(p. 77) ardhāśana underfeeding; imperfect nutrition or feeding, a starvation diet or meal. 15)

(p. 30) anunāsika speaking through the nose; nasal. n. (gr.) a nasal sound or a letter representing this sound (e.g. ঙ্, ঞ্, ণ্, ন্, ম্, ং,). অনুনাসিক সুরে in a nasal tone or voice. 86)

(p. 63) abhinētā (in a film or drama) an actor. 79)

(p. 56) abistṛta not spread out; composed; compact; concise; precise, brief. 131)

(p. 41) apanēẏa removable, effaceable; eliminable; revocable. 79)

(p. 83) aṣṭa eight. ̃ক n. any collection of eight, an octave; a book containing eight chapters; a verse containing eight couplets. a. eight. ̃আশি see অষ্টাশি । ̃কোণ n. (geom.) an octagon. a. octagonal ̃কোণী a. octagonal. ̃গুণ a. multiplied by eight, eightfold. n. eight times. ̃চত্বারিংশ a. forty-eighth. ̃চত্বারিংশত্ n. & a. forty-eight. ˜চত্বারিংশত্তম a. forty-eighth. fem. ̃চত্বারিংশত্তমী । ̃দিকপাল n. the eight guardian deities of the eight points of the earth. ̃ধা adv. & a. eight times; eightfold; in eight ways. ̃ধাতু n. the eight metals; gold, silver, copper, bronze, bell-metal, zinc, lead and iron. ̃নবতি n. & a. ninety-eight. ˜নবতিতম a. ninety-eighth. fem. ̃নবতিতমী । ̃নাগ n. (myth.) the eight chief snakes. ̃নায়িকা n. the eight minor goddesses; the eight manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); (lit.) eight moods of the heroine or the sweetheart (namely, going to assignation, expecting her lover to come to her bed-chamber, worried owing to sudden absence of her lover, deceived by her lover, stricken with anger and jealousy on observing on the person of her lover signs indicating that he had been to another woman, feeling miserable for having quarrelled with and sent back her lover, enjoying domineering control over her lover, and separated from her lover as he has gone abroad). ̃পঞ্চাশত্ n. & a. fifty-eight. ˜পঞ্চাশত্তম a. fifty-eighth. fem. ̃পঞ্চাশত্তমী । ̃পাদ a. octopod. n. an octopod; the spider; a mythological octopod said to be even stronger than the lion (cp. octopus, শরভ). ̃প্রহর n. a whole day and night, twenty-four hours, a form of collective religious chanting by the Hindus continuing for twenty-four hours at a stretch. adv. throughout the whole day and night; always; ceaselessly. ̃বজ্র n. the eight infallible weapons of the eight principal gods. ̃বজ্রমিলন n. simultaneous hurling of অষ্টবজ্র,, which causes the destruction of the universe; precipitation of a highly explosive condition. ̃বসু n. the eight demi-gods (see বসু). ̃বিধ a. of eight kinds. ̃ভুজ a. eight-handed, octagonal. n. an octagon. ̃ভুজা a. & n. fem. of অষ্টভুজ । □ n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃ভৈরব n. the eight terrible manifestations of Shiva (শিব). অষ্টম a. eighth. ̃মঙ্গলা n. a manifestation of Durga (দুর্গা); the custom according to which the newly-wed groom comes back to the father-in-law's house with his wife on the eighth day of marriage. অষ্টমবর্ষীয় a. of or in the eighth year; eight years old. অষ্টমবাত্সরিক, অষ্টমবার্ষিক a. of the eighth year. ̃মাংশ n. one-eighth; the eighth part. ̃মী n. fem. the eighth day of either fortnight of a lunar month. a. fem. eighth; eight years old. ̃মূর্তি n. the eight manifestations of Shiva (শিব). ̃রম্ভা n. (pop.) a mere nothing, a hoax, a mare's nest; a fiasco. ̃ষষ্টি n. & a. sixty-eight. ˜ষষ্টিতম a. sixty-eighth. ̃সপ্ততি n. & a. seventy-eight. ˜সপ্ততিতম a. seventy-eighth. ̃সিদ্ধি n. the eight superhuman qualities attainable by ascetical or austere practice. 17)

(p. 20) adhibēttā a man who marries a second time with first wife still living. 24)

(p. 56) abāṅāli a non-Bengali; contrary to customs or characteristics or practices of the Bengali. 56)

(p. 48) apēkṣamāṇa in the state of waiting or awaiting. 65)

(p. 17) adūra not distant, not far; near, close, yonder. ̃দর্শিতা. n. absence or lack of foresight; imprudence. ̃দর্শী a. bereft of foresight; imprudent. fem. ̃দর্শিনী i ̃বর্তিতা n. state of being not at a distance; nearness, proximity. ̃বর্তী a. not in a distant position; proximate; near, yonder. fem. ̃বর্তিনী, ̃বদ্ধ a. having a short or limited range. ̃বদ্ধ দৃষ্টি. short-sightedness. ̃ভবিষ্যত্ n. near future. ̃স্হ same as ̃বর্তী । অদূরে adv. not far; near, close by. 31)

(p. 20) adhiṣṭhātā dwelling or living or existing; present; governing, directing, controlling; presiding; holding (an office or a post); possessing, occupying. n. a dweller; a governor; a director; a controller; a president; one who is present; one who holds (an office or a post); a possessor, an occupier. fem. অধিষ্ঠাত্রী । অধিষ্ঠাত্রী দেবী n. a presiding deity. 46)

(p. 90) astōnmukha about to go down below the horizon, about to set; setting. 42)

(p. 20) adhimāṃsa an abscess; a tumour; an eye-disease. 29)

(p. 41) antya last, ultimate; final; extreme; inferior, base, low; remaining; born of a Shudra (শূদ্র) family. ̃জ a. low-born; base; mean. n. a low-born person; a low caste, a depressed class; one of the Shudra (শূদ্র) or the Chandala (চণ্ডাল) community. ̃বর্ণ n. the last letter of a word. 10)

(p. 63) abhisampāta a curse, imprecation, malediction. অভিসম্পাত দেওয়া v. to curse, to imprecate. 137)