(p. 9) aṅgīkāra promise or undertaking; promising; acceptance. অঙ্গীকার করা v. to promise; to give an undertaking; to accept. 25)

(p. 26) anārabdha not (yet) begun or commenced; not (yet) undertaken. 73)

(p. 123) ārabdha that which has been undertaken or begun. আরব্ধ কার্য n. a task undertaken or commenced. 38)

(p. 123) ārabhamāṇa in a state of being commenced or undertaken; about to commence. 39)

(p. 143) uccāṭana eradication, extirpation; act of agitating; agitation; act of tormenting, oppression, persecution; anxiety, state of suspense; a kind of pseudo-spiritual practice undertaken to persecute an enemy. 33)

(p. 157) udyōktā one who makes preparations for or gets ready for; one who undertakes an enterprise; one who is on the point of undertaking or is about to undertake. 36)

(p. 157) udyōga act or state of being on the point of; preparation; endeavour, effort; enterprise; assiduity; industry. উদ্যোগ করা বা নেওয়া v. to be on the point of; to make preparations, to get ready; to endeavour; to (be about to) undertake an enterprise. উদ্যোগী a. enterprising; endeavouring; assiduous; on the point of, ready (for). উদ্যোগী হওয়া v. to be on the point of, to get ready for; to undertake an enterprise; to endeavour; to be assiduous; to come forward; to take the initiative. 37)

(p. 159) upakrama state or being on the point of or about to; endeavour, effort; beginning, commencement, start, outset. উপক্রম করা v. to be about to or on the point of; to endeavour; to be about to commence. উপক্রম হওয়া v. to be about to be or on the point of being; to be about to be commenced. ̃ণিকা n. beginning, commencement, outset; an introduction, a preface, a prelude. ̃ণীয় a. that which should be begun or undertaken. 49)

(p. 159) upakrānta begun; commenced; started, undertaken. 50)

(p. 194) kapāla the skull, the cranium; the forehead; a beggar's bowl; a shred of an earthen pitcher. কপাল চাপড়ানো v. to beat one's forehead in despair; to complain bitterly against bad luck. কপাল ঠোকা v. to strike one's forehead against something (in order to express grief, complaint etc.); to try one's luck; to undertake a venture abandoning oneself into the hands of destiny. কপাল পোড়া v. to lose the favour of fortune, to be down on one's luck; (coll.) to become a widow, (of women) to be widowed. কপাল ফেরা v. to win the favour of fortune; to improve one's state and position; to begin to flourish; to be on the rise. কপাল ভাঙা same as কপাল পোড়া । কপালের লিখন decree of fate or providence. ̃ক্রমে adv. luckily, fortunately; by luck; as luck would have it; unfortunately, unluckily (কপালক্রমে সুযোগ হারানো) ̃জোর, জোর কপাল n. good luck, good fortune. ̃গুণে, ̃জোরে adv. by good luck (and esp. by chance). ̃পোড়া a. luckless, down on one's luck, unfortunate. ̃ভৃত্, ̃মালী, কপালী n. appellations of Shiva (শিব) ̃মালিনী, কপালিনী n. fem. appellations of Goddess Kali (কালী) কপালিয়া, কপালে a. fortunate, lucky, favoured by fortune. হায় কপাল int. oh dear! dear me! 145)

(p. 202) kabulati, kabuliẏata a deed of agreement in which a tenant undertakes to pay the landowner rents regularly, a counterlease; a note of acknowledgement. 20)

