(p. 62) abēlā unsuitable or inconvenient hour or time; improper hour or time; inauspicious hour or time; late afternoon. 18)

(p. 80) aśāstra any book other than the scriptures; any book containing unscriptural teaching; a harmful book. a. unscriptural; imparting unscriptural or harmful teaching. অশাস্ত্রীয় a. contrary to or not included in the scriptures, not in conformity with scriptural decrees, unscriptural; improper, unconventional. 28)

(p. 90) asubidhā inconvenience, disadvantage; incommodiousness; discomfort; difficutly, trouble; hindrance; impediment. ̃জনক a. inconvenient, disadvantageous; incommodious; difficult; troublesome. 13)

(p. 95) āibaḍ়, āibuḍ়ō unmarried. আইবুড়োভাত n. the ceremony of taking the last meal by a Hindu bride or bridegroom on the night immediately preceding their wedding-day. আইবুড়ো মেয়ে a woman who remains single after the conventional age for marrying, a spinster. 8)

(p. 107) ādaba etiquette, courtesy. ̃কায়দা n. forms of ceremony or decorum, etiquette; conventional laws of courtesy; good manners. ̃কায়দাদোরস্ত, ̃কায়দাদুরন্ত a. conversant with or observant of forms of ceremony or decorum; courteous; smart; fashionable; correct in demeanour. 51)

(p. 115) ābōẏāba any of the conventional and usually illegal payments exacted by landowners from tenants. 75)

(p. 126) ālāpa conversation; talk, conference, discussion; greeting; acquaintance; (mus.) introductory singing or playing of a tune (esp. a conventional one in Indian classical music) in detail. আলাপ করা v. to converse; to talk, to confer, to discuss; to greet; to make one's acquaintance (with); to cultivate acquaintance (with); (mus.) to sing or play a tune in detail. ̃ন n. conversation, talk, conference. ̃নীয় a. conferrable, discussable. ̃পরিচয়, ̃সালাপ n. (coll.) acquaintance and speaking terms; familiarity, intimacy; discussion. 56)

(p. 133) āhbāẏaka one who invites or calls or summons or addresses or invokes. n. an inviter; a caller; a summoner; an addresser; convener; an invocator. fem. আহ্বায়িকা । 59)

(p. 136) iunāni Greek; pertaining to conventional Muslim therapy. 4)

(p. 202) kabi a poet; a scholar; a philosopher; a kind of song-tournament, this song (cp. strophe and antistrophe), its composer or singer. ̃ওয়ালা n. a composer of songs for a song-tournament; a singer of these songs; the leader of a party competing in a song-tournament. ̃কল্পনা n. a visionary thing; fanciful imagination; a baseless and unreal conception; (rare) poetic imagination. ̃কল্পিত a. visionary; fanciful; baseless and unreal; imagined or invented by a poet. ̃গান n. a kind of song-tournament or duel; a song for this tournament. ̃গুরু n. the first poet; the chief of poets. ̃জনোচিত a. befitting a poet, poetical. কবির লড়াই a kind of song-tournament; a contest of poets. কবিতা n. a poem; a verse; a couplet; poetry. কবিত্ব n. poetical imagination or talent, poetry; poetic quality. কবিত্বপূর্ণ, কবিত্বময় a. full of poetry; full of poetic quality; endowed with a talent for composing poems. কবিত্ব শক্তি n. poetical talent or genius. ̃প্রসিদ্ধি n. any imaginative description of nature originally made by a poet and afterwards repeated by other poets, a poetical convention. ̃বর n. a great poet, a master poet. কবি সম্মেলন n. an assembly or conference of poets. কবীশ n. the chief among poets. 15)

