(p. 24) ananta endless; boundless; unlimited; inexhaustible; everlasting, eternal; imperishable. n. Vishnu (বিষ্ণু); Shesha (শেষ) the thousand-headed king of snakes; an ornament, an armlet. ̃কাল n. eternity. ̃কালব্যাপী, ̃কালস্হায়ী a. eternal. everlasting. অনন্তকাল ধরে adv. for ever. ̃চতুর্দশী n. the fourteenth day of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadra (ভাদ্র); a religious penance observed on this day. ̃দেব n. Shesha (শেষ) the king of snakes. ̃নিদ্রা n. Vishnu's sleep on the person of Ananta (অনন্ত) the snake-king; everlasting or eternal sleep; (fig.) death. ̃নিদ্রায় নিদ্রিত sleeping the sleep that knows no breaking, sleeping eternal sleep, dead. ̃প্রকার a. of endless or countless varieties. ̃বীর্য a. of endless or inexhaustible strength or virility. ̃প্রভাব n. incessant or endless current or flow. ̃মূল n. a medicinal root. ̃রূপ, ̃রূপী a. of endless forms or shapes; of endless manifestations. ̃শয়ন, ̃শয্যা n. use of the person of Anantadeva (অনন্তদেব) by Vishnu as his bed; (fig.) death. ̃শীর্ষ a. hydra-headed. 16)

(p. 561) nāga the snake, the serpent; the elephant (দিঙ্নাগ). অষ্টনাগ n. (myth.) the eight chief snakes collectively. ̃কেশর n. a kind of flower or its plant. ̃দন্ত n. a tusk of an elephant; ivory. ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month of Shravan (শ্রাবণ) when Goddess Manasa (মনসা) is worshipped. ̃পাশ n. an ancient missile said to be capable of producing snakes that bound the victim (as with a noose). ̃ফণী n. cactus. ̃মাতা n. (myth.) Kadru (কদ্রু) the first mother of snakes. ̃রাজ n. the king of snakes; Vasuki (বাসুকী) or Ananta (অনন্ত). ̃লোক n. the region inhabited by the snakes; Hades or the nether world. 5)

(p. 561) nāgēndra, nāgēśa the king of elephants: an appellation of Airavat (ঐরাবত); the king of snakes: an appellation of Ananta (অনন্ত) or Vasuki (বাসুকি); a phallus of Shiva (শিব). 20)