(p. 1) aṃśu ray, a narrow beam of light (from a small or distant source). ̃ক n. fine cotton fabric; silk cloth. ̃মান, ̃মতী a. luminous; radiant. ̃মালা n. a stream of rays. ̃মালী n. the sun; the sun-god. ̃ল a. having rays; full of rays; radiant. 15)

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

(p. 40) antarīẏa, antarīẏaka any garment for the lower part of the body; a loin-cloth. 2)

(p. 40) antarbāsa an undergarment; a short loincloth usually worn by Hindu ascetics. 29)

(p. 41) anna boiled rice; rice; food. ̃কষ্ট n. distress caused by scarcity of food; famine; (fig.) sufferance caused by extreme poverty, indigent circumstances. ̃কূট n. a stupendous heap of boiled rice. ̃ক্ষেত্র var. of অন্নসত্র । ̃গতপ্রাণ a. (absolutely) depending on food or boiled rice for subsistence; (loos.) riceeating. ̃চিন্তা n. thinking out means of procuring food or earning one's livelihood; food-problem, bread-problem. ̃চিন্তা চমত্কারা the effort to earn one's livelihood is all-absorbing; bread-problem is the chief problem; thought of one's daily bread preys heavily on the mind or weighs heavily on the spirits. ̃জল n. food and drink; the Hindu rite of providing food and drink for the soul of the dead. ̃দা a. fem. one who supplies or gives food. n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) ̃দাতা a. & n. one who supplies or gives food; one who maintains. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃দান n. charitable or gratuitous supply of food. ̃দাস n. one who has enslaved himself to another for one's food or maintenance. ̃নালী n. the aesophagus, the gullet, the food passage. ̃পূর্ণা a. fem. full of food or rice. n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা).̃পথ্য n. rice-meal as diet. ̃পান n. food and drink. ̃প্রাশন n. the Hindu rite of a child's tasting rice for the first time. ̃বস্ত্র n. food and clothing. ̃ব্যঞ্জন n. rice and curry. ̃ভোজী a. rice-eating. n. rice-eater. ̃ময় a. full of food; built up or nourished by food (অন্নময় কোষ) ̃রস n. chyle. ̃সংস্হান n. provision for maintenance; procuring food or earning one's livelihood. ̃সত্র n. a place or institution for charitable supply of rice or food. ̃সমস্যা n. food-problem, bread-problem. ̃হীন a. without food; foodless; starving. 17)

(p. 72) ambara the sky, the firmament; cloth, loincloth (পীতাম্বর); ambergris. অম্বরী n. a piece of loincloth to be worn by women, a sari; tobacco perfumed with ambergris. a. perfumed with ambergris. 19)

(p. 80) aśana act of eating; an article of food; food, victuals; a meal, a repast. ̃নালি n. alimentary canal, gullet, oesophagus. ̃বসন n. food and clothing. 18)

(p. 85) asambṛta not covered, uncovered; divested of clothing, undressed; bare; one whose garments are about to fall off one's body. fem. অসংবৃতা । 7)

(p. 97) ān̐cala an expanse of a part or an end of a loin-cloth (esp. one worn by women). ̃-ধরা a. (said of a man) very obedient to women or to one's wife; henpecked; (of a boy) very much dependent on his mother. 2)

(p. 97) ān̐calā an ornamented border of a woman's loin-cloth. 3)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭasān̐ṭa tight, not loose. আঁটসাঁট পোশাক tight-fitting clothes, close-fitting garment. আঁটসাঁট বেঁধে কাজ করা to start (work etc.) with due preparation and precaution and by providing against probable contingency. 11)

(p. 98) ām̐śa fibre; scales of a fish; (any) thin membranous excrescence on some insects, seeds, fruits etc; nap of cloth; grain of wood; (any of the) threadlike membranes in some fruits. 2)

(p. 104) ācchādana covering or roofing or clothing or concealing; a covering or roofing, a cover, a lid; clothing, garment, clothes. আচ্ছাদনীয়, আচ্ছাদ্য a. that which is to be covered or roofed or clothed or concealed. আচ্ছাদিত a. covered; roofed; clothed; concealed. 3)

(p. 104) āchaḍ়ānō to throw or dash to the ground violently (esp. when washing clothes). 8)

(p. 106) āḍ় a central market-place; a wholesale market; a storehouse, an entrepot; a fair. ̃ঘাটা n. a place on the river-bank for getting into or alighting from a boat. ̃ছাঁটা a. (of rice etc.) imperfectly husked. আড়ং ধোলাই n. thorough washing and bleaching of clothes; (coll.) beating someone black and blue. 14)

(p. 106) āḍ়ā3 a rive-bank; a crossbeam; a horizontal pole suspended from the ceiling etc. of a room for hanging clothes and other things. 21)

(p. 107) āduḍ় uncovered bare; naked, unclothed; undressed; untied. ̃-গা n. bare body. ̃চুলি a. fem. one whose hair is undressed or untied or dishevelled; a woman having no veil over her head. 74)

(p. 107) ānaddha any instrument of percussion. a. (of musical instruments etc.) having the mouth covered with hide, percussive (আনদ্ধ যন্ত্র); dressed up, tied up, arranged (আনদ্ধ কেশপাশ); clothed. 121)

(p. 118) ābāpana the art of weaving cloth. 24)

(p. 126) ālanā a rack or stand for clothes, hats etc. 36)

(p. 126) ālapākā the alpaca; cloth made of its wool. 38)

(p. 133) āstara2, āstaraṇa bed; a bedcover, a coverlet; a bedsheet; a carpet or any similar article (esp. to sit upon); an ornamental cloth placed on the back of an elephant for the rider to sit upon. আস্তর মেঘ stratus. 18)

(p. 123) āẏa2 income; earnings; profit; revenue. ̃কর n. income-tax. a. profitable. ̃ব্যয় n. income and expenditure; (accts.) debit and credit. ̃ব্যয় পরীক্ষা n. audit. ̃ব্যয় পরীক্ষক n. auditor. ̃ব্যয়ক n. budget. ̃ব্যয়ক শীর্ষ n. budget-head. ̃ব্যয়ক সত্র n. budget session. আয় বুঝে ব্যয় করা to live within one's means; (cp.) to cut one's coat according to one's cloth. আয়ের অধিক ব্যয় করা to spend beyond one's means or income. আয়ের ঘর (accts.) credit side. 2)

(p. 140) istiri2 a smoothing-iron, calender; ironing. ইস্তিরি করা v. to iron (clothes). 23)

(p. 159) upakaraṇa an ingredient; an elemental or constituting material (esp. a raw one); an equipment; an implement; an apparatus; an accessory; an article (esp. of food and clothing) offered in religious worship. 42)