(p. 9) ajñāna lacking in knowledge; ignorant; foolish; uneducated; unconscious, fainted; infatuated. n. lack of knowledge; ignorance; (phil.) illusion, maya. ̃কৃত a. done by mistake or owing to ignorance. ̃জনিত a. caused by ignorance, owing to ignorance. ̃তা n. lack of knowledge, ignorance. ̃তিমির n. gloom of ignorance, infatuated condition. ̃বাদ, অজ্ঞাবাদ n. (phil.) agnosticism. ̃বাদী, অজ্ঞাবাদী a. agnostic. n. an agnostic. অজ্ঞানী a. unwise; lacking in knowledge, ignorant. অজ্ঞানে adv. unknowingly; unconsciously; owing to ignorance or foolishness. 112)

(p. 41) andha blind, sightless; extremely dark or gloomy. ('অন্ধ তামস'); utterly ignorant. n. a blind person. ̃কূপ n. a dark pit; a black hole. ̃কূপহত্যা n. (hist.) the Blackhole Tragedy. ̃তম a. darkest; extremely dark. ̃তমস n. utter darkness; blinding darkness. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. blindness; utter ignorance. ̃তামিস্র n. utter darkness. a. utterly dark. ̃প্রায় a. almost blind; like a blind; like a blind person. ̃বিশ্বাস n. blind faith. ̃ভাবে adv. blindly; rashly; heedlessly, indiscreetly. অন্ধের কিবা দিন কিবা রাত a blind person cannot distinguish between day and night or between brightness and gloom. অন্ধের নড়ি বা যষ্টি (lit.) a stick by the help of which a blind person moves; a blind man's prop; (fig.) a prop for a helpless or incapable person. 14)

(p. 41) andhakāra darkness, gloom; absence of light. a. dark, gloomy; darkened with gloom, dejection etc. (অন্ধকার মুখ); deprived of hope, delight, etc. (অন্ধকার জীবন). অন্ধকার করা v. to make (something) dark, to darken. অন্ধকার দেখা v. (fig.) to be at one's wit's end to find a means of escape from danger; to be stunned. অন্ধকার দেখানো v. (fig.) to overwhelm or bewilder (a person), to knock senseless. অন্ধকার হওয়া v. to become dark, to darken. অন্ধকারে ঢিল মারা (fig.) to make a stray or random attempt to hit, to take an off-chance; to beat about the bush. অন্ধকারে থাকা v. (fig.) to be quite ignorant (of), to be in the dark (about). অন্ধকারে হাতড়ানো v. (lit. & fig.) to grope in the dark. ˜ময় a. full of darkness or gloom; completely dark. অন্ধকারাচ্ছন্ন, অন্ধকারাবৃত a. enveloped in or overcast with darkness; utterly dark; (fig.) utterly ignorant, distressed, depressed or obsessed. 15)

(p. 51) aprasanna displeased, dissatisfied; unfavourable, antagonistic (অপ্রসন্ন ভাগ্য); gloomy, morose, melancholy, saddened, sad, offended, vexed. ̃তা n. displeasure, dissatisfaction; antagonism; gloom, melancholy, sadness; offended state. অপ্রসন্ন হয়ে adv. with a bad grace. অপ্রসন্ন চিত্তে adv. with a discontented or heavy heart. 42)

(p. 69) amalina free from dirt, untarnished, unstained; free from gloom; undecayed or undecaying (অমলিন খ্যাতি); unblemished; unfaded or unfading, (cp.) amaranthine (অমলিন পুষ্প). 50)

(p. 73) amlāna unfaded; unfading; not withered (অম্লানকুসুম); not soiled or tarnished; not saddened or gloomy; unhesitating, unperturbed, expressionless (অম্লানমুখ, অম্লানবদন). ̃বদনে adv. glibly, without hesitation. 3)

(p. 97) ān̐dhāra darkness, gloom; absence of light. a. dark, gloomy; deprived of light. আঁধার ঘরের মানিক an object of precious hope and consolation amidst utter misery; silver-lining. মনের আঁধার ignorance; extreme sorrow or dejection. আঁধারি same as আঁধার । 26)

