(p. 1) aṃśa a portion or part; a share; a region or locality (দেশের উত্তর অংশ = the northern region of the country); (astrol.) ⅓ of the zodiac; (geog.) &frac136; of earth's circumference; degree; concern, respect (কোনো অংশে মহত্ নয় = noble in no respect); divine incarnation (বিষ্ণুর অংশ = an incarnation of Vishnu). ̃ক n. (alg.) a mantissa. অংশ করা v. to divide into parts or shares; apportion (food, property, task etc.) among others. ̃গত a. included in a part or share; relating to part(s) or share(s). ̃গ্রাহী a. taking a share, participating. n. a sharer, a shareholder; a participant, a party. ̃ত adv. partly, in part; partially; to some extent. ̃ন n. dividing; sharing; apportionment, distribution. অংশনীয় a. divisible into parts or shares; to be divided into parts. ̃প্রেষ n. (sc.) partial pressure. ̃ভাক্, ̃ভাগী a. enjoying a share; having a claim to a share. n. a share, a shareholder; a claimant to a share; one who is responsible for a part, a partner. (কিছুতে) অংশ নেওয়া v. to take part (in), to participate (in). অংশাংশ n. fraction of fraction; minute fraction; tiny part; bit. 5)

(p. 2) akṣa any of the three long cubes marked with dots thrown at dice-playing; a die; a kind of seed used as bead; (geog.) the axis of the equator; (geog.) latitude; (astr.) the angular distance of any star or planet from the solar orbit, the orbit of a heavenly body; (astrol.) the shape of the zodiac; (zoo.) the secand vertebra of the neck; an axle; a sense-organ (অধোক্ষজ). ̃ক n. the collar-bone, the clavicle; a dice player. ̃কর্ণ n. (geom.) a hypotenuse. ̃ক্রীড়া n. game of dice; diceplay. ̃দণ্ড n. (geog.) the axis of the equator, the minor axis. ̃ধুরা n. the front portion of a wheel, an axis; the pole of a cart. ̃ধূর্ত n. an expert or clever dice-player. ̃পাটি n. any of the long cubes marked with dots thrown at dice-playing. ̃বাট n. dice-board; arena for wrestling; wrestling ground; gymnasium. ̃বিচলন n. (astr.) nutation. ̃বিত্, ̃বিদ, ̃বেত্তা a. versed in law or diplomacy; clever at dice-game. n. a lawyer; a diplomat; an expert dice-player. ̃বৃত্ত, ̃সমান্তরাল n. (geog.) the parallels of latitude. ̃মালা, ̃সূত্র n. a string of beads, a rosary. ̃শক্তি n. the Axis Powers in the World War II. 88)

(p. 2) agastya a mythological sage of India; (astrol.) the Canopus. ̃যাত্রা n. the first day of the month of Bhadra (ভাদ্র) when the sage Agastya asked the bending Vindhyas to wait till he came back and he never came back (this day has since been regarded by the Hindus as extremely inauspicious to set out on a journey; (cp. a corbie messenger). অগস্ত্যোদয় n. rise of the star Agastya or Canopus (about the 17th or 18th day of Bhadra). 126)

(p. 7) agnyastra firearm. 9)

(p. 7) agra the top, the summit; an apex; an end or extremity; the front; the front portion; the surface or the portion at the surface (দধির অগ্র); an aim, a purpose (একাগ্র). a. first, foremost, primary, leading; chief; anterior. ̃ক্রয়াধিকার n. the right of pre-emption. ̃গণ্য a. deserving first preference or consideration or mention; foremost; best; principal. ̃গতি, ̃গমন n. forward movement, advancement; progress, promotion, development, increase; (astr.) progressive motion, progression. ̃গামী a. moving forward or to the front; leading; progressive. fem. ̃গামিনী । ̃জ a. born earlier, senior in age, elder, older. n. the eldest or an elder brother. ̃জিহ্বা n. the uvula, the epiglottis. ̃জ্ঞান n. foreknowledge; anticipation. ̃ণী a. leading, chief, best. n. a leader; an inaugurator or initiator; a pioneer. ̃দত্ত n. imprest money. ̃দানী n. a Brahmin (ব্রাহ্মণ) who receives offerings on behalf of a dead person's soul and consequently is socially degraded. ̃দূত n. (mil.) a pioneer; an escort, a guide; a leader; (loos.) a forerunner, a precursor, a harbinger. ̃নেতা n. a leader; an army commander. ̃পশ্চাত্ adv. considering what is before and after; having foresight and hindsight; pro and con; comprehensively. ̃বর্তী a. situated in the front; leading; advanced. fem. ̃বর্তিনী । ভাগ n. the first part or share; top peak; an extremity or end. ̃মহিষী n. the queen-consort. ̃সর, ̃সার a. going first or commencing, leading; moving forward, advancing. ̃সরণ n. advancement. অগ্রসর হওয়া v. to move forward, to advance; to progress. ̃স্হ, ̃স্হিত a. situated in the front, on the top or at end, apical. 14)

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

(p. 9) aja2 the ram; the billy-goat, (astrol.) the Ram. fem. অজা the ewe; the nanny-goat. 79)

(p. 22) adhōbāsa, adhōbastra clothes for the lower part of the body. 5)

