarcas.) one who poses to be a profoundly pious or truthful man; sanctimonious. ধর্মপুত্র যুধিষ্ঠির (sarcas.) a profoundly pious or truthful man, a sanctimonious person. ̃পুস্তক same as ধর্মগ্রন্হ । ̃প্রচার n. preaching of religion; religious preaching or propaganda; evangelization; evangelism. ধর্মপ্রচার করা v. to preach religion; to evangelize. ̃প্রচারক a. preaching religion; evangelizing. n. a religious preacher; an evangelist. ̃প্রধান a. chiefly guided by religion or religious principles; religious-minded, devout. ̃প্রবক্তা n. a prophet. ̃প্রবণ a. having propensity towards religion; religiousminded. ̃প্রবনতা n. leaning towards religion; religious-mindednesss. ̃প্রবর্তক n. the founder of a religion. ̃প্রাণ a. counting or regarding religion as precious as one's life; profoundly devout. ̃প্রাণতা n. act of counting religion as precious as one's life; profound devoutness. ̃বন্ধন n. the bond of religion; a sacred or solemn bond or tie; the holy bondage of being members of the same religious community. ̃বন্ধু n. a friend or servant of religion; a friend or helper in religious matters. ̃বল n. force of piety or virtuousness. ̃বাণী n. a word or teaching of religion; a holy word; an evangel, a gospel. ̃বিধান, ̃বিধি n. a religious law or rule; a sacred law; a scriptural injunction or prescription. ̃বিপ্লব n. a revolution in the world of religion; a great religious change, a religious revolution. ̃বিরুদ্ধ, ̃বিরোধী a. hostile to religion or piety; irreligious or impious, ungodly. ̃বিশ্বাস n. a religious faith, a creed; faith in religion. ̃বিশ্বাসী a. having faith in a particular religion or creed; following a particular creed; having faith in religion; virtuous, pious, godly. ̃বুদ্ধি n. virtuous or pious or just thought or intention; conscientiousness, conscionableness; good conscience. ̃বৃদ্ধ n. a religious or ecclesiastical elder; a member of a priesthood, a father. ̃ভয় n. fear of God; religious qualm. ̃ভগিনী n. one solemnly accepted as a sister by a person other than one's brother or sister; a female disciple of the same teacher; a member of a sisterhood, a nun, a sister. ̃ভাই coll. form of ধর্মভ্রাতা । ̃ভীরু a. God-fearing. ̃ভীরুতা n. God-fearing conduct or nature. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. gone astray from the religious or righteous course; fallen from one's religious belief. ̃ভ্রাতা n. one solemnly accepted as a brother by a person other than one's brother or sister; a disciple of the same teacher or preceptor; a member of a brotherhood or sect or faith; a brother. ̃মঙ্গল n. a long poem narrating the glory of Dharmathakur (ধর্মঠাকুর). ̃মত n. a religious tenet or doctrine. ̃মন্দির n. a house of worship, a temple, a shrine. ̃ময় a. full of piety; devout or pious. ̃মা, ̃মাতা n. one solemnly accepted as mother by a person other than one's child. ̃মূলক a. concerning religion, religious. ̃যাজক n. an ecclesiastic; a clergyman; a priest. ̃যুদ্ধ n. a war for the cause of religion, (cp.) a crusade, a holy war. ̃যোদ্ধা n. one fighting for the cause of religion, (cp.) a crusader; a holy warrior. ̃রক্ষা n. defence of religion; preservation of one's religion or piety; preservation of chastity (স্ত্রীলোকের ধর্মরক্ষা). ̃রাজ n. the lord of justice; an appellation of Yudhisthira of the Mahabharata or that of Yama (যম) or Dharmathakur (ধর্মঠাকুর) or Buddha. ̃রাজ্য n. a state or kingdom administered with scrupulous justice, a realm of justice; a state or kingdom founded on religion or piety, a holy state. ̃রাষ্ট্র n. a theocratic state. ̃লক্ষণ n. any one of the (ten) characteristic signs of piety or virtuousness. ̃লোপ n. destruction or extinction of religion or piety; profanation of one's religion; ravishment of (a woman's) chastity. ̃শালা n. a guesthouse where pilgrims and travellers are accommodated temporarily at a low cost or free of cost; (ori.) a court of justice. ̃শাসন n. a religious or scriptural edict; administration of justice; lawful judgment; rule of the ecclesiastics, theocracy. ̃শাস্ত্র n. scripture. ̃শাস্ত্রব্যবসায়ী n. a dealer in religious books and scriptures; an expounder and teacher of scriptures, a scribe. ̃শাস্ত্রানুমত a. conforming to or as prescribed by scriptures. ̃শিক্ষক n. a religious teacher or preceptor. ̃শিক্ষা n. religious education or teaching. ̃শীল a. pious, virtuous. ̃সংস্কার n. religious reformation; a holy sacrament. ̃সংস্কারক n. a religious reformer. ̃সংস্হাপন n. introduction or founding of a religion; firm establishment of a religion; rejuvenation or reinforcement or restoration of a religion. ̃সংহিতা n. a religious code, a book of holy laws. ̃সংগত same as ধর্মসম্মত । ̃সংগীত n. a devotional song or hymn, a psalm. ̃সভা n. a religious gathering or congress or convention or congregation or society. ̃সম্প্রদায় n. a religious community, a religious group or sect. ̃সম্মত a. conforming to the rules and prescription of religion or piety; pious, virtuous; rightful; just. ̃সাক্ষী a. having or claiming the god of piety as witness. n. an oath in the name of the god of piety. ধর্মসাক্ষী করে বলা to take an oath in the name of God, to take a solemn oath. ̃সাধন n. practice of virtue or religion. ̃হানি same as ধর্মনাশ । ̃হীন a. godless, ungodly, irreligious, impious; blasphemous. ̃হীনতা n. ungodliness; impiety. 17)

