(p. 291) gaja4 the elephant; (in chess) the bishop; a very small variety of worm (গজভুক্ত কপিত্থ). ̃কচ্ছপ n. (myth.) two brothers, who contended with each other for the possession of their paternal wealth, were turned into a huge elephant and a huge tortoise, in their new shapes too they went on fighting frightfully and relentlessly; (fig.) two terrible contestants; (hum.) a man of elephantine build. গজকচ্ছপের যুদ্ধ (fig.) a relentless encounter between equals; Greek meeting Greek. ̃কুম্ভ n. a globular appendage on the forehead of the elephant ̃গতি, ̃গমন n. slow and majestic or stately gait (of a well-built person) resembling that of an elephant. a. moving majestically like an elephant. ̃গামিনী a. fem. mounted on an elephant; moving majestically like an elephant. n. such a woman or girl. masc. (a. & n.). ˜গামী । ̃ঘন্টা n. a bell tied round an elephant's neck to warn the passers-by from a distance. ̃চক্ষু n. a very small and squint eye. a. one with such an eye. ̃দন্ত1 n. ivory.̃দন্ত2 n. an extra tooth (of a man) growing in front of another. ̃ন্দর a. very big; fat; pot-bellied. ̃পতি n. a leader amongst the wild elephants. ̃বীথি n. an orderly line of elephants. ̃ভুক্ত a. eaten by an elephant; eaten by a small worm called গজ (see above). ̃ভুক্তকপিত্থবত্ a. & adv. like a sour wood-apple eaten up by worms (a গজ worm enters unnoticeably into a sour wood-apple and eats up the whole of its kernel); (fig.) utterly hollow though looking full. ̃মোতি, (inc.) ̃মতি, ̃মুক্তা n. any of the costly pearls which, according to fables, are shed from an elephant's head. ̃যূথ n. a herd of elephants. ̃রাজ same as গজপতি । 15)
