(p. 507) durgā Goddess Durga also called Shakti (শক্তি) or Force; the wife of Shiva (শিব)—she is the chief of female deities and a slayer of demons, and she presides over prosperity, victory, and fame of mankind. 17)

(p. 794) byaẏa expenditure, expense; (loos.) cost; consumption (শক্তিব্যয়); waste or loss (জীবনব্যয়); use or application (বুদ্ধিব্যয়); passing (সময়ব্যয়). ব্যয় করা v. to expend, to spend, to consume; to waste; to use or apply; to pass. ব্যয় হওয়া v. to be expended or spent or consumed or wasted or be used or applied or passed. ̃কুন্ঠ a. stingy, niggardly, closefisted; miserly; parsimonious. ব্যয়কুন্ঠ ব্যক্তি a niggard; a miser. ̃কুন্ঠতা n. stinginess, niggardliness, closefistedness; miserliness. ব্যয়ন n. disbursement. ̃নাধিকারিক n. a disbursing officer. ̃বরাদ্দ n. allotted expenditure. ̃বহুল a. expensive, costly. ̃বাহুল্য n. prodigality; extravagance; expensiveness, costliness. ̃বিহীন a. inexpensive; involving no expenditure, free. ̃লাঘব n. cutting the expenditure short, curtailment of expenditure; reducing thditure. ̃শীল a. prodigal; spendthrift, lavish, extravagant. ব্যয়শীল ব্যক্তি a prodigal; a spendthrift. ̃শীলতা n. lavishness, extravagance. ̃শূন্য same as ̃বিহীন । ̃সাধ্য, ̃সাপেক্ষ a. expensive, costly. ̃হ্রাস same as ব্যয়লাঘব । ব্যয়িত a. spent, disbursed; used up. ব্যয়ী a. one who spends; spendthrift, extravagant, prodigal, lavish. 46)

(p. 935) śakti power; strength, might; force; vigour; capacity; capability; potency (as of homoeopathic medicines); (phys.) energy; a state influential in international affairs, a power; (Hindu. myth.) the female principle taking part in the work of creation, Sakti, Shakti, a female deity; Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); an ancient missile. ̃ক্ষয় n. loss of power or strength or energy; (of an army) loss of men. ̃ধর a. powerful, strong. শক্তি প্রয়োগ করা v. to apply force. ̃বর্গ n. pl. states influential in international affairs or taking part in a war, powers. ̃মত্তা, ̃শালিতা n. powerfulness, strength; forcefulness; possession of full vigour. ̃মান, ̃শালী a. powerful, strong. forceful; vigorous; nervous (শক্তিশালী গদ্য). fem. ̃মতী, ̃শালিনী । ̃শেল n. a dreadful or deadly mythological missile. ̃সঞ্চয় n. accumulation of strength or power; accumulation or preservation of energy. শক্তি সঞ্চার করা v. to infuse strength in; to invigorate; to energize. ̃সামর্থ্য n. power and capabilities. ̃সাম্য n. balance of power. ̃হীন a. powerless; weak; impotent. fem. ̃হীনা । ̃হীনতা n. powerlessness; weakness; impotence. 19)

(p. 935) śakta1 capable, able, fit for work (শক্তসমর্থ = hardy); strong, powerful; efficient; hard to win over or deceive (শক্ত ব্যবসায়ী). 17)

(p. 1007) sāmya equality; similarity; similitude; equilibrium, equipoise, balance (শক্তিসাম্য); mental equilibrium; democracy, socialism, communism. ̃কেন্দ্র n. centre of similitude. ̃বাদ n. socialism; communism. ̃বাদী a. socialistic; communistic. n. a socialist; a communist. ̃রক্ষা n. maintenance of balance or equilibrium. 27)