(p. 83) aṣṭāṅga the eight limbs of the body (namely, two hands, the breast or bosom, the forehead, two eyes, the throat or speech, and the backbone; or alternatively, two great toes, two knees, two hands, the breast and the nose); the eight systems of yoga. a. having eight branches or departments (অষ্টাঙ্গ আয়ুর্বেদ). 19)

(p. 208) kaśēru the backbone, the spine, the vertebral column. কশেরুক a. vertebrate. n. vertebral bone, the backbone. কশেরুকা n. the vertebral bone, the backbone; a vertebra. 101)

(p. 485) dān̐ḍ়ā1 spine, backbone; a claw (as of a crab or a lobster). 110)

(p. 574) nipaṭa2 lewd, licentious, dissolute ('নিপট কপট তুয়া শ্যাম'). নিপট লম্পট libertine to the backbone. 13)

(p. 654) pṛṣṭha the back (of a human being or any other creature); the rear; the region of the back; the back part, the rear part; the hind part; surface, a face; (bot.) the dorsal surface. ঘূর্ণপৃষ্ঠ n. the surface of revolution. ̃টান n. (phys.) surface tension. ̃তল n. surface. ̃দেশ same as পৃষ্ঠ । ̃পোষাক n. one who stands at the back to give support; a supporter; an upholder; a patron; a customer; a client. ̃পোষকতা n. support; patronization. পৃষ্ঠপোষকতা করা v. to support; to uphold; to patronize. ̃পোষণ n. act of standing at the back to give support; act of supporting or upholding; patronization. ̃প্রদর্শন n. fleeing, flight. পৃষ্ঠপ্রদর্শন করা v. to flee, to take to one's heels, to run away. ̃প্রবাহ n. (geog.) a surface drift. ̃বংশ n. the backbone, the spinal or vertebral column, the spine. ̃ব্রণ n. a dorsal carbuncle. ̃ভঙ্গ n. act of fleeing (esp. after a defeat). ̃রক্ষক n. a bodyguard. পৃষ্ঠরক্ষা করা v. to protect or guard the rear; to act as a bodyguard to. ̃লেখ n. an endorsement. 120)

(p. 713) baṃśa1 the bamboo; the backbone, the spine. ̃দন্ড n. a bamboo-staff, a bamboo-stick; (fig.) stinkard. ̃পত্র n. bamboo-leaf. ̃লোচন n. tabasheer, tabashir. ̃শলাকা n. a slender (and often short) slip of bamboo. 12)

(p. 879) mēru either of the two ends of the earth's axis, a pole; the backbone, the spine; an axis. সুমেরু n. the North Pole. ̃চুম্বকমাত্রা n. (phys.) the pole-strength. ̃জ্যোতি same as ̃প্রভা । ̃প্রদেশ n. a polar region. ̃প্রভা n. the polar lights; aurora polaris (eg. aurora australis, aurora borealis). ̃রেখা n. the earth's axis; an axis. উপাক্ষমেরুরেখা n. the earth's axis minor. পরাক্ষমেরুরেখা n. the earth's axis major. 40)

(p. 879) mērudaṇḍa the backbone, the spine, the vertebral column; (fig.) strength or firmness of character. ̃হীন a. having no backbone, spineless, invertebrate; (fig.) lacking in strength of character. মেরুদণ্ডহীন প্রাণীবর্গ n. pl. the Invertebrata. মেরুদণ্ডী a. having a backbone or spine, vertebrate. মেরুদণ্ডী প্রাণীবর্গ n. pl. the Vertebrata. 41)