(p. 721) basanta the spring season, spring, the springtime; pox, small-pox, chickenpox; an Indian musical mode. ̃কাল n. the spring season, the spring time, spring. ̃কালীন a. of spring; vernal. ̃দূত n. the messenger of spring; the cuckoo. ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the light fortnight of Magh (মাঘ) when Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী) is worshipped. ̃বায়ু n. vernal breeze, the south wind. ̃সখ n. the friend of spring; the cuckoo. ̃সখা n. one attended upon by Spring; Madana (মদন) the Hindu god of love. বসন্তের কোকিল (fig.) a fair-weather friend. বসন্তোত্সব n. the spring festival; the festival of holi (হোলী). 177)