(p. 208) karma a work, an action, a deed, an activity; a duty, a task; use, service (এ ঘড়ি কোনো কর্মের নয়); ceremony, a rite (ক্রিয়াকর্ম, শ্রাদ্ধকর্ম); profession; function; a purpose (কোন কর্মে এসেছ); effect, good result (এতে কর্ম হবে না) (gr.) an object. ̃কর্তা n. a supervisor or manager of an affair. ̃কর্তৃবাচ্য n. (gr.) the quasi-passive voice. ̃কাণ্ড n. a part of the Vedas dealing with rituals; actions; functions; ceremonies. ̃কারক n. a doer, a worker, a performer; (gr.) the objective or accusative case. ̃কারী a. of one who does or works or performs. n. a doer, a worker, a performer. ̃কুণ্ঠ a. averse to work, unwilling to work, lazy. ̃কুশল a. efficient, expert; adroit. ̃ক্লান্ত a. tired with work, fatigued. ̃ক্ষম a. capable of working; able; active. ̃ক্ষমতা n. ability to work; working power. ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a field or sphere of activity; a place of work. ̃খালি n. situation vacant. ̃চারী n. an employee; an officer. ̃চ্যুত a. dismissed or removed from service; cashiered. ̃চ্যুতি n. dismissal or removal from service; cashierment. ̃জীবন n. the period of life during which a person works, active part of one's life; service life; practical life. ̃জ্ঞ a. conversant with religious rites and duties. ̃ঠ a. active; hard-working; industrious. ̃ণ্য a. capable of working; able; active; serviceable. ̃ত্যাগ n. act of giving up a job, resignation; act of leaving or abandoing a work; retirement from service. কর্ম ত্যাগ করা v. to give up a job, to resign; (rare) to retire from service. ̃দক্ষ a. efficient, expert; adroit. ̃দোষ crime or sin of evil-doing or wrong-doing; a sin; misfortune (esp. which is caused by one's evil doing or wrong-doing in this life or in a previous life). ̃ধারা n. same as কর্মপ্রণালী । ̃নাশা a. & n. one who or that which spoils or bungles a work or works. ˜নিয়োগ কেন্দ্র n. employment exchange. ̃নিষ্ঠ a. devoted to one's work; dutiful; industrious. ̃নিষ্ঠা n. devotion to work. ̃নীতি n. policy of action. ̃পঞ্জি, ̃পঞ্জী n. a case-book. ̃পথ n. path or field of work; line of action; active life. ̃পদ্ধতি, ̃প্রণালী n. method or system of working. ̃পন্হা n. course of action. ̃ফল n. consequences of one's actions (esp. of a previous life) that governs one's weal or woe. ̃বশত adv. on business. ̃বাচ্য n. (gr.) the passive voice. ̃বাদ n. the doctrine that action is the chief end of life or that for the final liberation of one's soul one has to resort to action (and not to thought or meditation alone), the doctrine of action. ̃বাদী a. preaching or obeying or inspired by the doctrine of action. n. one who preaches or obeys the doctrine of action. ̃বিধি n. rules of action. ̃বিপাক n. consequences (now usu. evil ones) of one's action (esp. those governing one's weal or woe). ̃বীর n. an untiring worker; an uncommonly active person; a performer of great deeds; a great worker. ̃ভূমি n. the scene or field of one's action; the earthly life. ̃ভোগ n. enjoyment of pleasures or (more generally) suffering from the unpleasant consequences of one's actions; fruitless suffering or labour. ̃ময় a. full of actions; extremely active. ̃যোগ n. the system of purifying one's soul by means of action. ̃যোগী a. & n. one who practises this system; (fig.) one who works most sincerely; one who works sincerely and relentlessly. ̃রত a. engaged in work. ̃শালা n. a workshop; a smithy; an atelier; a studio; a place of work or business. ̃শীল a. possessing active habits; engaged in work; active; devoted to work. ̃শীলতা n. active habits; engagement in work; fullness of activity; devotion to work. ̃সচিব n. a (chief) executive officer; a secretary. ̃সাক্ষী n. any of the natural elements who witness all actions; a witness of an act. ̃সাধন n. execution of a work or task, performance or accomplishment of a deed. কর্ম সাধন করা v. to execute a work or task, to perform or accomplish a deed. ̃সাপেক্ষ a. depending on work or action. ̃সিদ্ধি n. success in or accomplishment of an undertaking. ̃সূচি n. programme of work; programme to be undertaken. ̃সূত্র a. the bond of action; the course of business. ̃সূত্রে adv. on business or in course of business. ̃স্হল, ̃স্হান same as কর্মক্ষেত্র । যেমন কর্ম তেমন ফল as you brew so you drink, as you sow so you reap. ̃হীন a. devoid of work; with no work on hand; without employment. 14)

(p. 228) kārakita thoroughly equipped or made fit. n. cultivation. কারকিত করা v. to equip thoroughly; to undertake all necessary arrangements to make (anything) fit; to cultivate or dress (land). 9)

(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. 271) khata a letter or a chit, a note; a note of hand, a promissory note, a debenture, a loan-bond; a written undertaking (দাসখত); act of rubbing esp. on the ground (নাকে খত). নাকে খত দেওয়া v. to rub one's nose on the ground (as a mark of undergoing punishment). 54)

