(p. 2) akāla an inauspicious time; hard times; an unusual time (অকালের বর্ষা); premature time (অকালপক্ব); inappropriate time; (loos.) scarcity, famine. ̃কুষ্মাণ্ড n. a gourd grown at an unusual time; (fig.) a useless or stupid person. ̃জ, ̃জাত a. born at an unusual time; untimely or prematurely born. ̃জলদোদয় untimely gathering of clouds. ̃পক্ক a. (of fruits) prematurely ripened; (of persons) precocious, pert. ̃পক্কতা n. premature ripeness; precocity, pertness. ̃বর্ষণ n. untimely rain. ̃বার্ধক্য n. premature ageing. ̃বৃদ্ধ a. gone old prematurely. ̃বোধন n. (myth.) untimely awakening of Goddess Durga by Ramachandra; (fig.) any untimely performance. ̃মরণ, ̃মৃত্যু n. premature death. 41)

(p. 2) agastya a mythological sage of India; (astrol.) the Canopus. ̃যাত্রা n. the first day of the month of Bhadra (ভাদ্র) when the sage Agastya asked the bending Vindhyas to wait till he came back and he never came back (this day has since been regarded by the Hindus as extremely inauspicious to set out on a journey; (cp. a corbie messenger). অগস্ত্যোদয় n. rise of the star Agastya or Canopus (about the 17th or 18th day of Bhadra). 126)

(p. 9) aṅka a mark or sign; a line; a stripe; a spot; a blemish; (math.) a digit, a number, a figure; an arithmetical problem, a sum; a counting, calculation; the lap; (of a drama) an act; (zoo) the belly; (bot.) the venter. অঙ্ক করা, অঙ্ক কষা v. to do sums; to calculate or count. ̃গত a. lying on or in the lap (of); (fig.) under thorough control of. ̃গর্ভ a. (zoo.) marsupial (of an animal, e. g. kangaroo). ̃তল n. (zoo.) ventral surface. ̃দেশ n. the lap; (zoo.) the belly. ̃পাত n. act of placing figures; act of marking. ̃পাতন n. (math.) notation. ̃বাচক a. (math.) cardinal. ̃বিদ্যা, ̃শাস্ত্র n. mathematics. ̃বিদ্যাবিত্, ̃শাস্ত্রবিত্ n. a mathematician. ̃লক্ষী n. wife. ̃শায়ী a. lying on the lap (of); (fig.) enamoured of. fem. ̃শায়িনী । ̃স্হিত a. situated or placed on the lap; (fig.) beloved. 7)

(p. 9) aṅkana drawing; painting; marking; writing figures; (geom.) act of plotting; construction. অঙ্কন করা v. to mark; to draw or paint; (geom.) to plot; to construct. অঙ্কনী n. pencil, chalk, brush, etc. for drawing or painting. অঙ্কনীয় a. to be or fit to be marked or drawn or painted or (geom.) plotted or constructed. 8)

(p. 9) aṅkita marked; drawn or painted; (geom.) plotted; bedecked, decorated; carved; delineated, described, portrayed (অঙ্কিত চরিত্র); imprinted (মানসপটে অঙ্কিত). অঙ্কিত করা v. to mark; to draw; to paint; (geom.) to plot; to bedeck, to decorate; to carve; to delineate, to describe, to portray; to imprint. 9)

(p. 9) acchidra having no hole or opening; free from defect or loophole; perfect, flawless. 69)

(p. 9) atandra, atandrita sleepless; not sleeping, awake; watchful, vigilant, alert; continually active; untiring; incessant. 138)

(p. 9) ati too; over; beyond; improperly; going beyond; excessively; beyond the compass or range (of), outside. a. very improper or unbecoming; excessive; excellent (অতি নাগর). n. an improper or excessive amount (কিছুরই অতি ভালো নয়) pfx. ex-, extra-, hyper-, out-, over-, super-, sur-, trans-, ultra-. ̃কথা n. exaggerated or useless talk; a myth. ̃কায় a. of immense size; gigantic. ̃কোমল a. too soft, too tender; very tender or soft. ̃চার n. quick passage (from one place to another); passage or forward movement of a planet from one zodiacal sign to another in a shorter period than usual. ̃চালাক a. over-clever, too clever by half; oversmart. ̃চালাকের গলায় দড়ি an over-clever person hangs himself; the fox must pay his skin to the furrier. ̃জন n. the majority. ̃তপ্ত a. superheated. ̃তর a. very much excessive. ̃দর্প n. excessive pride or vanity. ̃দর্পে হতা (বা হত) লন্কা (lit.) the fall of Lanka was caused by (King Ravana's) excessive vanity; (fig.) pride will have a fall. ̃নাটকীয় a. melodramatic; unnecessarily over-dramatic. ̃নাটকীয়তা n. melodrama. ̃দূর a. far-away; remote. n. a great distance. ̃দৈন্য n. utmost poverty. ̃নৈতিকতা n. puritanism, rigid adherence to moral principle or behaviour. ̃পাতক n. any of the most heinous sins, a deadly sin. ̃পাতকী n. a great sinner. ̃পান n. (habitual) overindulgence in intoxicating liquor, intemperance. ̃প্রজতা n. overpopulation. ̃প্রাকৃত a. supernatural; supernal. ̃বড় a. too big; too much. ̃বল a. extremely strong or mighty. ̃বাড় n. overgrowth; unnatural growth or development; excessive haughtiness or pride; extreme immoderation or excess. ̃বাড় বাড়া v. to grow extremely haughty or arrogant. অতিবাড় বেড়ো নাকো ঝড়ে প়ড়ে যাবে (lit.) don't grow too high lest a storm makes you tumble down; (fig.) pride will have a fall. ̃বাদ n. exaggeration. ̃বুদ্ধি same as অতিচালাক । ̃বৃদ্ধ a. very old; decrepit. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. overgrowth. ̃বৃষ্টি n. excessive or heavy rainfall. ̃বেগনি, ̃বেগুনি a. ultraviolet. ̃ব্যয় n. extravagance. ̃ব্যস্ত a. (usu. dero.) very busy; very anxious; fussy. ̃ভক্তি n. excessive devotion or reverence (usu. insincere). অতিভক্তি চোরের লক্ষণ too much courtesy, too much craft. ̃ভুজ a. (geom.) a hypotenuse. ̃ভোজন n. over-eating, surfeit; gluttony. অতিভোজন করা v. to overeat; to gourmandize, to gormandise. ̃ভোজী a. voracious, gourmand. n. a gourmand, a glutton. ̃মন্দা n. (comm.) slump. ̃মাত্র, ̃মাত্রায় adv. beyond measure; extremely. ̃মান n. excessive vanity. ̃মানব n. a great man or a man of exceptional uqalities and powers, a superman; a greatly wise man. ̃মানবিক, ̃মানুষিক a. superhuman; supernal; spiritual; divine. ̃রঞ্জন n. exaggeration. ̃রঞ্জিত a. exaggerated. ̃রথ n. a great warrior capable of fighting innumerable enemies simultaneously. ̃রাষ্ট্রিক a. extra-territorial. ̃লোভ n. too much greed, overgreediness. 145)