(p. 126) ālōka light; a beam, a ray; effulgence; lustre, splendour; a flash of light. ̃গৃহ n. a lighthouse. ̃চিত্র n. a photograph; photography. ̃চিত্রকর n. a photographer. ̃চিত্রবিদ্যা n. photography. ̃চ্ছটা n. a flash of light. ̃তড়িত্ n. photo-electricity. ̃তাড়িত a. photo-electric. ̃বিজ্ঞান, ̃বিদ্যা n. optics. ̃বিহীন a. lightless; dark; gloomy. ̃ময় a. full of light; flooded with light; lightsome. ̃লতা n. a parasitic creeper. ̃শক্তি n. light as an energy. ̃শূন্য same as আলোকবিহীন । ̃সংকেত n. a beacon. ̃সজ্জা n. decoration of a stage etc. with light; illumination. ̃স্তম্ভ n. a lighthouse. আলোকিত a. lighted, illuminated. আলোকোজ্জ্বল a. illuminated; bright with light; lighted. 83)

(p. 232) kālimā blackness; darkness, gloom (মনের কালিমা); blemish; disrepute, a stigma (চরিত্রের কালিমা). ̃ময় a. dark, darkened with stigma; stigmatized; disgraceful, defamed. 21)

(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. 251) kṛṣṇa (myth.) an incarnation of God Vishnu or Narayana (নারায়ণ), Krishna who was one of the chief characters of the Mahabharata. a. black or deepblue or dark-complexioned (কৃষ্ণকায়, কৃষ্ণমেঘ); dark, gloomy (কৃষ্ণরাত্রি). কৃষ্ণ পাওয়া v. (usu. sarcas.) to have access to the eternal and celestial company of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) after one's death; to die. ̃কলি n. a flower-plant; its flower. ̃কায় a. dark-complexioned. ̃চন্দন n. the white Sandalwood, Santalum album. ̃চূড়া n. a flowering shrub; its red-coloured flower. ̃জীরে, ̃জীরক n. the black cummin. ̃তা n. blackness. ̃তিথি n. any of the lunar days of the dark fortnight. ̃পক্ষ n. the dark fortnight. ̃পক্ষীয় a. of the dark fortnight. ̃প্রাপ্তি n. access to the eternal and celestial company of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); death. ̃বর্ণ a. black, dark-coloured. n. black or dark colour. ̃বর্ত্মা n. fire; (myth. & astro.) the dragon's head, the ascending node. ˜ভক্ত a. devoted to Lord Krishna. n. a devotee of Lord Krishna. ̃মুগ n. a black variety of pigeon-pulse. ̃যাত্রা n. any of the openair dramatic performances enacting the life and activities of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃লোহিত a. & n. purple. ˜লৌহ n. a magnet. ̃সর্প n. a venomous black snake, the krait. ̃সার, ̃শার n. the antelope. ̃সারথি n. Arjuna (অর্জুন) of whom Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) is the charioteer as told in the Mahabharata. ̃সীস n. graphite, black lead. কৃষ্ণা a. fem. dark complexioned. n. a name of Draupadi (দ্রৌপদী) of the Mahabharata. কৃষ্ণাঙ্গ n. the black-skinned; the black people. a. black-skinned. opp. শ্বেতাঙ্গ । কৃষ্ণাগুরু same as কৃষ্ণচন্দন । কৃষ্ণাজিন n. skin of an antelope. কৃষ্ণাভ a. blackish; bluish; darkish. কৃষ্ণাষ্টমী n. the birth-day of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); the eighth lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month of Bhadra (ভাদ্র). 19)

(p. 449) tamasa darkness, gloom. 2)

(p. 449) tamasācchanna, tamasābṛta pervaded or overcast with darkness or gloom. 4)

(p. 449) tamasbinī full of darkness; dark, gloomy. n. fem. a dark night. 6)

(p. 449) tamisra darkness, gloom. a. dark, gloomy. তমিস্রা n. (ori. fem.) a dark night. a. (ori. fem.) full of darkness, dark, gloomy. 9)

(p. 457) timira darkness, gloom; cataract of the eye, blindness. তিমির নাশ করা v. to dispel or disperse darkness or gloom. ̃গর্ভ n. the dark interior. তিমিরাচ্ছন্ন a. beset or overcast with darkness. তিমিরাবগুণ্ঠিত a. veiled in darkness. তিমিরাবৃত a. covered with darkness. 89)

