(p. 532) ̃dhātrī a progenitrix, a progenitress, a mother; a nurse-mother; a wet-nurse; a foster-mother; a midwife; a nurse; the Earth (esp. as conceived as mother of all created beings). a. fem. one who carries in the womb; one who bears. ̃পুত্র n. a son of a nurse-mother or wetnurse. ̃বিদ্যা n. midwifery. ধাত্রীবিদ্যা বিশারদ n. a midwife, a gynaecologist and obstetrician. 73)

(p. 9) aṅka a mark or sign; a line; a stripe; a spot; a blemish; (math.) a digit, a number, a figure; an arithmetical problem, a sum; a counting, calculation; the lap; (of a drama) an act; (zoo) the belly; (bot.) the venter. অঙ্ক করা, অঙ্ক কষা v. to do sums; to calculate or count. ̃গত a. lying on or in the lap (of); (fig.) under thorough control of. ̃গর্ভ a. (zoo.) marsupial (of an animal, e. g. kangaroo). ̃তল n. (zoo.) ventral surface. ̃দেশ n. the lap; (zoo.) the belly. ̃পাত n. act of placing figures; act of marking. ̃পাতন n. (math.) notation. ̃বাচক a. (math.) cardinal. ̃বিদ্যা, ̃শাস্ত্র n. mathematics. ̃বিদ্যাবিত্, ̃শাস্ত্রবিত্ n. a mathematician. ̃লক্ষী n. wife. ̃শায়ী a. lying on the lap (of); (fig.) enamoured of. fem. ̃শায়িনী । ̃স্হিত a. situated or placed on the lap; (fig.) beloved. 7)

(p. 9) aṅgirā (astr.) one of the stars in the constellation of Ursa Major. 22)

(p. 16) atyugra violent; unrelenting; extremely haughty or indignant; exceedingly bright or hot; very harsh; excessively austere; very strong (অত্যুগ্র বাসনা).

(p. 30) anugra not harsh or severe; mild; not haughty; polite, gentle; (of scent, flavour, taste, etc.) not strong, not pungent; weak, light. 28)

(p. 34) anubhāba influence, governing power; unction; feeling of happiness; (rhet.) physical expression of permanent emotions (such as, tears, frowning, sighs, goose-flesh etc.). 24)

(p. 36) anurādhā the seventeenth of the twenty-seven zodiacal stars in Hindu astronomy. 12)

(p. 38) anūpa a marsh, a swamp, a bog. অনূপ দেশ marshy land; a country with many rivers, canals etc. flowing through it. 14)

(p. 38) antarīkṣa the intervening region between any two planets or stars; the sky. ̃চারী a. (capable of or used to) moving or dwelling in the sky; aerial. 68)

(p. 40) antarbāṣpa suppressed tears. 28)

(p. 51) apriẏa disagreeable, unpleasant; undesired, disliked; disgusting. ̃কারী a. & n. one who does disagreeable or unpleasant deeds. fem. ˜কারিণী । ̃বাদী, ̃ভাষী a. & n. one who speaks harshly or disagreeably or unpleasantly; one who is rude in speech. fem. ̃বাদিনী, ̃ভাষিণী । অপ্রিয় হওয়া v. to be disagreeable (to); to fall from grace (of); to be disliked by. 54)

(p. 71) amārjita unpolished, unrefined; uncouth; crude; rough, coarse; impolite, uncivil, indecorous, vulgar, unmannerly. 12)

(p. 73) ayōga lack of contact or relation or union; disunion, separation; unsuitability; (astr.) any inauspicious conjunction of stars, an inauspicious time. 20)

(p. 77) ardhōdita (of the sun, moon and stars) half-risen. 20)

(p. 77) ardhōdaẏa an auspicious annual conjunction of stars in Paus (পৌষ) or Magh (মাঘ) considered a holy occasion for the Hindus for ceremonial bathing in the Ganges. 19)

(p. 80) aśiṣṭa uncivil, impolite, discourteous; ill-mannered; impolite; impertinent; impudent, pert, saucy. ̃তা n. incivility, impoliteness; discourtesy; ungentleness; impertinence; impudence; sauciness; rudeness, harshness; haughtiness; arrogance; undignifiedness; naughtiness. অশিষ্টাচরণ, অশিষ্টাচার n. rude behaviour; incivility, discourtesy; impertinence, impudence, sauciness; arrogance; naughtiness. 32)

(p. 80) aśōka free from grief. n. a kind of flower or its tree, the flamboyant; the great Maurya emperor of India. ̃কানন n. a flamboyant-grove (esp. one in which Sita in the Ramayana was kept as a captive). ̃চক্র n. the symbolic wheel introduced by King Ashoka illustrating the stages of birth prior to salvation (it is the emblem of the official flag of India). ̃বন n. same as ̃কানন । ̃লিপি n. any of the religious and moral edicts of Ashoka inscribed on stone-pillars, an inscription of Ashoka. ̃স্তম্ভ n. any of the stone-pillars of Ashoka on which his edicts are inscribed, an Ashoka pillar (it is the official emblem of India). 38)

(p. 83) aśbinī the first of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy; (myth.) the horse-shaped wife of the sun-god; (pop.) the mare. ̃কুমার, ̃নন্দন n. either of the twin brothers who are physicians of heaven. 3)