(p. 291) gaṅgā the Ganges, the Ganga; a river; a wife of Shiva (শিব). (poet.) গঙ্গা, গঙ্গজ a. Gangetic; riverine. গঙ্গাজলি1 n. act of putting the water of the Ganges into the mouth of a dying person; act of swearing by taking the water of the Ganges in one's palm. গঙ্গাজলি2 a. having the colour of the water of the Ganges, of a brownish cream colour. ̃তীর n. bank of the Ganges. ̃ধর n. an appellation of Shiva (শিব). ̃পুত্র n. (in the Mahabharata) Bhishma; one belonging to a Hindu caste whose business is to cremate or to help cremation, (cp.) an undertaker by caste. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. (lit.) one whose mortal remains have been thrown in the Ganges; dead. গঙ্গাপ্রাপ্ত হওয়া v. to die (esp. holily). ̃প্রাপ্তি n. death (esp. in a holy manner). ̃ফড়িং n. the grasshopper (of the green and large variety). ̃বাসী a. living near or on the bank of the Ganges; riverine. ̃মাহাত্ম্য n. the glory of the Ganges; a hymn glorifying the Ganges. ̃যমুনা n. the Ganges and the Jumna or their confluence. a. black-and-white; mixed with gold and silver, bimetallic. ̃যাত্রা n. act of carrying a dying person to the bank of the Ganges. গঙ্গাযাত্রা করা v. to be carried to the bank of the Ganges on the eve of one's death. গঙ্গাযাত্রা করানো v. to carry (a dying person) to the bank of the Ganges. ̃যাত্রী n. a person who is being carried to the bank of the Ganges on the eve of his death; a dying man; a pilgrim to the mouth of the Ganges esp. on a holy occasion. fem. ̃যাত্রিণী । ̃লাভ same as গঙ্গাপ্রাপ্তি । ̃সংগম, ̃সাগর n. the confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, the mouth of the Ganges. ̃স্নান n. bathing in the Ganges. গঙ্গাস্নান করা v. to bathe in the Ganges; (fig.) to cleanse oneself of guilt, sin etc. to make oneself pure. 6)

(p. 436) ḍōma a Hindu caste whose duty is to burn the dead and look after the crematorium; a member of this caste (cp. an undertaker). fem. ডোমনি, ডুমনি । 30)

(p. 550) nagada cash money or cash price, cash (নগদ দিয়ে কেনা, নগদ কত আছে ?). a. cash (নগদ টাকা বা দাম); (fig.) prompt, immediate, ready (নগদ জবাব). নগদ কারবার a cash transaction. নগদ বিক্রয় cash sale. নগদ বিদায় ready payment in cash of wages, charges, fees etc. on execution of the job undertaken; (loos.) ready payment in cash; (fig.) prompt or ready dismissal. নগদা a. cash (নগদা দাম); ready (নগদা কারবার); working for ready payment in cash (নগদা মজুর). নগদানগদি a. & adv. strictly on cash. নগদি n. an armed footman of a landowner etc. collecting rents, issuing summons etc., (cp.) a bailiff. 15)

(p. 684) prabṛtta engaged in, occupied with; induced to; undertaken or commenced. প্রবৃত্ত করা v. to set (one) to; to induce. প্রবৃত্ত হওয়া v. to set about, to be engaged in; to commence. প্রবৃত্তি n. act or state of being engaged in or occupied with or initiated to, engagement, occupation, initiation; inclination, tendency; desire; propensity; taste, appetite (আহারের প্রবৃত্তি নেই). প্রবৃত্তি মার্গ n. worldly life (as a way to salvation). 26)

(p. 696) prārabdha commenced, started; taken on hand, undertaken (প্রারব্ধ কর্ম). n. destiny, fate; the consequences of activities of a previous birth, which have begun to take effect ('ভোগদ্বারা প্রারব্ধের ক্ষয়') । 6)

(p. 746) bārabēlā (astrol.) a part of the day regarded as inauspicious for undertaking any important work (religious or other). 12)

(p. 760) bidhēẏa lawful, rightful; proper; that should be done or undertaken; predicable. n. (gr. & log.) a predicate; (phil.) a predicable. 16)