(p. 477) thamathama expressing: dreadful depth, silence and darkness (রাত থমথম করছে); swollenness with morbid humour or passion or glumness (মুখ থমথম করছে); filled with rain or overcast with cloud (আকাশ থমথম করছে); filled with dreadful uncertainty or suspense (সারা দেশ থমথম করছে). থমথমে a. dreadfully gloomy and dark; dreadfully still; swollen with morbid humour or passion or glumness; filled with rain or overcast with cloud; filled with dreadful uncertainty or suspense. 14)

(p. 545) dhbānta darkness, gloom. ধ্বান্তারি n. the sun (esp. when personified), (cp.) Sol. 39)

(p. 581) nirānanda cheerless; joyless, unhappy; sad, sullen, glum; gloomy (নিরানন্দ গৃহ). n. cheerlessness, unhappiness; sadness; gloominess. 17)

(p. 682) pradōṣa, pradōṣakāla evening; nightfall, evening twilight; night. প্রদোষান্ধকার n. the gloom of the evening. 30)

(p. 767) birasa having no or little juice; sapless, dry; dull, insipid; dispirited, displeased, sullen, glum (বিরস বদন). ̃তা n. want of juice or sap; dullness, insipidity, dispiritedness, displeasure, sullenness, glumness. বিরস বদন n. a glum face; a gloomy face. 55)

(p. 773) biṣaṇṇa sorrowful, sad, morose, glum, melancholy, depressed; gloomy, darkened (বিষণ্ণ আকাশ). fem. বিষণ্ণা । ̃চিত্ত a. sad at heart; down-hearted; down in the mouth, low-spirited. ̃তা n. sorrowfulness, sadness, moroseness, melancholy, depression; paleness; gloominess, gloom, darkness. ̃দৃষ্টি n. a sorrowful glance, a sad or sullen look. ̃নয়ন, ̃নেত্র n. sad eyes. ̃প্রকৃতি a. of a melancholy temperament; hypochondriac. ̃বদন, ̃মুখ a. having a sorrowful countenance, dejected. fem. ̃বদনা, ̃মুখী । 27)

(p. 813) bhārī1 heavy, weighty; large and heavy (ভারী দেহ); difficult, hard, serious (ভারী কাজ); important (ভারী লোক); having an important or grave air (ভারী চালচলন); great (ভারী আনন্দ বা দুঃখ); (sarcas.) nice (ভারী কথা); (sarcas.) too much (ভারী পড়া পড়ছে); afflicted, saddened, glum, sullen, morose (ভারী মন); gloomy (ভারী আবহাওয়া); (fig.) full of or abounding in money (ভারী পকেট). n. one who carries a load; a water-carrier, a bhisti. 31)