(p. 532) dhāna paddy, rice (আমন ধান); measure of weight (= nearly 1 grain). আউস ধান autumn rice. আমন ধান winter rice. বীজ ধান n. paddy-seed. ধান কাটা v. to reap or harvest paddy-crop. ধান কাঁড়া same as ধান ভানা । ধান কাড়ানো v. to plough a paddy-field in order to remove weeds. ধান ঝাড়া v. to thresh paddy. ধান দিয়ে লেখাপড়া শেখা (fig.) to spend little for one's education; (fig.) to receive indifferent or scant education. ধান নেড়ে দেওয়া v. to re-sow or transplant paddyshoots in well-arranged lines; to stir paddy when it is husked by a husking pedal. ধান বোনা v. to sow paddy-seeds. ধানভাঙা, ধানভানা v. to husk paddy. ধানভাঙা কল a husking machine. ধান ভানতে শিবের গীত (fig.) an irrelevant talk or digression (often a ludicrous one). ধান মাড়ানো v. to thresh or separate paddy (from straw by making cows walk upon it). ধান রোয়া v. to transplant paddy-shoots. কত ধানে কত চাল (fig.) actual state or correct information, knowledge of what comes out of what; (fig.) consequence. পাকা ধানে মই দেওয়া (fig.) to do (one) irreparable harm; (fig.) to blast one's hopes when they are about to be realized. ̃খেত same as ধানজমি । ̃গাছ n. a paddy-plant. ধানগাছের তক্তা (fig.) a plank of grass, an impossible thing. ̃চারা n. a paddy-shoot. ̃জমি n. a paddy-field, a paddy-land. ̃দুর্বা n. paddy-grains and grass (used as auspicious articles in blessing). 75)

(p. 549) ni tālima neo-education, neo-literacy; a novel method of education, generally applied to Gandhi's Basic Education scheme. 6)

