(p. 457) tila sesame, til; a very small blotch on the body (usu. a birth-mark); a very small coin or its value (=1/8 cowrie); an iota (এক তিল পরিমাণ). n. not even an iota, least ('তিল ঠাঁই আর নাহি রে '). ̃কাঞ্চন n. act of performing one's sraddha (শ্রাদ্ধ) ceremony only by offering handfuls of til and an iota of gold. ̃কল্ক, ̃কিট্ট n. oil-cake of sesamum. ̃কুট, ̃কুটো n. a sweetmeat or toffee made of powdered til. তিলকে তাল করা (fig.) to exaggerate beyond measure, to make a mountain of a mole-hill. তিল তিল করে little by little. ̃তুলসী n. til and basil (these are considered holy by Hindus, and one holds them in one's hand whilst taking a vow or offers them to a deity etc. as a mark of complete submission). ̃তেল n. til-oil. ̃মাত্র, তিলার্ধ, একতিল n. even an iota. a. even an iota of, slightest. adv. even to the slightest amount or measure or degree, at all (তিলমাত্র বিশ্বাস করা); even for a moment (তিলমাত্র অপেক্ষা করা). তিলে তিলে same as তিল তিল । 102)

(p. 457) tilāñjali act of performing sraddha (শ্রাদ্ধ) ceremony by offering handfuls of sesame and water; (fig.) complete abandonment or estrangement ('তিলাঞ্জলি দিনু কুললাজে'). 106)

(p. 492) dāna2 act of giving; act of giving away; bestowal; award; charitable giving or distribution (অন্নদান); act of giving in marriage (কন্যাদান); offering, sacrifice, dedication (পরার্থে জীবনদান); contribution; a gift or a charitable gift (মহামূল্য দান); an offering, a sacrifice; a donation; a throw or cast (at dice. etc.); a turn (for doing something). দান করা v. to give; to give away; to give or distribute in charity; to donate, to contribute; to bestow; to confer; to award; to give in marriage; to offer, to sacrifice; to dedicate. ̃কর্ম, ̃কার্য n. practice of charity; act or instance of charity. ̃কাতর, ̃কুন্ঠ a. slow or unwilling to give, not charitable; miserly, parsimonious, stingy, close-fisted, niggardly. ̃খয়রাত n. bounty, charity; charitable deeds; act or practice of charity. ̃ধর্ম n. the virtue of charity. ̃ধ্যান n. charity and religious meditation. ̃পত্র n. a deed of gift. ̃বীর a. & n. one who is extremely (lit. heroically) bountiful. ˜যোগ্য a. worthy of being given. ̃শীল a. bountiful, munificent, charitable, generous. ̃শীলতা n. bounty, munificence, charity; generosity. ̃শৌন্ড same as দানবীর । ̃সজ্জা n. (in a wedding) display of gifts given to the bride and the bridegroom. ̃সত্র n. an almshouse; a charitable institution. ̃সাগর n. sixteen sets of gifts given in a sraddha (শ্রাদ্ধ) ceremony. ̃সামগ্রী n. an article of gift (esp. one given to the bride or bridegroom at a wedding). যেমন দান তেমনি দক্ষিণা (fig.) a niggardly master will have a lazy servant. 40)

(p. 951) śrāddha a respectful and well-wishing offering to the manes, obsequies, sraddha; (sarcas.) extravagant use or spending, waste; (কথার শ্রাদ্ধ, টাকার শ্রাদ্ধ); (rather vul.) tremendous persecution or utter ruin; vituperation; (sl.) an undesirable affair. শ্রাদ্ধ করা v. to perform one's sraddha ceremony; (sarcas.) to use or spend extravagantly; to waste, (rather vul.) to persecute tremendously or ruin utterly; to revile. শ্রাদ্ধ খাওয়া v. to partake of the feast given on the occasion of a sraddha ceremony. শ্রাদ্ধ গড়াবে v. (sl.) the (undesirable) affair will go a long way. ̃কার্য, ̃ক্রিয়া n. (performance of) obsequies or sraddha. ̃শান্তি n. sraddha and similar other rites so that the manes enjoy blessed peace. 109)

(p. 961) ṣōḍ়śa sixteen; a Hindu system of performing a sraddha ceremony in which sixteen different articles are given away. a. sixteen; sixteenth. ষোড়শাংশ n. a sixteenth part; one-sixteenth. ষোড়শী a. fem. sixteenth; sixteen years old. n. fem. one of the ten manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); a sixteen year old woman. ষোড়শোপচার n. sixteen different articles required for a perfect worship. ষোড়শোপচারে adv. with all the necessary sixteen articles; (fig.) thoroughly; sumptuously. 27)