(p. 232) kāṣṭha wood; timber. ̃কীট n. termite, white ant. ̃খণ্ড n. a piece of wood or log. ̃পাদুকা n. a (pair of) wooden sandals, a (pair of) clogs. ̃পুত্তলিকা n. a wooden doll or puppet; (fig.) a powerless man, a person with no real authority, a figurehead. ̃ফলক n. a board; a wooden tablet; a plank of wood. ̃বত্ a. (hard and insipid) like wood. ̃মঞ্চ n. a wooden platform. ̃মণ্ড n. woodpulp. ̃ময় a. wooden; woody. ̃মার্জার n. a squirrel. ̃ল a. wooden. ̃হাসি n. an affected smile (esp. for the sake of courtesy), a simper. 45)

(p. 243) kuśa a kind of holy grass; Rama's son in the Ramayana; a mythological island. ̃পুত্তলি, ̃পুত্তলী, ̃পুত্তলিকা n. an effigy of a dead or living person made of this grass, a jackstraw. কুশপুত্তলি দাহ করা v. to burn an effigy (in order to express dislike against a person or to consummate cremation scripturally of a person who is believed to be dead but whose body has not been found). কুশ-পেয়ে a. having the tip of one's feet turned inside, suffering from knockfeet or pedis valgum. কুশাগ্র n. the tip of a blade of kusha (কুশ) grass. a. as pointed or sharp as the tip of a blade of kusha grass. কুশাগ্রধী, কুশাগ্রবুদ্ধি a. very sharp-witted, having very keen intelligence. কুশাগ্রীয় same as কুশাগ্র (a). কুশাঙ্কুর n. a sharp-pointed young shoot or blade of kusha (কুশ) grass. কুশাঙ্গুরী, কুশাঙ্গুরীয় n. a ring for the finger made of kusha grass (worn during the performance of a holy rite). কুশাসন n. a small mat made of kusha (কুশ) grass (used for sitting upon by holy persons or during the performance of a holy rite). 89)

(p. 386) jaḍ়3 inanimate; insensate; perceptible by the senses; worldly, earthly; material (জড়বাদ); inactive, inert; stupid, imbecile; ignorant. n. an imbecile; something inanimate or insensate (জড়ের তিন অবস্হা). ̃ক্রিয় a. sluggish. ̃জগত্ n. the inanimate world; the physical world; the material world. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. inanimateness, insensateness; state of being perceptible by the senses; worldliness, earthliness; materiality; inactivity, intertia; uneasiness (শরীরের জড়তা); stupidity, imbecility; ignorance; sluggishness. ̃পদার্থ n. any inanimate substance; inanimate matter; (fig.) an extremely inactive or immobile person, a person bereft of all sensation. ̃পিণ্ড n. a mass of anything insensate, a conglomerated mass of things. ̃পুত্তলি n. a puppet; (fig.) a person rendered inactive or a person without any freedom of action. ̃বাদ n. materialism. ̃বাদী a. materialistic. n. a materialist. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. physical or natural science. ̃বুদ্ধি a. imbecile, fatuous, oafish. ̃ভরত n. (myth.) King Bharata who lost his salvation because of his over-attachment to a sawn and when reborn he remembered the incidents of his former life and so refrained from speaking and all voluntary activities; (fig.) an imbecile or inactive person, a clodhopper. a. imbecile or inactive. ̃সড় a. cowering or cowered. জড়সড় হওয়া v. to flinch or shrink as through fear or shyness. 25)

(p. 1032) snēha affection; love; tenderness; any fatty substance, fat (also স্নেহপদার্থ). স্নেহ করা v. to extend affection to, to love. ̃দ্রব্য, ̃পদার্থ n. fatty or oily or greasy substance. ̃পাত্র n. same as স্নেহভাজন (n). fem. ̃পাত্রী । ̃পুত্তলি, ̃পুত্তলী n. a doll or a very young object of affection or love. ̃পরায়ণ, ̃পূর্ণ, ̃প্রবণ a. affectionate; loving. ̃পালিত, ̃পুষ্ট a. brought up with love and tenderness. ̃বশে adv. impelled or moved by affection or love. ̃ভাজন n. an object of affection or love, a beloved person. a. deserving affection or love. ̃মমতা n. love and affection, deep attachment. ̃ময়, ̃শীল a. affectionate; loving. fem. ̃ময়ী, ̃শীলা । ̃সঞ্চার n. infusion or upsurge of affection or love. ̃সিক্ত a. drenched or softened with affection or love. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. devoid of affection or love, unloving. ̃স্পর্শ n. the touch of affection. স্নেহার্দ্র a. softened with affection or love. স্নেহালিঙ্গন n. an affectionate or loving embrace. স্নেহাশীর্বাদ n. affectionate blessing. স্নেহাস্পদ same as স্নেহভাজন । 23)