(p. 7) agni fire; the fire-god; digestive power; hunger; burning; affliction (শোকাগ্নি). ̃কণা n. a spark. ̃কর্তা n.& a. one who performs the rite of singeing the mouth of the deceased at cremation. ˜কর্ম n. the rite of agnihotra (অগ্নিহোত্র); cremation of the dead. ̃কল্প a. fire-like; fiery; extremely hot; extremely severe or violent; terribly angry, furious. ̃কাণ্ড n. a great fire, a conflagration. ̃কুণ্ডু n. a pit in which a fire is made or a pit full of fire, a firepit; a furnace. ̃কোণ n. the south-east. ̃ক্রিয়া same as ̃কর্ম । ̃গর্ভ a. impregnated with fire, containing fire; fiery; impetuous (অগ্নিগর্ভ বক্তৃতা). ̃চূর্ণ, ̃চূর্ণক n. gun-powder, explosive substance. ̃জিতা n. fem. a woman who has passed successfully through an ordeal by fire. ̃তপ্ত a. heated with fire; as hot as fire. ̃তুল্য a. fire-like; fiery; furious. ̃দগ্ধ a. burnt; consumed by fire. ̃দাতা n. & a. one who sets fire to anything; one who singes the mouth of the dead at cremation. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃দান n. act of setting fire to; act of singeing the mouth of the dead at cremation. ̃দাহ n. a conflagration, combustion, the heat of fire. ̃দাহ্য a. combustible. ̃দীপক a. causing or promoting fire or hunger or digestion. ̃দীপ্ত a. illuminated or brightened with fire. ̃দেব, ̃দেবতা n. the god of fire, the firegod. ̃পক্ক a. cooked with fire; hardened in fire (অগ্নিপক্ক ইট). ̃পরীক্ষা n. an ordeal by fire (esp. the one which Sita of the Ramayana passed through); (fig.) a crucial test, an extremely dangerous or unsafe test (cp. baptism of fire). ̃প্রবেশ n. act of mounting or falling on a burning pyre. ̃প্রভ a. glowing as fire. ̃প্রভা n. glow of fire. ̃প্রস্তর n. flint. ̃বর্ণ a. red as fire; crimson. ̃বর্ধক a. promoting fire or hunger or digestion. ̃বাণ n. a fire-emitting mythical arrow. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. promotion or stimulation of appetite or digestion. ̃বৃষ্টি n. a shower of fire (esp. from the sky, instead of rain); a spell of scorching heat; discharge or firing of gun. ̃মন্ত্র n. any formula of words or spell that makes one determined to achieve an extremely difficult or dangerous end; the doctrine of revolution or terrorism. ̃মন্ত্রে দীক্ষা initiation in the cult of armed agitation or revolution. ̃ময় a. full of fire. ̃মান্দ্য n. loss of appetite; indigestion. ̃মূর্তি a. extremely angry or haughty, furious. n. furious appearance or state. ̃মূল্য a. extremely costly; unpurchasably dear. ̃যুগ n. the age or times of revolution. ̃শর্মা a. extremely angry, furious, livid with rage. n. a furious person, a spitfire. ̃শিখা n. the flame of fire, the flame. ̃শুদ্ধ a. purified by burning in fire; sanctified by undergoing rigorous penance. ̃শুদ্ধি n. purification by burning in fire; sanctification by undergoing rigorous penance. ̃সংস্কার n. cremation by burning the dead. ̃সখ n. the wind. ̃সত্কার n. cremation by burning the dead. ̃সহ a. fire-proof. ̃সহ ইট fire-brick. ̃সহ মৃত্তিকা fire-clay. ̃সাত্ a. completely consumed by fire. ̃সেবন n. act of warming up oneself in the heat of fire. ̃স্ফুলিঙ্গ n. a spark. ̃হোত্র n. the Hindu rite of maintaining the sacred fire perpetually. ̃হোত্রী n. one who maintains the sacred fire perpetually and worships with it. 8)