(p. 208) kaṣṭa grief, sorrow; trouble, difficulty; pain, suffering; labour, hard effort, toil (কষ্টার্জিত); hardship; want, privation. কষ্ট করা v. to labour hard, to endeavour laboriously, to toil; to take trouble, to take pains; to undergo hardships; to suffer. কষ্ট দেওয়া v. to give trouble, to put to difficulty; to put to inconvenience; to oppress, to cause suffering (to), to distress; to pain; to grieve. কষ্ট পাওয়া v. to get into trouble, to be in difficulty; to suffer (from); to be oppressed or distressed; to feel pain; to grieve (for, at); to be moved with pity or sympathy. ̃কর a. difficult, hard; troublesome; laborious, toilsome; painful; distressing; oppressive, vexatious. ̃কল্পনা n. a far-fetched or forced or laboured concept or thought. ̃কল্পিত a. far-fetched, forced. ̃দায়ক same as কষ্টকর । ̃ভোগ n. suffering. কষ্টভোগ করা v. to suffer. ̃সহ, ̃সহিষ্ণু a. painstaking; able to undergo hardships, inured to hardships. ̃সাধ্য same as কষ্টকর । 112)

(p. 296) gatānugatika routine; customary; usual; conventional; traditional; trite, hackneyed, commonplace; monotonous. ̃তা n. state of being customary; traditionalism; subservience to routine; triteness; lack or absence of variety; monotony. ̃ভাবে adv. in a customary or hackneyed fashion, by keeping to the beaten track. 6)

(p. 419) ṭānā1 (in weaving) a warp; (of a chest or cabinet) a drawer. ̃পড়েন n. (lit. & fig.) warp and woof; (fig.) continuous coming and going; the inconvenience or trouble for continuously going back and forth. 78)

(p. 485) dastura a custom or practice, a usage; a convention; a rule. ̃মতো, ̃মাফিয়া a. in keeping with custom or convention or rule, customary, conventional. adv. thoroughly, quite. 88)

(p. 517) dēśa a country, a land; a state; a province (বঙ্গদেশ, অঙ্গদেশ); motherland, native land (কাফ্রিদের দেশ আফ্রিকায়); native village (ছেলেটি সবে দেশ থেকে শহরে এসেছে); a region (মরুদেশ); a place (পৃষ্ঠদেশ); a part or portion (মধ্যদেশ); a direction or quarter (অধোদেশ); a raga or musical mode. ̃কাল n. a particular place and a point of time or their nature or condition; a particular circumstance. ̃কালজ্ঞ a. conversant with the nature of a particular place and time or with that of different places and points of time. ̃কালপাত্র n. a particular place and a point of time and a person or their nature or condition. ̃কালাতীত a. transcending space and time, universal and eternal. ̃কালোচিত a. befitting and serving the needs of a particular place and a point of time; befitting the circumstances. ̃খ্যাত a. same as দেশপ্রসিদ্ধ । ̃ছাড়া a. away from home; away from one's motherland. ̃গৌরব n. pride of a or of one's country. ̃জ ̃জাত a. indigenous. ̃জো়ড়া same as দেশব্যাপী । ̃ত্যাগ n. leaving a country or one's own country (esp. for good), emigration or migration from one's native land. দেশত্যাগ করা v. to leave a country or one's own country (esp. for good); to emigrate or migrate. ̃ত্যাগী a. (also n.) emigrant, migrant. ̃দেশান্তর n. one's native land and other countries; countries far and near, different countries. ̃দ্রোহ n. treason or treachery against one's own country or state. ̃দ্রোহী a. committing treason or treachery against one's own country or state. ̃ধর্ম n. customs and practices peculiar to a country. ̃পর্যটন same as দেশভ্রমণ । ̃প্রথা same as দেশধর্ম । ̃প্রসিদ্ধ a. famous all over the country. ̃প্রিয় a. beloved of one's countrymen. ̃প্রেম n. attachment to or love for one's motherland, patriotism. ̃প্রেমিক n. a lover of one's motherland, a patriot. ̃বন্ধু n. a friend of the country; the friend of one's own country. ̃বিখ্যাত same as দেশপ্রসিদ্ধ । ̃বিদেশ n. one's native land and foreign countries, home and abroad. ̃বিদেশে adv. at home and abroad; all over the world. ̃বিশ্রুত same as দেশপ্রসিদ্ধ । ̃বিধান n. customs and conventions peculiar to a country. ̃ব্যাপী a. countrywide. ̃বিভাগ n. the partition of a country. ̃ভেদে adv. according to the change of countries; in different lands. ̃ভ্রমণ n. travel in different lands, journeying from country to country; travel in different parts of a country. দেশভ্রমণ করা v. to travel in different countries or in different parts of a country. ̃ময় a. countrywide. adv. all over the country. ̃মাতৃকা n. a country conceived or personified as the mother of its inhabitants; motherland. ̃রক্ষা n. the defence of a country. দেশরক্ষা-মন্ত্রক n. the ministry of defence. ̃সেবক n. a servant of one's motherland. ̃সেবা n. service to one's motherland. ̃স্হ a. situated or living in a country; (loos.) of or concerning a country, internal; (loos.) indigenous. ̃হিত n. welfare of a country. ̃হিতকর a. beneficial to a country, conducive to a country's welfare. ̃হিতব্রত n. avowed determination to do good to one's country. a. same as দেশহিতব্রতী । ̃হিতব্রতী a. avowedly devoted to the welfare of one's country. হিতৈষণা, ̃হিতৈষিত n. desire of doing good to one's own country. হিতৈষী a. desirous of doing good to one's own country. 22)

