(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. 944) śiba good, weal, well-being; one of the three principal Hindu gods, Shiva. a. good, beneficial; auspicious. শিব গড়তে বাঁদর গড়া (fig.) to do evil in one's attempt to do something good. ̃চর্তুদশী n. the fourteenth lunar day of the month of Phalgoon (ফাল্গুন) when Shiva is worshipped. ̃জ্ঞান n. the conception that all is good (যাত্রায় শিবজ্ঞান). n. the state of Shiva. শিবত্বপ্রাপ্তি n. death. ̃নেত্র n. the upturned eyes of Shiva; one with such eyes (eyes become so upturned on the eve of one's death). ̃বাহন n. the bull. ̃রাত্রি n. the night of ̃চতুর্দশী । শিবরাত্রির সলতে (fig.) the only son or the sole surviving descendant. ̃লিঙ্গ n. a phallic symbol of Shiva. ̃লোক n. the abode of Shiva. 54)