(p. 593) nīti morality (নীতিবিরুদ্ধ আচরণ); morals (নীতিশাস্ত্র); moral science, ethics; a moral teaching, a moral or maxim (গল্পটির নীতি); conscience (নীতিতে বাধছে); social morality, justice (নীতিসম্মত বিচার); politics (নীতিকুশল); an edict or prescript (ধর্মের নীতি); a principle (অহিংসার নীতি); a method or means or policy (কাঁটা দিয়ে কাঁটা তোলার নীতি); a custom or practice (সমাজের নীতি); a branch of learning, a science (সমাজনীতি, রাজনীতি). ̃কথা n. a moral saying or moral advice; a maxim, an aphorism; a moral; a moral tale; a salutary advice. ̃কুশল a. proficient in politics or statesmanship or diplomacy or in the rules of morality. ̃কুশলতা n. proficiency in politics or statesmanship or diplomacy or moral rules. ̃জ্ঞ a. versed in politics or statesmanship or diplomacy or ethics. ̃জ্ঞান n. political knowledge; knowledge in statesmanship; diplomatic knowledge; ethical knowledge. ̃জ্ঞানবর্জিত, ̃জ্ঞানশূন্য, ̃জ্ঞানহীন a. divested of ethical knowledge or devoid of moral scruples; immoral; unscrupulous. ̃বচন, ̃বাক্য n. a moral saying or advice; a maxim, an aphorism; a salutary advice. ̃বাগীশ a. one who makes a parade of one's moral sense. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. ethics, moral science. ̃বিদ a. same as নীতিজ্ঞ । ̃বিরুদ্ধ, ̃বিরোধী a. contrary to moral rules or precepts; immoral; unjust; contrary to one's principles. ̃মূলক a. didactic, moral; concerning a particular principle or principles. ̃শাস্ত্র n. moral science, moral philosophy, ethics. ̃শাস্ত্রবিদ, ̃শাস্ত্রবেত্তা a. versed in moral science. n. a moral philosopher. ̃শিক্ষা n. moral instruction or education; political or judicial education. ̃সংগত, ̃সম্মত a. conforming to morality or justice; righteous or just; conforming to a particular principle or principles. ̃হীন a. without any principle, unprincipled; lacking moral principles; unscrupulous. 18)

(p. 606) paḍ়ā2 to read, to go through, to peruse; to study; to recite (মন্ত্র পড়া, হলফ পড়া). n. reading, perusal; study; recital, recitation; an instalment of lesson, lesson, exercise. a. that which has been read, perused; studied; recited. পড়া করা v. to learn or prepare one's lessons. প়ড়া ধরা, পড়া নেওয়া v. to test whether one can say one's lessons. পড়া দেওয়া, পড়া বলা v. to say one's lessons. (কারও) কাছে পড়া v. to read, to take lessons from. পড়ে শোনানো v. to read to. বিদ্যালয়ে পড়তে যাওয়া to go to school. ̃নো v. to teach; to cause to read or study or recite; to instruct, prepare by (repeated) instruction, to tutor, to rehearse, to prime (সাক্ষি পড়ান). পড়ার ঘর n. a study; a reading room. পড়ার নেশা n. a great liking for or attachment to reading; love of reading. ̃শোনা n. study; academic education, schooling. পড়াশোনা করা v. to study; to have one's schooling; to learn one's lessons. পড়াশোনায় মন থাকা to take care of one's lessons or studies, to be mindful of one's lessons or studies. 12)