(p. 532) dharma religion, faith, creed; piety, virtue (অহিংসা পরম ধর্ম); scriptural laws or directions (ধর্মসম্মত); a form of worship (তান্ত্রিক ধর্ম); theology (ধর্মগ্রন্হ); natural quality or behaviour or disposition, property or function (মানবধর্ম, কালধর্ম, আগুনের ধর্ম); virtuousness, righteousness, morality (ধর্মহীন আচরণ); law (ধর্মপত্নী); justice (ধর্মাধিকরণ); holiness, sacredness (ধর্মের সংসারে পাপ); Yama (যম) the god of piety and death; a popular god of Bengal (ধর্মঠাকুর); chastity (স্ত্রীলোকের ধর্মনাশ); (astrol.) the ninth house from the house of birth in the zodiac. ধর্মে সওয়া v. (of a sin, misdeed etc.) to be tolerated by God or the Divine Judge. ধর্মের কল বাতাসে নড়ে, ধর্মের ঢাক আপনি বাজে (fig.) truth cannot be kept concealed, truth must come out; the irrevocable rod of Nemesis is sure to strike in course of time. ধর্মের ষাঁড় (fig.) a wildly wayward man allowed to move scotfree. ধর্মের সংসার a family practising virtue, a pious family. ধর্ম-অর্থ-কাম-মোক্ষ n the four principal aims of human life; piety, wealth, love or fulfilment of desire, and salvation of the soul. ̃কন্যা n. fem. one solemnly accepted as a daughter by a person other than one's parents; (loos.) a god-daughter. ধর্ম-কর্ম, ̃কার্য n. religious practices (esp. as enjoined by scriptures). ̃কাম a. desirous of attaining virtue through religious practices. ̃কৃত্য, ̃ক্রিয়া same as ধর্মকর্ম । ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a holy or consecrated place, a place of pilgrimage. ̃গত a. pious, virtuous; concerning or pertaining to religion, religious. ̃গতপ্রাণ a. having one's life devoted to religion or piety; very religious-minded; profoundly or deeply pious. ̃গ্রন্হ n. a holy book or text, a scripture; a religious book; a theological treatise. ̃ঘট n. (ori.) a religious practice consisting in giving away pitchers filled with holy water; (pol. & pop.) cessation of work as a means of putting pressure on employers, a strike. ধর্মঘটকালীন ভাতা strike-pay. ধর্মঘটী n. (pol.) a striker. ˜চক্র n. the four laws or directives of Buddha conducive to attaining final salvation. ̃চর্চা n. religious discussion or practice. ̃চর্যা n. observance of religious rules and rites, religious practice; practice of virtue. ̃চারী a. observant of religious rules and rites, devoted to religious practices; virtuous, pious. ̃চিন্তা n. religious meditation; spiritual meditation; theological meditation; theology. ̃চ্যুত same as ধর্মভ্রষ্টা । ̃জ a. legitimately born. ̃জিজ্ঞাসা n. religious inquiry; spiritual inquiry. ̃জিজ্ঞাসু a. seeking after or inquisitive about religious or spiritual truths. ̃জীবন n. religious or spiritual life; pious or virtuous life; ecclesiastical life. ̃জ্ঞ a. conversant with religious rules and duties; conversant with religion; pious, virtuous, religious. ̃জ্ঞান n. religious knowledge; religious-mindedness; deep sense of piety. ̃ঠাকুর n. a popular god of Bengal named Dharma (ধর্ম). ̃তা adv. in the eye of righteousness or piety; according to or conforming to righteousness, piously. ̃তত্ত্ব n the mysteries of religion; theology; theosophy, a religious doctrine. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. one conversant with the mysteries of religion; a theologian; one conversant with a religious doctrine. ̃তত্ত্বীয় a. concerning the mysteries of religion, religious; theological; concerning a religious doctrine. ̃ত্যাগ n. abandonment of one's religion, adoption of another religion, apostasy. ধর্মত্যাগ করা v. to abandon one's religion, to adopt another religion. n. an apostate, a renegade. ̃দ্বেষী, ̃দ্রোহী a. revolting against or hostile to religion; irreligious; impious; ungodly. fem. ধর্মদ্বেষিণী, ধর্মদ্রোহিণী । ̃দ্রোহ, ̃দ্রোহিতা n. revolt against or hostility towards religion; irreligion; impiety; ungodliness. ̃ধ্বজী a. simulating piety or virtuousness; sanctimonious; hypocritical. n. one simulating piety or virtuousness, a religious imposter. ̃নাশ n. ravishment of a woman's chastity, rape; profanation or defilement of one's religion or idol. ধর্মনাশ করা v. to ravish or outrage one's chastity, to rape; to profane or defile one's religion or idol. ̃নিন্দা n. disparagement of religion; blasphemy. ধর্মের নিন্দা করা v. to disparage religion; to blaspheme. ̃নিরপেক্ষ a. irrespective of creed (ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ বিচার); secular (ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ রাষ্ট্র). ̃নির্দিষ্ট a. enjoined by religion; enjoined by scriptures, scriptural. ̃নিষ্ঠ a. devoted to religion or religious practices; pious, virtuous, righteous. ̃নিষ্ঠা n. devotion to religion or religious practices; piety, virtuousness, righteousness. ̃নীতি n. a religious principle or principles; a principle or principles of virtue; a moral principle or principles; ethics. ̃পত্নী n. a lawful wife; a lawfully married wife. ̃পথ n. the path of virtue or piety. ধর্মপথে থাকা v. to follow the path of virtue or piety, to practise virtue or piety; to walk in the presence of God. ̃পর, ̃পরায়ণ same as ধর্মনিষ্ঠ । ̃পাল n. a defender of religion; (Christ.) a bishop. ̃পালক n. one who observes religious rites and practices; a defender of religion or faith. ̃পালন n. observance of religious rites and practices; defence of religion. ̃পিতা n. one solemnly accepted as father by a person other than one's children; (loos.) a godfather. ̃পিপাসা n. a strong desire for learning religious truths, thirst for religion. ̃পিপাসু a. desirous of learning religious truths, thirsty of religion. ̃পুত্র, (coll. corrup.) ̃পুত্তুর n. (loos.) a godson; a son of Yama (যম) the god of piety; an appellation of Yudhisthira of the Mahabharata; (sarcas.) one who poses to be a profoundly pious or truthful man; sanctimonious. ধর্মপুত্র যুধিষ্ঠির (sarcas.) a profoundly pious or truthful man, a sanctimonious person. ̃পুস্তক same as ধর্মগ্রন্হ । ̃প্রচার n. preaching of religion; religious preaching or propaganda; evangelization; evangelism. ধর্মপ্রচার করা v. to preach religion; to evangelize. ̃প্রচারক a. preaching religion; evangelizing. n. a religious preacher; an evangelist. ̃প্রধান a. chiefly guided by religion or religious principles; religious-minded, devout. ̃প্রবক্তা n. a prophet. ̃প্রবণ a. having propensity towards religion; religiousminded. ̃প্রবনতা n. leaning towards religion; religious-mindednesss. ̃প্রবর্তক n. the founder of a religion. ̃প্রাণ a. counting or regarding religion as precious as one's life; profoundly devout. ̃প্রাণতা n. act of counting religion as precious as one's life; profound devoutness. ̃বন্ধন n. the bond of religion; a sacred or solemn bond or tie; the holy bondage of being members of the same religious community. ̃বন্ধু n. a friend or servant of religion; a friend or helper in religious matters. ̃বল n. force of piety or virtuousness. ̃বাণী n. a word or teaching of religion; a holy word; an evangel, a gospel. ̃বিধান, ̃বিধি n. a religious law or rule; a sacred law; a scriptural injunction or prescription. ̃বিপ্লব n. a revolution in the world of religion; a great religious change, a religious revolution. ̃বিরুদ্ধ, ̃বিরোধী a. hostile to religion or piety; irreligious or impious, ungodly. ̃বিশ্বাস n. a religious faith, a creed; faith in religion. ̃বিশ্বাসী a. having faith in a particular religion or creed; following a