(p. 779) buka1 the chest, the breast; the measure of the chest; (fig.) the heart, the bosom. বুক চাপড়ানো v. to beat or slap one's own breast in order to express grief. ̃জল n. chest-high water. ̃জ্বালা n. burning pain in chest owing to acidity; heart-burn. বুক ঠোকা v. to strike one's own breast in order to parade one's courage. বুক ঠুকে লাগা v. to undertake or commence something slapdash. বুক ঢিপঢিপ করা same as বুক দুরদুর করা । বুক দশ হাত হওয়া same as বুক ফুলে ওঠা । বুক দিয়ে পড়া v. to set about with might and main; to come to help with might and main; to persevere doggedly. বুক দুরদুর করা to have palpitation, to feel nervous. ̃ফাটা a. heartrending, extremely doleful or pathetic. বুক ফাটা v. to feel one's heart to be rending (with grief, longing etc.). বুক ফাটে তো মুখ ফোটে না although one is extremely eager to speak out one's mind, the tongue obstinately keeps mum. বুক ফুলে ওঠা v. to be puffed up. বুক ফোলানো v. (lit.) to expand one's chest; (fig.) to be puffed up. বুক বাঁধা v. to be patient and courageous in danger or difficulty, to take heart. বুক বাঁড়া v. to grow audacious. বুক ভাঙা v. to break one's heart; to be heart-broken. ̃ভাঙা a. heart-breaking, extremely painful; broken-hearted. বুক শুকানো v. to have one's heart in one's mouth. বুকে ঢেঁকির পাড় পড়া to be stricken with extreme inward agitation on account of fear or malice. বুকে বসে দাড়ি ওপড়ানো to harm one who provides food and shelter. বুকে বাঁশ দেওয়া see বাঁশ । বুকের ছাতি, বুকের পাটা expanse or measure of one's chest; (fig.) daring, pluck, courage. বুকের রক্ত চোষা to send one slowly to death by means of oppression. বুকের রক্ত দেওয়া (fig.) to spend one's lifeblood for; (fig.) to sacrifice one's life. বুকে হাঁটা to crawl. বুকে হাত দিয়ে বলা to say sincerely, to say or utter in keeping with the dictates of one's conscience; to say or utter with courage or sincerity. 12)

(p. 800) brata a vow (religious or secular); practice of ascetical austerities in order to attain something (বিদ্যালাভের ব্রত); firm resolve attended with untiring endeavour (অর্থোপার্জনের ব্রত); penance (চান্দ্রায়াণব্রত). a. (used as a sfx.) undertaking or observing a vow (পুণ্যব্রত). ব্রত আচরণ বা পালন করা v. to observe a vow. ব্রত উদযাপন করা v. to fulfil a vow. ̃কথা n. holy or religious story, sacred story that is listened to as a penance. ব্রত গ্রহণ বা ধারণ করা, ব্রত নেওয়া v. to take a vow; to start practising certain religious rites. 5)

(p. 813) bhāra gravity, heaviness, weight; load, burden, pressure (ঋণভার); responsibility, encumbrance (সংসারভার) charge, trust (কর্মভার); collection, a heap, clump (কেশভার); a bamboo pole borne on one'e shoulders for carrying loads hanging from its either extremities (ভারে-ভারে দই); a weight put on a scalepan to bring it into equipoise with the other scalepan. a. heavy, weighty, burdensome, unbearable, intolerable, burdensome, unbearable, intolerably miserable (জীবন ভার হওয়া); difficult (দেখা পাওয়া ভার); indisposed, feeling sick (দেহ ভার ঠেকা); affected with huff, sulky (মন ভার). ভার করা v. to darken with huff or to sulk (মুখ ভার করা); to become indisposed or sick. ভার চাপানো, ভার দেওয়া v. to load: to burden; to put a weight (as on a scalepan); to encumber; to entrust (one) with the charge of. ভার নেওয়া v. to carry burden or weight; to be loaded; to undertake a charge. ভার বওয়া v. to carry burden or weight; to shoulder a charge. ̃কেন্দ্র n. (mech.) the centre of gravity. ̃গ্রস্ত a. burdened, encumbered. ̃বাহ, ̃বাহক, ̃বাহী a. carrying load or weight. ভারবাহী ঘোড়া a pack-horse, a draught horse, a sumpter, ভারবাহী পশু a pack-animal, a beast of burden, a draught animal. ̃মধ্যে, ̃মধ্যবিন্দু same as ̃কেন্দ্র । ̃শঙ্কু n. a lever. ̃সহ a. capable of bearing or withstanding load or pressure. ̃সাম্য n. (chiefly pol.) balance of power; equilibrium. ̃হীন a. not heavy, light; not loaded; unburdened; unencumbered; having no charge; weightless (on account of absence of gravity) 19)