(p. 654) pēṭa the belly; the abdomen; the stomach; the womb (পেটের ছেলে); the inside, the hold (জাহাজের পেট); the loins (পেটে কাপড় থাকে না); (vul.) pregnancy (পেট হওয়া); the inmost part of one's heart (পেটের কথা); subsistence, livelihood (পেট চালানো). খালি পেট empty stomach. ভরা পেট full stomach. পেট আঁটা v. to get constipated, to have costiveness. পেট ওঠা v. to have one's belly distended after a hearty meal. পেট কামড়ানো v. to have a gnawing pain in the stomach; to have stomach-pain. পেট কামড়ানি n. a gnawing pain in the stomach; stomach pain, gripes. পেট খসা v. to have an abortion, to miscarry. পেট খসানো v. to cause an abortion (esp. unlawfully). ̃খারাপ n. a disorder of the stomach. পেট খারাপ হওয়া v. to have or to suffer from a stomach upset or disorder. ̃গরম n. dyspepsia, indigestion. পেট চলা v. to procure one's minimum or normal food or appease one's hunger (esp. daily); to make both ends meet. পেট চালানো v. to earn just enough to provide the bare necessities of life, to earn a living or subsistence wage. পেট চিনচিন করা v. to feel a pinching sensation in the stomach esp. caused by extreme hunger. পেট চুঁইচুঁই করা v. to have a suppressed groaning noise in the stomach caused by hunger. পেট জ্বলা v. to have a burning sensation in the stomach. পেট ডাকা v. to have a rumbling noise in the belly as caused by diarrhoea or indigestion, to have collywobbles. পেট ধরা v. to be cured of diarrhoea or loose motions. পেট নরম হওয়া v. to have somewhat loose motions. পেট নামানো v. to have loose motions, to have diarrhoea; to purge (one's bowels). পেট ফাঁপা, পেট ফোলা v. to have one's belly distended owing to the accumulation of gas, to be affected with flatulence or tympanites. পেট বড় হওয়া v. to have the belly distended esp. on account of pregnancy. পেট ব্যথা n. stomach-pain, belly-ache. পেট ভরা v. to have one's hunger fully satisfied. পেট ভরে খাওয়া v. to eat one's fill. পেট ভরে খাওয়ানো v. to give one a full meal or full feed. ̃ভাতা n. food given in lieu of wages, adv. for food in lieu of wages. পেট মরা v. to lose appetite esp. owing to want of sufficient food. ̃মোটা a. pot-bellied. ̃রোগা a. weak in digestive power; dyspeptic. ̃সর্বস্ব a. one who loves nothing but a good fare; given to gourmandising; gluttonous, voracious. ̃সর্বস্ব ব্যক্তি a. belly-god. পেট হওয়া v. (vul.) to become pregnant, to be big with child, to conceive, to be in the family way. পেটে আসা v. to be formed in the womb, to be conceived. পেটে এক মুখে আর insincere or hypocritical talk; double-facedness. পেটে খিদে মুখে লাজ concealment of one's eager desire on account of bashfulness. পেটে খেলে পিঠে সয় (fig.) troubles are sufferable when they bring in profits, trouble is patiently borne if it is paying; the mule will not grudge its load if there is the prospect of a good feed. পেটে তলানো v. to be accepted in one's stomach. পেটে থাকা v. to be accepted in one's stomach; (of a person) to be able to keep counsel or keep a secret (তার পেটে কথা থাকে না). পেটে ধরা v. to carry in one's womb, to conceive or bear. পেটে পেটে kept to oneself, kept concealed (পেটে পেটে কথা, পেটে পেটে শয়তানি). পেটে বোমা মারলেও কিছু বার না হওয়া (fig.) to be utterly lacking in education; completely illiterate. পেটে মারা v. to kill or weaken or subdue one by starving; to deprive one of one's means of livelihood or subsistence. পেটের অসুখ same as পেটখারাপ and পেটের গোলমাল । পেটের কথা the secret of one's heart; a secret intention. পেটের গোলমাল bowels complaint, stomach trouble. পেটের চিন্তা bread problem, worries about a living. পেটের জ্বালা, পেটের দায় smarts of hunger. পেটের দায়ে impelled or urged by the sting of hunger or poverty. পেটের ভাত চাল হওয়া (fig.) to be bewildered with fear or worry. পেটের ভিতর হাত-পা সেঁধনো (fig.) to become nonplussed with fear, to feel a cold wave running down one's spine. পেটের শত্রু a child who causes grief to its mother. পেটে সওয়া v. to be accepted in one's stomach. 132)

(p. 692) prāthamika relating to inception or beginning, initial; early, primitive; primary. প্রাথমিক পুস্তক a primer. প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় a primary school. প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা primary education. 43)

