(p. 327) grahāntara another planet. 12)

(p. 308) girā1 a knot. 46)

(p. 321) gōpāla2 a milkman (by caste or profession); a cowherd; a name of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); a king; a son (নন্দগোপাল, আদুরে গোপাল). আদুরে গোপাল an over-indulged son; a pampered child; a son spoilt by over-indulgence. 30)

(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. 327) grāha act of taking or receiving; seizure; appropriation; enlightenment; knowledge; cognition; comprehension; understanding; intelligence; solicitation or insistence; earnestness, zeal; the crocodile, the alligator, the shark etc. গ্রাহক a. one who takes or receives; one who buys or subscribes. n. a recipient; a buyer, subscriber. fem. গ্রাহিকা । গ্রাহকশ্রেণিভুক্ত করা v. to enlist or enrol as a subscriber. গ্রাহিতা n. practice of taking or receiving or seizing; (phys.) susceptibility (চৌম্বক গ্রাহিতা). গ্রাহী a. & n. one who or that which takes or receives; one who or that which seizes or appropriates; one who or that which comprehends or appreciates or acknowledges (গুণগ্রাহী); one who or that which attracts (চিত্তগ্রাহী); astringent. গ্রাহী সেল (phys.) a secondary cell. 28)

(p. 314) guli2 any small round ball; a globule; a pill (as of medicine); either of the biceps or triceps or either of the hough muscles; a pill or preparation of opium for smoking; a bullet, ammunition. গুলি করা v. to shoot, to fire. গুলি খাওয়া v. to be shot (with a bullet); to smoke opium. ̃খোর a. addicted to smoking opium. n. one who smokes opium, an opiumaddict; an opium-smoker. গুলিখোরি (গুলিখুরি) গল্প fantastic or wholly incredible story, cock-and-bull story. ̃ডাণ্ণ্ডা n. tip-cat. ̃বিদ্ধ a. pierced by a bullet, wounded by a bullet, hit by a bullet. 43)

(p. 326) gaurī having a cream-coloured complexion tinged with red; (loos.) faircomplexioned. n. a woman or a girl having a cream-coloured complexion tinged with red; Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); an unmarried girl of eight years. ̃কান্ত n. an appellation of Shiva (শিব). ̃দান n. giving away in marriage an under-age girl; giving away in marriage an eightyear old Hindu girl. ̃পট্ট n. the pedestal symbolizing Gauri (গৌরী) or Durga on which the symbol of Shiva is placed. ̃শঙ্কর n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) and Shiva (শিব); Mount Everest. 5)

(p. 301) garba pride; conceit; vanity; boasting, bragging; an object of pride or glory (রবীন্দ্রনাথ ভারতের গর্ব, এই ছবিখানি তার গর্ব) গর্ব করা v. to pride (in); to boast, to brag. ̃শূন্য a. free from pride; modest; unpretentious. গর্বিত, গর্বী a. proud; conceited; vain, vainglorious; boastful, braggart. fem. গর্বিতা, গর্বিণী । গর্ব্বোজ্জ্বল a. radiant with pride or glory. গর্বোদ্ধত a. arrogant and vainglorious. 10)

(p. 321) gōbadha cow-slaughter. 44)

(p. 301) galana act of being melted, melting; act of passing through; act of being overwhelmed; softening; act of bursting open and secreting morbid matter. গলনাঙ্ক n. melting-point. 29)

(p. 291) gaja1 gauze (ঘায়ের মধ্যে গজ ঢোকানো) গজ ঢোকানো v. to put a piece of gauze into. 12)

(p. 321) gōbaidya a cow leech, a cow's doctor; (contem. or ridi.) a medical quack. 54)

(p. 321) gōsāpa the iguana. 109)

(p. 308) gālā2 to melt; to press out or squeeze out the matter (usu. morbid matter) of something (ফোঁড়া গালা); to cause to flow out (ভাতের ফেন গালা); to strain; to utter (দিব্যি গালা). 31)

(p. 296) gadagada a voice made indistinct with excessive emotion. a. overwhelmed with emotion, ecstatic (গদগদচিত্ত); one whose voice has been choked with emotion (গদগদ হওয়া); choked or confused with excessive emotion (গদগদ ভাষা). 14)