(p. 26) anastaga (astr.) circumpolar. 29)

(p. 34) anubhū (astro.) perigee. 25)

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

(p. 38) anusūra (astr.) perihelion. 3)

(p. 41) apagraha (astrol.) an unfavourable or malignant planet (or star). 51)

(p. 41) apadūraka (astr.) apsides. 75)

(p. 48) apasūra (astr.) aphelion. 15)

(p. 50) apēraṇa (astr.) aberration. 2)

(p. 63) abhijit (astr.) the star Vega. 62)

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

(p. 75) arundhatī (astr.) a dim star in the Ursa Major; (myth.) the devoted wife of sage Vasistha (বশিষ্ঠ). 8)

(p. 77) ardha any of two unequal parts (অসম অর্ধ); a half, a moiety. a. half; divided into two parts (অর্ধ বঙ্গ); incomplete, partial (অর্ধাশন). adv. half; incompletely, partially, in part. ̃কথিত a. told in part, half-told. ̃কৃত a. halved; divided into two parts; half-done, partially done, inompletely done. ̃গ্রাস n. (astr.) partial eclipse. ̃ঘন্টা n. half an hour. ̃চন্দ্র n. the crescent moon; (facet.) act of driving out by pushing by the neck, act of beating in this manner. ̃চন্দ্র দেওয়া v. (facet.) to seize (a person) by the neck and drive out by pushing, to beat or thrash in this manner. ̃চন্দ্রাকার, ̃চন্দ্রাকৃতি a. crescent, crescent-shaped. ̃দগ্ধ a. half-burnt. ̃দণ্ড n. twelve minutes (see দণ্ড). ̃নারীশ্বর n. a deity the right half of whose body is that of God Shiva (শিব) whilst the left half is that of Durga (দুর্গা). ̃নমিত a. (of a flag) at half-mast. ̃নিমীলিত a. partially closed, half-shut. ̃পথ n. half the way; the middle of the way. ̃পরিস্ফুট a. half-articulate; indistinct. ̃বয়স্ক a. middle-aged. ̃বৃত্ত n. a semicircle. ̃বৃত্তাকার a. semicircular. ̃ব্যক্ত a. halfrevealed, half-disclosed; half-expressed. ̃ভাগ n. a half part or share; half, a moiety. ̃ভূমণ্ডল n. a hemisphere. ̃মাত্রা n. the half of a quantity or dose or musical metre. ̃মৃত a. half dead; almost dead; more dead than alive; dying. ̃রাত্রি n. one half of the night; midnight. ̃শত n. & a. fifty. ˜শয়ান a. recumbent, reclining. ̃শিক্ষিত a. (usu. dero.) half-educated. ̃সত্য n. half-truth. ̃স্ফুট a. half-articulate; indistinct; babbling. 10)

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

(p. 87) asamabartita (astr.) unpolarized. 11)

(p. 90) astra a missile; a weapon; arms (অস্ত্রহীন); a tool or instrument for cutting, boring etc. (ডাক্তারি অস্ত্র); (fig.) one who or that which is used as an instrument (সে তোমার অস্ত্র). অস্ত্র করা v. to operate (upon) surgically, to lance (a boil etc.), to cut open with a lancet. ̃ক্ষত n. a wound caused by a weapon. ̃ক্ষেপ, ̃ক্ষেপণ n. the discharge of a missile; act of striking with a weapon. ̃ক্ষেপণ করা v. to discharge or hurl a missile; to strike with a weapon. ̃গ্রহণ n. same as অস্ত্রধারণ । ̃চালনা n. use of arms. ̃চিকিত্সক n. a surgeon. ̃চিকিত্সা n. surgery. ̃চিকিত্সা করা v. to operate (upon); to practise surgery. ̃ত্যাগ n. the discharge of a missile; act of relinquishing or giving up one's arms. ̃ত্যাগ করা v. to discharge or hurl a missile; to relinquish or give up one's arms, to lay down one's arms; to surrender. ̃ধারণ n. act of arming oneself; act of taking up arms; act of encountering in an armed fight. ̃ধারণ করা v. to arm oneself; to take up arms; to encounter in a battle. ̃ধারী a. armed (অস্ত্রধারী প্রহরী) n. an armed person. ̃নিবারণ n. act of warding off or counteracting a missile thrown. ̃নিবারণ করা v. to ward off or counteract a missile thrown. ̃বর্ষণ n. throwing missiles; shower of missiles. ̃বল n. military power; power of the arms. ̃বিদ a. & n. one who is skilled in using weapons. ˜বিদ্যা n. the art and science of using weapons; surgery. ̃বৃষ্টি n. a shower of missiles. ̃লেখা n. a wound caused by a weapon; mark of such a wound. ̃শস্ত্র n. (collec.) weapons, arms, armoury. ̃শালা same as অস্ত্রাগার । ̃সংবরণ n. act of laying down arms; cease-fire; act of refraining from using weapons; act of withdrawing a missile thrown. ̃সংবরণ করা v. to lay down arms; to refrain from using weapons; to withdraw a missile thrown. ̃হীন a. unarmed; disarmed. ̃হীন করা v. to unarm; to disarm. 44)

(p. 90) astrāgāra an armoury. 45)