(p. 831) mana2 mind; heart; mental state, mood; mentality; feeling; consideration; memory; inclination, desire; attraction, attachment, interest; attention; earnestness, devotion; sincerity; choice; resolve, decision. মন আসা same as মন লাগা । মন ওঠা v. to be satisfied or pleased. মন করা v. to resolve, to make up one's mind; to have a mind; to agree, to condescend (আপনি মন করলে চাকরিটা হবে). মন কাড়া v. to captivate the mind, to capture the fancy of; to win one's heart. মন কেমন করা v. to be uneasy in mind; to be worried. মন খারাপ করা see খারাপ । মন খারাপ হওয়া v. to be out of hearts; to be out of humour; to be saddened. মন খোলা, মন খুলে বলা v. to speak one's mind; to open one's heart; to break one's mind. মন গলা v. to soften (towards), to melt. মন গলানো v. to melt one's heart. মন চাওয়া v. to be inclined to; to agree to. মন ছোটো হওয়া v. to become small-minded; to feel small; to be stricken with a sense of inferiority; to become ungenerous or niggardly; to lose heart, to become dejected. মন ছোটা v. to be stricken with an impetuous inclination towards or desire for; to be greatly attracted. মন জানা v. to learn or know one's mind. মন জোগানো v. to comply with one's orders or desires; to act to please another; to humour; to flatter. মন টলা v. to become perturbed or worried; to be in two minds, to waver; to be of two minds; to soften emotionally, to melt. মন টানা v. to attract; to incline; to have a mind. মন থাকা v. to have a desire for; to be inclined towards; to have interest in; to be attentive to. মন থেকে adv. sincerely; from the bottom of one's heart; by or out of one's imagination; (rare) from memory. মন দমা v. to become disheartened or discouraged. মন দেওয়া v. to apply one's mind to, to mind; to be earnest (মন দিয়ে কাজ করা); to pay attention or heed to; to fall in love with. মন পাওয়া v. to be able to please another; to win one's favour or love; to win the heart of. মনপ্রাণ দিয়ে চেষ্টা করা v. to try heart and soul. মন বসা same as মন লাগা । মন বিষানো v. to embitter or poison one's mind. মন ভাঙা v. to be disheartened or discouraged; to be broken-hearted or heart-broken. মন ভাঙানো v. to dishearten or discourage; to break one's heart; to prejudice one's mind (against), to earwig. মন ভোলানো v. to charm or captivate one's mind; to attract or please greatly; to win one's heart; to infatuate; to melt one's heart; to cajole; to take one's mind off (something). মন মাতানো v. to make one beside oneself with delight; to delight or please greatly. মন মানা v. to be consoled; to agree to accept at heart; to agree or consent to. মন রাখা same as মন জোগানো । মন লাগা v. to have a liking or inclination for; to have interest in; to have earnestness in. মন লাগানো v. to apply one's mind to, to attend to earnestly. মন সরা v. to have a desire for, to be willing (to). মন হওয়া v. to be inclined; to have half a mind; to become consented. মন হারানো v. to lose oneself; to lose one's heart; to be infatuated, to be greatly enamoured (of). মনে ওঠা v. to rise in one's mind, to occur to or strike one (ফন্দি মনে ওঠা); to be recollected (স্মৃতি মনে ওঠা). মনে করা v. to call to mind, to recollect; to resolve, to decide; to have a mind; to have half a mind; to feel; to suppose; to count, to regard, to consider, to think. মনে জাগা same as মনে ওঠা । মনে জানা v. to know or feel at heart. মনে থাকা v. to be remembered, to be retained in one's memory. মনে দাগ কাটা v. to impress one's mind indelibly; to bring home to; to make an imprint on one's mind; to occupy one's memory permanently. মনে ধরা v. to be to one's liking or choice; to be after one's heart. মনে নেওয়া v. to feel; to supose; to consider or think seriously. মনে পড়া v. to remember; to be recollected. মনে পুষে রাখা v. to nourish or cherish secretly at heart. মনে রাখা v. to remember; to bear or to keep in mind. মনে লাগা v. to be to one's liking, to be up to one's choice; to impress one's mind favourably; to be shocked or pained at heart; to feel or suppose. মনে স্হান দেওয়া to cherish or keep alive in one's heart. মনে হওয়া v. to feel; to suppose; to consider, to think; to count, to regard; to come to recollect; to appear; to seem. মনের আগুন mental anguish, heart-grief. মনের কথা one's secret thoughts and feelings and intentions, one's mind. মনের কালি the gloom of one's mind; sorrow, grief; illfeeling; malice; concealed vice. মনের গোল doubt; hesitation. মনের জোর a strong will; moral courage; self-confidence; morale. মনের ঝাল a grudge. মনের ঝাল মেটানো v. to feed one's grudge. মনের বিষ concealed envy or malice; canker of the mind. মনের ব্যথা mental anguish, heart's pang. মনের মতো same as মনোমতো । মনের ময়লা same as মনের কালি । মনের মানুষ a person after one's own heart; a favourite; a minion; a lover. মনের মিল amicability; agreement, accord. 57)

(p. 844) malina dirty, unclean; soiled; tarnished; dark (মলিন গাত্রবর্ণ); dim; dull; overcast, gloomy (মলিন আকাশ); glum; sorrowful, sad (মলিন মুখ). fem. মলিনা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব, মলিনিমা n. dirtiness, uncleanliness; soiled or tarnished state; darkness; dimness; dullness; gloominess; gloom; glumness; sadness. মলিনীকৃত a. made dirty or soiled. 22)