(p. 191) audbāhika obtained through marriage (as dowry); of marriage, matrimonial, bridal. 14)

(p. 606) paṇa a promise, a resolve (পণ রক্ষা); a wager, a stake, a bet (পাশাখেলার পণ); price (প্রাণপণ); a condition or term, a stipulation (ধনুকভাঙা পণ); compulsory dowry (esp, what is given to a bridegroom), marriage-money; a commodity; a measure of counting (= 2 গন্ডা). পণ করা v. to resolve. পণ দেওয়া v. to pay the dowry, to pay the bridegroom (or the bride) compulsory dowry or marriage-money. পণ ধরা, পণ রাখা v. to lay a wager, to bet, to stake. পণ নেওয়া v. to exact compulsory dowry or marriage-money. কন্যাপণ n. compulsory dowry or marriage-money given to the bride. বরপণ compulsory dowry or marriage-money given to the bridegroom. ̃কর n. betting tax. ̃কিয়া n. a table of reckoning by pans (পণ). ̃প্রথা n. the system of exacting dowry or marriage-money; (coll.) dowry system. ̃বদ্ধ a. bound by a promise, under pledge of. 17)

(p. 721) bara a desire granted by a deity or a superior person, a boon; a benison, a benediction, a blessing; a bridegroom; a husband. a. desired; greatest, most distinguished (নৃপবর); excellent, splendid, fine (বরতনু). বর দেওয়া v. to grant a boon. বর পাওয়া v. to obtain a boon. বরের ঘরের মাসি কনের ঘরের পিসি (fig.) one who hunts with the hound and runs with the hare. ̃কনে n. pl. the bride and the groom. ̃কর্তা n. the head of the bridegroom's party. ̃দ a. granting a boon; benedictory. ̃দা a. fem. of বরদ । n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃দাতা a. & n. one who grants a boon. fem. ˜দাত্রী । বরদান করা v. to grant a boon. ̃দান n. act of granting a boon or prayer. ̃পক্ষ n. the bridegroom's party. ̃পণ n. a dowry in cash paid by the bride's parents or party to the bridegroom. ̃পুত্র n. a minion (esp. of a deity), a darling, a favourite. ̃প্রদ same as বরদ । fem. ̃প্রদা । ̃বর্ণিনী n. an excellent woman; a woman of peerless beauty. ̃মাল্য n. a garland of flower which the bride puts ceremonially round the neck of the bridegroom whilst accepting him as her husband; a garland of highest honour. ̃যাত্রী, ̃যাত্র n. one who accompanies a bridegroom to a wedding. 45)

(p. 896) yautuka a dowry; a portion; a present or gift given at the time of certain sacramental ceremonies. যৌতুক দেওয়া v. to bestow a dowry upon, to dower, to give a present. ̃প্রথা n. the dowry system. ̃হীন a. portionless. 31)

(p. 951) śulka duty on import or export, customs; tax, toll; a marriage-portion, a dowry; price. ̃শালা n. the customs house. শুল্কাধীন a. bonded. শুল্কাধীন পণ্যাগার bonded warehouse. 11)

(p. 1030) strī a wife; a married woman; a woman. a. (used as a pfx.) female, she- (স্ত্রী-পশু). স্ত্রী-আচার n. traditional rites performed at a wedding by women whose husbands are alive. ̃গমন n. sexual intercourse with one's wife or any other woman. ̃চরিত্র n. the nature and propensity of womankind, woman's nature. ̃চিহ্ন n. the vagina. ̃জন্ম n. birth as a woman. ̃জাতি n. womankind, the female sex, the fair sex. ̃জাতীয় a. feminine, female; feminal. ̃ত্ব n. womanly function and duties; womanly marks on one's person; womanhood; femineity, femininity. ̃ত্যাগ করা v. to desert or divorce a wife. ̃দ্বেষী a. misogynous, misogynistical. n. a misogynist. ̃ধন n. a woman's personal property; a dowry; a portion, dot. ̃ধর্ম n. menstruation, menses; womanly duties. স্ত্রী পরিগ্রহ করা v. to take a wife, to marry, to wive. ̃পুরুষ n. a man and a woman, male and female; husband and wife, man and wife, a couple. ̃প্রত্যয় n. (gr.) any inflection (used as a suffix) denoting feminine gender. ̃বশ a. uxorious, henpecked, ̃বুদ্ধি n. (usu. unwise) counsel of a woman. ̃মুর্তি n. a female figure. ̃রত্ন n. a jewel of a woman or wife. ̃রোগ n. a female disease. ̃রোগ সম্বন্ধীয় a. gynaecological. ̃রোগ বিশেষজ্ঞ n. a gynaecologist; a specialist in female diseases. ̃লক্ষণ n. any one of the characteristic signs of a female body. ̃লিঙ্গ n. (gr.) the feminine gender. ̃লোক n. a woman. ̃শিক্ষা n. female education. ̃সংসর্গ, ̃সহবাস same as ̃স্ত্রীগমন । সুলভ a. womanly, feminine; womanish, effeminate. ̃স্বভাব n. womanly nature; effeminacy. ̃স্বাধীনতা n. freedom of women; female emancipation; (cp.) women's lib. ̃হত্যা n. murder of a wife or any woman. ̃হরণ n. abduction of women esp. for immoral purposes. 30)