(p. 346) caturdaśa & a. fourteen. □ a. fourteenth. ̃পদী a. consisting of fourteen lines. চতুর্দশপদী কবিতা a quatorzain; a sonnet. চতুর্দশ পুরুষ fourteen generations in the ascending order such as the father, the grandfather etc.; the fourteenth generation. চতুর্দশ বিদ্যা the four Vedas, the six Vedangas (বেদাঙ্গ), the Mimamsas (মীমাংসা), logic, history and mythologies; all these collectively. চতুর্দশ ভুবন the seven heavens and the seven underworlds. চতুর্দশী n. fem. the fourteenth day of a lunar fortnight; a girl of fourteen. a. fem. fourteen years old. 4)

(p. 341) caṭā1 a thin slip of bamboo-wood, tin etc.; a lath, a splinter. 41)

(p. 355) cānakānō to excite into activity or to speed up, to make active or prompt (চাকরকে চানকানো, শরীর চানকানো); to brighten, to brush up, to polish (আসবাবপত্র চানকানো); to heat or fry slightly (মশলা চানকানো). 3)

(p. 355) cānā a kind of gram or chick-pea fried crisp. ̃চুর n. a crisp snack prepared by frying chick-pea, monkey-nuts and other things with salt and spices. 4)

(p. 351) carya that which is to be practised or observed. চর্যা n. practice or observance (ধর্মচর্যা, ব্রতচর্যা); observance of rules or routine (দিনচর্যা); culture (দেহচর্যা, সাহিত্যচর্যা); act of looking after (রোগীচর্যা). চর্যাপদ n. any of the lyrics composed by a sect of Buddhists about their religion and religious practice, supposed to be the earliest specimen of Bengali literature. 6)

(p. 341) caṭa1 expressing quickness, promptness (চট করে নিয়ে এসো). চট করে adv. promptly, quickly. 30)

(p. 349) carānō to cause to graze, to tend or feed (cattle); (derog.) to direct or govern, to make a person do everything one wishes him to do, to lead a person by the nose; (derog.) to teach (ছেলে চরানো). 8)

(p. 355) cāru beautiful, pleasant, charming, good-looking (চারুদর্শন, চারুনেত্র); fine, polite. ̃কলা n. fine art(s). ̃তা n. charm, handsomeness, loveliness; elegance, grace. ̃শীলা a. fem. having pleasing manners. ̃হাসিনী a. fem. having a charming smile. 45)

(p. 352) cāṭu1 a frying-pan. 65)

(p. 346) caturbhuja having four hands or arms; (geom.) rectilineal, quadrilateral. n. an appellation of Narayana (নারায়ণ) or Vishnu (বিষ্ণু); (geom.) a rectilineal or quadrilateral figure. 14)

(p. 352) cāka a wheel (কুমোর চাক); anything wheel-shaped (ছোলার চাক); hive (মৌচাক). 33)

(p. 355) cāndra lunar (চান্দ্রগতি, চান্দ্রমাস) ̃মাস n. a lunar month. 5)

(p. 351) calanta moving, going, passing, running, in motion, on the move. 14)

(p. 346) catuṣpada a quadruped animal; a beast. a. quadruped, four-footed; (fig.) as foolish as a beast. চতুষ্পদী n. fem. a four-lined or four-footed stanza, a quatrain. 22)

(p. 348) campā1 the name of an ancient Indian city. 21)