(p. 581) nirānanda cheerless; joyless, unhappy; sad, sullen, glum; gloomy (নিরানন্দ গৃহ). n. cheerlessness, unhappiness; sadness; gloominess. 17)

(p. 593) nīrasa not juicy, juiceless; sapless; dry; dull, having no sense of humour, having no power to appreciate finer sentiments and emotions; insipid, uninteresting, jejune, dull (নীরস কথাবার্তা); monotonous, prosaic (নীরস জীবন); glum, sullen (নীরস হাসি বা মুখ); unpleasant, cheerless (নীরস আবহাওয়া). ̃তা n. lack of juice or sap; dryness; lack of sense of humour, lack of power to appreciate finer sentiments and emotions; insipidity, lack of interest, dullness, monotony, prosiness, glumness, sullenness; unpleasantness, cheerlessness. 31)

(p. 886) mlāna pale; haggard, emaciated, shrivelled; dim; lacklustre, mat, matt; dull; cheerless, glum, sorrowful; darkened, gloomy; fatigued, without; (fig.) reduced, humbled, tarnished (গৌরব ম্লান হওয়া). ̃তা, ̃ত্ব, ম্লানিমা n. paleness; haggardness; dimness; dullness; glumness, sadness; gloominess, fatigued state. ̃মুখে adv. with a sad or gloomy face. ম্লানায়মান a. getting pale or haggard or dim or dull or glum or gloomy. 15)

(p. 951) śmaśāna, śmaśānapurī, śmaśānabhūmi a crematorium, a crematory, a cremationground; (fig.) a deserted and cheerless place, house etc. শ্মশানে পরিণত করা v. to turn into or reduce to a cheerless desert. শ্মশানকালী n. Goddess Kali (কালী), the presiding deity of crematoria. শ্মশানচারী a. roaming or living in crematoria. fem. শ্মশানচারিণী । শ্মশানবন্ধু n. one who accompanies or carries a dead body to the crematorium. শ্মশানবাসী a. living in crematoria. fem. শ্মশানবাসিনী । শ্মশানবৈরাগ্য n. the perception of transitoriness of the world, with which the mind of a visitor to a crematorium becomes imbued for a while; (fig.) sham distaste or aversion for the world just before death. 99)