(p. 83) aśru tear, tears. ̃গদগদকন্ঠে adv. in a voice choked with tears, in a sobbing voice. ̃জল n. tears. ̃ধারা n. the flow of tears. ̃পাত n. shedding tears, weeping. ̃পাত করা n. to shed tears, to weep. ̃পূর্ণ a. tearful. অশ্রুপূর্ণ চোখে adv. with tearful eyes; tearfully. ̃প্লাবিত, ̃প্লুত a. suffused or flooded with tears. ̃বর্ষণ n. same as অশ্রুপাত । ̃বারি n. same as অশ্রুজল । ̃বিগলিত a. moistened with tears, blubbering; blubbered. ̃বিন্দু n. a tear-drop, a tear. ̃বিমোচন, ̃বিসর্জন n. same as অশ্রুপাত । ̃ভরা a. full of tears, tearful. ̃ভারাক্রান্ত a. (of voice) choked with tears. ̃ময় a. full of tears. ̃মুখ a. having a blubbered face. fem. ̃মুখী । ̃মোচন n. same as অশ্রুপাত । ̃রুদ্ধ a. choked with tears. অশ্রসংবরণ করা v. to check tears, to stop weeping. ̃সিক্ত a. drenched or moistened with tears; moist; blubbering; blubbered. 10)

(p. 83) aślēṣā (astr.) the ninth of the zodiacal stars, a star considered inauspicious by astrologers. 16)

(p. 83) aṣṭa eight. ̃ক n. any collection of eight, an octave; a book containing eight chapters; a verse containing eight couplets. a. eight. ̃আশি see অষ্টাশি । ̃কোণ n. (geom.) an octagon. a. octagonal ̃কোণী a. octagonal. ̃গুণ a. multiplied by eight, eightfold. n. eight times. ̃চত্বারিংশ a. forty-eighth. ̃চত্বারিংশত্ n. & a. forty-eight. ˜চত্বারিংশত্তম a. forty-eighth. fem. ̃চত্বারিংশত্তমী । ̃দিকপাল n. the eight guardian deities of the eight points of the earth. ̃ধা adv. & a. eight times; eightfold; in eight ways. ̃ধাতু n. the eight metals; gold, silver, copper, bronze, bell-metal, zinc, lead and iron. ̃নবতি n. & a. ninety-eight. ˜নবতিতম a. ninety-eighth. fem. ̃নবতিতমী । ̃নাগ n. (myth.) the eight chief snakes. ̃নায়িকা n. the eight minor goddesses; the eight manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); (lit.) eight moods of the heroine or the sweetheart (namely, going to assignation, expecting her lover to come to her bed-chamber, worried owing to sudden absence of her lover, deceived by her lover, stricken with anger and jealousy on observing on the person of her lover signs indicating that he had been to another woman, feeling miserable for having quarrelled with and sent back her lover, enjoying domineering control over her lover, and separated from her lover as he has gone abroad). ̃পঞ্চাশত্ n. & a. fifty-eight. ˜পঞ্চাশত্তম a. fifty-eighth. fem. ̃পঞ্চাশত্তমী । ̃পাদ a. octopod. n. an octopod; the spider; a mythological octopod said to be even stronger than the lion (cp. octopus, শরভ). ̃প্রহর n. a whole day and night, twenty-four hours, a form of collective religious chanting by the Hindus continuing for twenty-four hours at a stretch. adv. throughout the whole day and night; always; ceaselessly. ̃বজ্র n. the eight infallible weapons of the eight principal gods. ̃বজ্রমিলন n. simultaneous hurling of অষ্টবজ্র,, which causes the destruction of the universe; precipitation of a highly explosive condition. ̃বসু n. the eight demi-gods (see বসু). ̃বিধ a. of eight kinds. ̃ভুজ a. eight-handed, octagonal. n. an octagon. ̃ভুজা a. & n. fem. of অষ্টভুজ । □ n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃ভৈরব n. the eight terrible manifestations of Shiva (শিব). অষ্টম a. eighth. ̃মঙ্গলা n. a manifestation of Durga (দুর্গা); the custom according to which the newly-wed groom comes back to the father-in-law's house with his wife on the eighth day of marriage. অষ্টমবর্ষীয় a. of or in the eighth year; eight years old. অষ্টমবাত্সরিক, অষ্টমবার্ষিক a. of the eighth year. ̃মাংশ n. one-eighth; the eighth part. ̃মী n. fem. the eighth day of either fortnight of a lunar month. a. fem. eighth; eight years old. ̃মূর্তি n. the eight manifestations of Shiva (শিব). ̃রম্ভা n. (pop.) a mere nothing, a hoax, a mare's nest; a fiasco. ̃ষষ্টি n. & a. sixty-eight. ˜ষষ্টিতম a. sixty-eighth. ̃সপ্ততি n. & a. seventy-eight. ˜সপ্ততিতম a. seventy-eighth. ̃সিদ্ধি n. the eight superhuman qualities attainable by ascetical or austere practice. 17)

(p. 83) aṣṭādaśa eighteen. অষ্টাদশী a. fem. eighteen years old. 21)

(p. 90) asūkṣṇa not fine or refined or subtle; crude; coarse; gross; thick; blunt. ̃তা n. crudity; coarseness; grossness; thickness; bluntness. ̃দর্শী a. lacking in keen perception or acumen; short-sighted. ̃দর্শিতা n. lack of keen perception or acumen; short-sightedness. 18)

(p. 90) ashūla not fat or thick, thin, delicate, slim; not gross or coarse; fine; subtle; transcendental. 60)

(p. 98) ākanṭha (filling) up to one's throat; (fig.) almost completely submerged or sunk (আকন্ঠ নিমজ্জিত). ঋণে আকন্ঠ নিমজ্জিত হওয়া to be over head and ears in debt. আকন্ঠ ভোজন করা v. to eat and drink to excess, to overfeed, to surfeit. 14)