(p. 243) kuśa a kind of holy grass; Rama's son in the Ramayana; a mythological island. ̃পুত্তলি, ̃পুত্তলী, ̃পুত্তলিকা n. an effigy of a dead or living person made of this grass, a jackstraw. কুশপুত্তলি দাহ করা v. to burn an effigy (in order to express dislike against a person or to consummate cremation scripturally of a person who is believed to be dead but whose body has not been found). কুশ-পেয়ে a. having the tip of one's feet turned inside, suffering from knockfeet or pedis valgum. কুশাগ্র n. the tip of a blade of kusha (কুশ) grass. a. as pointed or sharp as the tip of a blade of kusha grass. কুশাগ্রধী, কুশাগ্রবুদ্ধি a. very sharp-witted, having very keen intelligence. কুশাগ্রীয় same as কুশাগ্র (a). কুশাঙ্কুর n. a sharp-pointed young shoot or blade of kusha (কুশ) grass. কুশাঙ্গুরী, কুশাঙ্গুরীয় n. a ring for the finger made of kusha grass (worn during the performance of a holy rite). কুশাসন n. a small mat made of kusha (কুশ) grass (used for sitting upon by holy persons or during the performance of a holy rite). 89)

(p. 291) gaṅgā the Ganges, the Ganga; a river; a wife of Shiva (শিব). (poet.) গঙ্গা, গঙ্গজ a. Gangetic; riverine. গঙ্গাজলি1 n. act of putting the water of the Ganges into the mouth of a dying person; act of swearing by taking the water of the Ganges in one's palm. গঙ্গাজলি2 a. having the colour of the water of the Ganges, of a brownish cream colour. ̃তীর n. bank of the Ganges. ̃ধর n. an appellation of Shiva (শিব). ̃পুত্র n. (in the Mahabharata) Bhishma; one belonging to a Hindu caste whose business is to cremate or to help cremation, (cp.) an undertaker by caste. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. (lit.) one whose mortal remains have been thrown in the Ganges; dead. গঙ্গাপ্রাপ্ত হওয়া v. to die (esp. holily). ̃প্রাপ্তি n. death (esp. in a holy manner). ̃ফড়িং n. the grasshopper (of the green and large variety). ̃বাসী a. living near or on the bank of the Ganges; riverine. ̃মাহাত্ম্য n. the glory of the Ganges; a hymn glorifying the Ganges. ̃যমুনা n. the Ganges and the Jumna or their confluence. a. black-and-white; mixed with gold and silver, bimetallic. ̃যাত্রা n. act of carrying a dying person to the bank of the Ganges. গঙ্গাযাত্রা করা v. to be carried to the bank of the Ganges on the eve of one's death. গঙ্গাযাত্রা করানো v. to carry (a dying person) to the bank of the Ganges. ̃যাত্রী n. a person who is being carried to the bank of the Ganges on the eve of his death; a dying man; a pilgrim to the mouth of the Ganges esp. on a holy occasion. fem. ̃যাত্রিণী । ̃লাভ same as গঙ্গাপ্রাপ্তি । ̃সংগম, ̃সাগর n. the confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, the mouth of the Ganges. ̃স্নান n. bathing in the Ganges. গঙ্গাস্নান করা v. to bathe in the Ganges; (fig.) to cleanse oneself of guilt, sin etc. to make oneself pure. 6)

(p. 329) ghāṭa2 a landing-stage (as on the bank of a river, pond etc.) a ghat, a quay, a wharf, a moorage, a mooring; (of a harmonium) a reed, (of a stringed musical instrument) a bridge; a mountain or mountain range (পূর্বঘাট, পশ্চিমঘাট); a mountain-pass, a gorge, a ghat. ̃ওয়াল var. of ঘাটোয়াল । ̃লা n. a brick-built or stone-built landing-stair (as on the bank of a pond). ̃কামান n. the practice (among Hindus) of shaving head, chin etc. of sons when their period of mourning is over. ঘাটের মড়া (lit.) a corpse for cremation or burial; a person having one-foot in the grave; (as an abuse) a haggard and ghostly-looking person. সাত ঘাটের জল খাওয়া (fig.) to knock at every door only to be disappointed or harassed. 72)

(p. 390) jalāñjali act of taking water in cupped palms of hands and offering it to the deceased when the cremation is over; (fig.) act of giving up, abandonment (লেখাপড়ায় জলাঞ্জলি); (fig.) waste (টাকা জলাঞ্জলি). জলাঞ্জলি দেওয়া v. to take water in cupped palms of hands and offer it to the deceased at the end of cremation; (fig) to give up, to abandon; (fig.) to waste. 68)

(p. 485) dahana act of burning; (phys.) combustion; inflammation; cremation; (fig.) anguish, affliction. a. that which or one who burns or scorches or inflames or cremates or afflicts (বিশ্বদহন ক্রোধ). দহন করা v. to burn; to scorch; to inflame; to cremate; to afflict. দহনীয় a. that which is to be burned or cremated; combustible, inflammable. 94)