particular creed; having faith in religion; virtuous, pious, godly. ̃বুদ্ধি n. virtuous or pious or just thought or intention; conscientiousness, conscionableness; good conscience. ̃বৃদ্ধ n. a religious or ecclesiastical elder; a member of a priesthood, a father. ̃ভয় n. fear of God; religious qualm. ̃ভগিনী n. one solemnly accepted as a sister by a person other than one's brother or sister; a female disciple of the same teacher; a member of a sisterhood, a nun, a sister. ̃ভাই coll. form of ধর্মভ্রাতা । ̃ভীরু a. God-fearing. ̃ভীরুতা n. God-fearing conduct or nature. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. gone astray from the religious or righteous course; fallen from one's religious belief. ̃ভ্রাতা n. one solemnly accepted as a brother by a person other than one's brother or sister; a disciple of the same teacher or preceptor; a member of a brotherhood or sect or faith; a brother. ̃মঙ্গল n. a long poem narrating the glory of Dharmathakur (ধর্মঠাকুর). ̃মত n. a religious tenet or doctrine. ̃মন্দির n. a house of worship, a temple, a shrine. ̃ময় a. full of piety; devout or pious. ̃মা, ̃মাতা n. one solemnly accepted as mother by a person other than one's child. ̃মূলক a. concerning religion, religious. ̃যাজক n. an ecclesiastic; a clergyman; a priest. ̃যুদ্ধ n. a war for the cause of religion, (cp.) a crusade, a holy war. ̃যোদ্ধা n. one fighting for the cause of religion, (cp.) a crusader; a holy warrior. ̃রক্ষা n. defence of religion; preservation of one's religion or piety; preservation of chastity (স্ত্রীলোকের ধর্মরক্ষা). ̃রাজ n. the lord of justice; an appellation of Yudhisthira of the Mahabharata or that of Yama (যম) or Dharmathakur (ধর্মঠাকুর) or Buddha. ̃রাজ্য n. a state or kingdom administered with scrupulous justice, a realm of justice; a state or kingdom founded on religion or piety, a holy state. ̃রাষ্ট্র n. a theocratic state. ̃লক্ষণ n. any one of the (ten) characteristic signs of piety or virtuousness. ̃লোপ n. destruction or extinction of religion or piety; profanation of one's religion; ravishment of (a woman's) chastity. ̃শালা n. a guesthouse where pilgrims and travellers are accommodated temporarily at a low cost or free of cost; (ori.) a court of justice. ̃শাসন n. a religious or scriptural edict; administration of justice; lawful judgment; rule of the ecclesiastics, theocracy. ̃শাস্ত্র n. scripture. ̃শাস্ত্রব্যবসায়ী n. a dealer in religious books and scriptures; an expounder and teacher of scriptures, a scribe. ̃শাস্ত্রানুমত a. conforming to or as prescribed by scriptures. ̃শিক্ষক n. a religious teacher or preceptor. ̃শিক্ষা n. religious education or teaching. ̃শীল a. pious, virtuous. ̃সংস্কার n. religious reformation; a holy sacrament. ̃সংস্কারক n. a religious reformer. ̃সংস্হাপন n. introduction or founding of a religion; firm establishment of a religion; rejuvenation or reinforcement or restoration of a religion. ̃সংহিতা n. a religious code, a book of holy laws. ̃সংগত same as ধর্মসম্মত । ̃সংগীত n. a devotional song or hymn, a psalm. ̃সভা n. a religious gathering or congress or convention or congregation or society. ̃সম্প্রদায় n. a religious community, a religious group or sect. ̃সম্মত a. conforming to the rules and prescription of religion or piety; pious, virtuous; rightful; just. ̃সাক্ষী a. having or claiming the god of piety as witness. n. an oath in the name of the god of piety. ধর্মসাক্ষী করে বলা to take an oath in the name of God, to take a solemn oath. ̃সাধন n. practice of virtue or religion. ̃হানি same as ধর্মনাশ । ̃হীন a. godless, ungodly, irreligious, impious; blasphemous. ̃হীনতা n. ungodliness; impiety. 17)

