(p. 80) aśākha branchless. 23)

(p. 167) upaśākhā a sub-branch; a section. 8)

(p. 231) kālabaiśākhī a storm or strong wind that rises in the afternoons of April and May, a nor'wester. 17)

(p. 253) kēśākarṣaṇa pulling one by the hair, pulling one's hair. কেশাকর্ষণ করা v. to pull one's hair; to pull one by the hair. 52)

(p. 253) kēśākēśi pulling each other by the hair in a scuffle. কেশাকেশি করা v. to pull each other by the hair in a scuffle. 53)

(p. 633) pāṭaśāka leaves of the jute-plant used as a pot-herb. 83)

(p. 667) pōśāka dress, garment, clothes; apparel; outfit. পোশাক ছাড়া, পোশাক খোলা v. to undress oneself. পোশাক ছাড়ানো, পোশাক খোলানো v. to cause to undress. পোশাক পরা v. to dress oneself, to put on one's dress. পোশাক-পরা a. dressed (in.) পোশাক পরানো v. to dress. পোশাকি a. befitting fashionable society, fashionable (পোশাকি কথাবার্তা); official (পোশাকি নাম); elegant, refined (পোশাকি ভাষা); worn on formal or festive occasions (পোশাকি জামাকাপড়); merely formal, insincere, hypocritical (পোশাকি ভদ্রতা). 17)

(p. 688) praśākhā a branchlet; an offshoot. 23)

(p. 767) biśākhā the sixteenth of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy. 104)

(p. 792) baiśākha the first month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of April to the middle of May). বৈশাখী a. of Baisakh (বৈশাখী পূর্ণিমা). বৈশাখী ঝড় a northwester or nor-wester. 12)

(p. 800) brāhmiśāka Bacopa monnieri, a herb used chiefly as medicine. 21)

(p. 939) śāka any edible herb or creeper, spinach, spinage. শাক দিয়ে মাছ ঢাকা (fig.) a ludicrous and futile attempt at concealing a detestable offence. ̃ভাত same as শাকান্ন । ̃পাতা n. pl. edible herbs, creepers and leaves collectively; (fig.) extremely poor food. ̃সবজি n. edible herbs, creepers, fruits and roots collectively; vegetables, greens. ̃সবজির খেত a kitchen garden. শাকান্ন n. (lit.) a dish of only rice and spinach; (fig.) very poor or simple food. শাকাহারী n. a person subsisting on lean vegetarian diet. 50)

(p. 939) śākuna of birds, avian. ̃বিত্ n. an augur. ̃বিদ্যা n. augury. শাকুনিক n. a fowler; an augur. 51)

(p. 939) śākta devoted to or worshipping Sakti or the female principle of creation. n. a worshipper of Sakti, a Sakta, a Shakta. ̃পদাবলি n. (pl.) poems or lyric poems in adoration of Sakti, the Goddess of creation or Goddess Kali. 52)

(p. 939) śākya a Kshatriya clan. ̃মুনি, ̃সিংহ n. Gautama Buddha. 53)

(p. 939) śākhā a branch of a tree, a bough; a ramus (pl. rami); a section, a part, a subordinate division, a branch; an offshoot. ̃কন্টক n. a thorn. ̃কলম n. (bot.) a cutting. ̃চ্যুত a. fallen or detached from a branch or bough. ̃নদী n. a tributary. শাখান্তরাল n. a position screened off by the branches of a tree. ̃প্রশাখা n. pl. branches and twigs (of a tree); rami and ramuli; ramifications, sections and sub-sections; offshoots large and small. ̃বিন্যাস n. (bot.) branching, ramification. ̃মৃগ. n. a ramal animal; the monkey; the ape. 54)

(p. 939) śākhī having branches, branched, ramose. n. a tree. 55)