(p. 17) adraba insoluble, undissolved. 43)

(p. 24) ananta endless; boundless; unlimited; inexhaustible; everlasting, eternal; imperishable. n. Vishnu (বিষ্ণু); Shesha (শেষ) the thousand-headed king of snakes; an ornament, an armlet. ̃কাল n. eternity. ̃কালব্যাপী, ̃কালস্হায়ী a. eternal. everlasting. অনন্তকাল ধরে adv. for ever. ̃চতুর্দশী n. the fourteenth day of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadra (ভাদ্র); a religious penance observed on this day. ̃দেব n. Shesha (শেষ) the king of snakes. ̃নিদ্রা n. Vishnu's sleep on the person of Ananta (অনন্ত) the snake-king; everlasting or eternal sleep; (fig.) death. ̃নিদ্রায় নিদ্রিত sleeping the sleep that knows no breaking, sleeping eternal sleep, dead. ̃প্রকার a. of endless or countless varieties. ̃বীর্য a. of endless or inexhaustible strength or virility. ̃প্রভাব n. incessant or endless current or flow. ̃মূল n. a medicinal root. ̃রূপ, ̃রূপী a. of endless forms or shapes; of endless manifestations. ̃শয়ন, ̃শয্যা n. use of the person of Anantadeva (অনন্তদেব) by Vishnu as his bed; (fig.) death. ̃শীর্ষ a. hydra-headed. 16)

(p. 26) anārdra not wet; dry; (chem.) anhy-drous. 77)

(p. 26) aniḥsṛta not secreted, not drained out. 93)

(p. 26) anidra sleepless; vigilant. 99)

(p. 38) antḥkēndra (geom.) in-centre. 29)

(p. 38) antarāẏa an obstacle, a barrier, a bar, a hindrance, an impediment. 62)

(p. 41) antya last, ultimate; final; extreme; inferior, base, low; remaining; born of a Shudra (শূদ্র) family. ̃জ a. low-born; base; mean. n. a low-born person; a low caste, a depressed class; one of the Shudra (শূদ্র) or the Chandala (চণ্ডাল) community. ̃বর্ণ n. the last letter of a word. 10)

(p. 41) apakēndra (sc.) centrifugal. অপকেন্দ্র বল centrifugal force. 43)

(p. 41) apagata gone away; departed; passed away; fled away; removed, dispelled; subsided; repealed; withdrawn. 47)

(p. 41) apagama, apagamana flying away, flight; departure; removal; subsidence; withdrawal. 48)

(p. 48) apasaraṇa leaving for a different place; removal, movement; withdrawal, retreat; going out, exit. অপসরণ করা v. to move to a different place; to move away, to shift, to remove; to withdraw, to retreat; to go out; (phys.) to diverge. 10)

(p. 48) apasāraṇa taking away to a different place; transfer, removal; withdrawal; dismissal (কর্মচারীর অপসারণ); (phys.) divergence. অপসারণ করা v. to take away to a different place; to shift, to transfer, to remove; to withdraw; to dismiss; to dispel or expel (অন্ধকার অপসারণ করা); (phys.) to diverge. অপসারণ কোণ angle of divergence. 11)

(p. 48) apasārita shifted, gone away; removed, transferred; withdrawn; dismissed; dispelled or expelled. অপসারিত করা same as অপসারণ করা (see অপসারণ). অপসারিত হওয়া v. to move to a different place; to move away; to shift; to remove; to withdraw, to retreat; to go back, to recede; to go away; to be dispelled or expelled; (phys.) to diverge. 12)

(p. 48) apasriẏamāṇa receding, retreating; withdrawing. 17)

(p. 48) apāẏa destruction, ruin; harm, loss; injury; a disaster, a mishap; a hazard, a danger; an impediment, a hindrance. 39)

(p. 56) abarōdha obstruction, hindrance; blockade; a siege; a prison; a covering; a container or case; imprisonment; detention; zenana (অবরোধবাসিনী). ̃ক a. & n. one who or that which obstructs or hinders or blockades or besieges or imprisons or detains. অবরোধ করা v. to obstruct, to hinder; to blockade; to besiege; to imprison; to detain. ̃প্রথা n. the practice of keeping women confined in the zenana so that they cannot be seen by outsiders, the purdah system. ̃বাসিনী a. fem. secluded in the zenana. n. woman living in the zenana. 2)