(p. 672) pracala current. n. a convention. ̃ন n. act of bringing into practice, introduction usage, practice; currency. প্রচলন করা v. to bring into practice or currency; to introduce. প্রচলন হওয়া v. to be introduced or practised; to gain currency. প্রচলিত a. introduced; current, in vogue or prevailing taste; customary. 11)

(p. 682) prathā usage, custom, practice; system, method. ̃গত a. customary. ̃নুগ a. in accordance with custom; customary; conventional. ̃নুগত্য n. loyalty or faithfulness to custom or convention. ̃নুসারে adv. according to the custom or practice or system, customarily. ̃মতো adv. according to or in accordance with custom or convention; conventionally. 9)

(p. 773) bihāra sport or frolic; dalliance; amorous frolic; promenading; a pleasure trip; a promenade; a pleasure ground; a Buddhist or Jaina monastery or convent. বিহার করা v. to sport or frolic; to indulge in amorous frolic, to dally; to promenade. 73)

(p. 782) bēga2 speedy gait, rapidity, swiftness; speed, velocity (esp. in phys.) momentum, impetus; current, flow; desire to evacuate bowels or urinate; trouble or toil (টাকা আদায় করতে বেগ পেতে হয়েছে); severity, virulence (জ্বরের বেগ). বেগ দেওয়া v. to give trouble, to put to difficulty or inconvenience. 56)

(p. 786) bēdastura contrary to rule or practice, unconventional. 35)

(p. 831) maṭha a monastery or a nunnery, a convent; an abbey; a shrine, a temple; an academy; a sweetmeat made of congealed sugar shaped like a temple. ̃ধারী, মঠাধিকারী, মঠাধ্যক্ষ n. a head of a monastery or convent, an abbot. fem. ̃ধারিণী an abbess. 3)

(p. 847) mahanta a head of a monastery, convent, temple etc.; (cp.) an abbot. 12)

(p. 852) māmuli hackneyed, trite, banal, stock; conventional, traditional, traditionally or conventionally fixed (মামুলি স্বত্ব); most ordinary, negligible, paltry (মামুলি ব্যাপার). 145)

(p. 896) yōktra a halter; resource, provision (চাকরির যোক্ত্র নেই); facility or convenience (কাজে যোক্ত্র নেই). 3)