(p. 748) bālya age up to one's sixteenth birth day; boyhood or girlhood, childhood, infancy. ̃কাল n. childhood, infancy. ̃প্রণয়, ̃প্রেম n. calf-love; childhood friendship. ̃বন্ধু n. a friend of one's childhood days. ̃বিধবা same as বালবিধবা । see বাল ।̃বিবাহ n. early marriage, child-marriage. ̃শিক্ষা n. child education; primary education. ̃সখা same as বাল্যবন্ধু । ̃সস্গী, ̃সহচর n. a companion of one's childhood days. বাল্যাবস্হা n. childhood. 3)

(p. 758) bidyā learning; erudition; scholarship; skill; a subject of study (সর্ববিদ্যাবিশারদ); a science (পদার্থবিদ্যা); an art (জাদুবিদ্যা, চুরিবিদ্যা); philosophy. বিদ্যার জাহাজ a prodigy of learning; (cp.) a walking encyclopaedia. বিদ্যার বহর (facet.) range of knowledge, extent of learning. ̃গম n. acquirement of learning. ̃চর্চা n. culture or cultivation of learning; practice of learning; acquisition of knowledge. ̃দাতা n. a teacher; a preceptor (fem. a preceptress), a guru. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃দান n. imparting of knowledge or learning. বিদ্যাদান করা v. to teach; to impart learning gratuitously. ̃দেবী n. Saraswati (সরস্বতী) the goddess of learning. ̃ধন n. knowledge conceived as wealth. ̃ধর n. one of an order of demi-gods famous for their personal beauty and skill in music. fem. ̃ধরী । ̃নিধি n. an ocean of learning: a title conferred on a scholar. বিদ্যানুরাগ n. love of learning, attachment to learning. বিদ্যানুরাগী a. fond of or attached to learning. fem. বিদ্যানুরাগিণী । বিদ্যানুশীলন same as ̃চর্চা । বিদ্যানুশীলন করা v. to cultivate learning or a science; to study. ̃পীঠ n. a centre of learning; an academy; a school. ̃বতী fem. of বিদ্যাবান ।̃বত্তা n. possession of learning, scholarship. ̃বল n. power or force of learning. ̃বান a. learned. ̃বিনোদ n. delight of Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী): a title conferred on a scholar. ̃বিশারদ a. vastly learned. n. a title conferred on a scholar. ̃ব্যবসায়ী a. & n. one who teaches professionally. ˜ভূষণ n. an ornament of learning: a title conferred on a scholar. বিদ্যাভ্যাস same as বিদ্যাচর্চা । বিদ্যাভ্যাস করা v. to learn an art or science; to study; to learn one's lessons. ̃মন্দির, বিদ্যায়তন n. a temple of learning; a school. ̃রত্ন n. a jewel of learning; a title conferred on a scholar. বিদ্যারম্ভ n. initiation into one's studies (esp. with religious solemnities). বিদ্যারম্ভ করা v. to commence one's studies (esp. with religious solemnities). বিদ্যার্জন same as বিদ্যালাভ । বিদ্যার্থী a. desirous of acquiring learning; (loos.) engaged in studies. n. one who is desirous of acquiring learning; (loos.) a student, a scholar, a pupil, fem. বিদ্যার্থিনী । ̃লব্ধ a. gained or earned by learning. ̃লয় n. a school; an academy; (rare) a college; an institution; an institute; a seminary. বিদ্যালয়ের ছুটির দিন a school holiday. বিদ্যালয়ের ছুটির সময় closing time of a school; school vacation. বিদ্যালয়ের সময় school time; school hours. ̃লাভ n. acquisition of learning; act of receiving education. বিদ্যালাভ করা v. to acquire learning; to receive education, to have one's education. ̃শিক্ষা n. learning; act of receiving education. বিদ্যাশিক্ষা করা v. to learn; to receive education. ̃শূন্য a. unlearned, uneducated; ignorant. ̃সাগর same as বিদ্যানিধি ।̃হীন same as বিদ্যাশূন্য । fem. বিদ্যাহীনা । 17)

(p. 758) bidyōtsāhī encouraging or patronizing promotion of learning or spread of education. fem. বিদ্যোত্সাহিনী । বিদ্যোত্সাহিনী সভা a society for promotion or spread of learning or education. 19)