(p. 497) dāha burning, conflagration, combustion (গৃহদাহ); cremation (শবদাহ); severe or scorching heat (দিনের দাহ); inflammation (রোগের দাহ); affliction (অন্তর্দাহ). দাহক a. burning; cremating; scorching; inflammatory; afflicting, distressing. fem. দাহিকা । ̃ক্রিয়া n. cremation. ̃ন n. act of burning; cremation; act of scorching; inflammation; affliction. ̃ভূমি n. burning or cremation ground. দাহিকাশক্তি n. the power of burning; burning capacity. দাহী same as দাহক । 13)

(p. 696) prēta an evil spirit, a goblin, a ghoul; a ghost; the spirit or ghost of a dead person. ̃কর্ম, ̃কার্য, ̃কৃত্য, ̃ক্রিয়া n. funeral rites; obsequial rites. ̃তত্ত্ব n. spiritism, spiritualism. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. a spiritist, a spiritualist. ̃তর্পণ n. offering of water to the spirit of a deceased person. ̃দেহ n. a ghost (of a dead person), an apparition. ̃নদী n. (myth.) the river Baitarini (বৈতরণী) which the soul of the dead has to cross, (cp.) the Styx. ̃পক্ষ n. the dark lunar fortnight ending with the Mahalaya (মহালয়া). ̃পিন্ড n. lump of food offered to the spirit of a deceased person. ̃ভূমি n. a burial ground, a cremation ground. ̃পুরী n. the abode of the dead, the spirit-world, (cp.) Hades. ̃মূর্তি n. a ghost, an apparition. ̃যোনি n. an evil spirit, a goblin, a ghoul. ̃লোক same as েতপুরী । প্রতাত্মা n. the soul or spirit of a dead person, a ghost, a spirit. েতাশৌচ n. impurity of one's body caused by carrying a dead person. েতিনী n. fem. a female evil spirit, a female goblin or ghoul. 34)

(p. 721) bahni fire. ̃জ্বালা n. a flame; glow or heat of fire. ̃মান a. flaming, blazing. ̃শিখা n. a tongue of fire, a flame. ̃সংস্কার n. cremation of a dead body. 229)

(p. 831) maḍ়ka a pestilence, a plague; (of cattle, beasts and birds) a murrain; widespread death (মাছের মড়ক). মড়ক লেগেছে a pestilence or a murrain has broken out; death is taking a heavy toll of lives. ̃খোলা n. a place for cremating or depositing (usu. neglectfully) people killed by a pestilence. 4)

(p. 831) maḍ়ipōḍ়ā taking part in cremating the dead bodies of unrelated persons. n. such a Brahman (considered an outcast). 8)

(p. 872) mukhāgni fire applied to the mouth of the dead at cremation; act of singeing the mouth of the dead at cremation. মুখাগ্নি করা v. to singe the mouth of the dead at cremation. 3)

(p. 935) śaba, śabadēha a dead body, a corpse. শবদাহ, শবদাহন n. cremation. শবদাহ করা v. to burn a dead body, to cremate. শবদাহক n. one who cremates, a cremator. শবদাহনচুল্লি n. a cremator; an incinerator.শবদাহস্হান n. a crematorium. শবপরীক্ষা n. post-mortem; autopsy. শবপরীক্ষা করা v. to make a post-mortem of, to autopsy. শবব্যবচ্ছেদ করা v. to dissect a dead body. শবযাত্রা n. a funeral procession শবযান n. a bier. শবসত্কার n. obsequies, funeral rites; cremation. শবসত্কার করা v. to perform the obsequies of; to cremate. শবসাধনা n. a form of mystical rite or religious meditation performed by sitting upon a dead body in a crematorium usu. on a new-moon night; (fig.) a dreadful endeavour to achieve something. শবাকার a. corpselike; looking like a corpse. শবাগার n. a morgue. শবাচ্ছাদন-বস্ত্র n. shroud; a winding-sheet; dead-clothes. শবাধার n. a bier. শবানুগমন করা v. to follow a corpse to the funeral place. শবানুগামী, শবানুযাত্রী n. one who follows a corpse to the funeral place, a mourner. শবাসন n. a posture of yogic exercise in which one lies still with the face up. শবাসনা a. fem. mounted upon a corpse. n. Goddess Kali (কালী). 51)

(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)

(p. 974) sadgati a happy journey after death; spiritual salvation, final beatitude; obsequies; cremation; (hum.) proper disposal. সদ্গতি করা v. to perform obsequies of; to cremate; (hum.) to dispose of. সদ্গতি লাভ করা v. to enjoy a happy journey after death; to attain final beatitude; to be properly cremated; (hum.) to be disposed of. 68)