(p. 26) anaśana abstinence from food, fasting; starvation. ̃ক্লিষ্ট a. stricken with starvation; famished. অনশন ধর্মঘট n. hunger-strike. ̃ব্রত n. abstinence from food (till one's death) under a solemn vow; (loos.) hunger-strike. 26)

(p. 164) upabāsa abstinence from food, fast; starvation; a fast enjoined by religion. উপবাস করা v. to go without food; to abstain from food, to fast; to go hungry, to starve; to observe a religious fast. উপবাসী a. abstaining from food, fasting; starving; observing a religious fast. 23)

(p. 165) uparata abstained or abstaining (from), refrained, ceased, given up; (of wordly interest) renounced; dead, deceased; gone by, passed. উপরতি n. renunciation, renouncement; abstinence, cessation, act of giving up; death. 22)

(p. 168) upōsa abstinence from food, fasting, fast. উপোস করা v. to fast; to go without food. উপোসি a. fasting, going or gone without food; hungry. উপোসিত a. going without food, fasting. 66)

(p. 631) paśbācāra a form of asceticism characterized by self-restraint, continence and abstinence from drinking wine and eating meat; beastly conduct, brutality. পশ্বাচারী a. practising the aforesaid form of asceticism; bestial, brutal. 7)

(p. 650) pitta bile, gall. পিত্ত পড়া v. to lose appetite because of abstinence from food when hungry. পিত্ত জ্বালা v. to have one's ill-humour roused, to burn or boil with indignation, to get cross or peered. ̃কোষ n. the gall-bladder. ̃ঘ্ন a. antibilious. ̃জ্বর n. bilious fever. ̃নাশ n. abominable perversion or corruption (from the fact that a fish tastes bitter if its gallbladder is burst open and its body smeared with bile). ̃নালি n. biliary ducts. ̃নাশক a. antibilious. ̃পাথর, ̃পাথুরি n. gall stone, biliary stone. ̃বিকার n. (med.) biliary or bilious trouble or disorder. ̃রক্ত n. plethora. ̃রক্ষা n. appeasement of hunger by taking a small quantity of food; (sarcas.) a mere show of gratification. পিত্তরক্ষা করা v. to appease one's hunger by taking a small quantity of food; (sarcas.) to make one content or be content with a mere show of fulfilment of one's desire. ̃শূল n. biliary colic. 8)

(p. 737) bācaka2 (coll.) prohibition or prejudice; (coll.) abstinence. 23)

(p. 738) bāchabicāra discrimination or choice (usu. meticulous or over-cautious one); prejudicial abstinence or avoidance. বাছবিচার করা v. to choose meticulously or over-cautiously; to abstain from, to avoid; to be prejudiced against. বাছাবিচার না করে, বিনা বাছবিচারে without discrimination, indiscriminately. 7)

(p. 767) birata discontinued; dissuaded; (loos.) prevented; desisting or abstaining from (ভোগবিরত). fem. বিরতা । বিরত করা v. to cause to leave off, to dissuade; (loos.) to prevent; to cause to abstain from. বিরত হওয়া v. to desist (from); to discontinue, to leave off; to abstain (from). বিরতি n. desistance; abstinence; cessation; termination; pause; recess; interval. 53)

(p. 800) brahma2 the Absolute Being, God; a Brahman, a Brahmin. ̃চর্য n. a mode of life marked with devoted study of the Vedas and other scriptures and books of knowledge and with complete abstinence from sexual and secular pleasures. ̃চর্যাশ্রম n. the first stage of life (up to the age of 16) according to the Vedic Hindus when one has to practise brahmacharya (ব্রহ্মচর্য). ̃চারী n. one practising brahmacharya (ব্রহ্মচর্য); a Brahmin boy staying at the residence of the guru to receive his education, having undergone the sacrament of being invested with the holy sacrificial thread; one practising abstinence from sexual or other worldly pleasures and preparing to join an order of hermits. fem. চারিণী । ̃জ্ঞ a. one who has attained knowledge about God. ̃জ্ঞান n. knowledge about God. ̃জ্ঞানী a. having knowledge about God; following Brahmoism. n. one who has attained knowledge about God; a Brahmo. ̃ণ্য a. relating to God or to Brahmans. n. the superhuman power obtained through one's knowledge of God; uncommon spiritual power characteristic of Brahmans; Narayana নারায়ণ (usu. ব্রাহ্মণ্যদেব). ̃তালু n. the crown of the head, the palate. ̃তেজ n. uncommon power of a Brahman. ̃ত্ব n. Godhead; divinity. ̃ত্র n. a piece of rent-free land given away to a Brahman. ̃দৈত্য n. an anthropophagous ghost of a Brahman; a demoniac ghost of a Brahman; a Brahman demon. ̃পিশাচ n. a necrophagous ghost of a Brahman, a Brahman ghoul. ̃বাদী a. (capable of) expounding mysteries about God; engaged in studying the Vedas; having knowledge about God; versed in or following Vedantic philosophy. n. such a person. fem. ̃বাদিনী । ̃বিত্ same as ব্রহ্মজ্ঞ । ̃বিদ্যা n. a branch of learning imparting knowledge about God. ̃বৈবর্ত n. one of the eighteen puranas (পুরাণ). ̃ময় a. pervaded by the presence of God. ̃মীমাংসা n. the second part of the Vedanta treating of the nature and attributes of God. ̃রন্ধ্র n. the central pore of the palate. ̃লোক n. the abode of Brahma (ব্রহ্ম); the highest one of the seven mythological heavens. ̃শাপ n. a curse of or put by a Brahman. ̃সংহিতা n. a Vaishnava scripture. ̃সংগীত n. a song of devotion to God. ̃সূত্র n. the holy sacrificial thread worn by Brahmans; any one of the aphorisms of the Vedanta composed by Vyasa (ব্যাস). ̃স্ব n. property or possessions of a Brahman. ব্রহ্মস্বাপহরণ করা v. to rob or misappropriate the property of a Brahman. ̃স্বরূপ n. true nature and attributes of God. ̃হত্যা n. slaying of a Brahman. 11)