(p. 2) akṣara any of the letters of the alphabet; a syllable; (fig.) a symbolic letter. ̃জীবী, ̃জীবক n. a scribe; a copyist; a printer or compositor, a writer. ̃পরিচয় n. acquaintance with the alphabet; commencement of education; literacy; (fig.) elementary knowledge. ̃বিন্যাস n. the characteristic style of handwriting. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of versification in which the number of letters and not the sounds in a line is taken into account. ̃মালা n. the alphabet. ̃যোজক n. a compositor. অক্ষরীকরণ n. transliteration. অক্ষরে অক্ষরে to the letter, word for word. verbatim; (fig.) with strict exactitude, rigorously. 95)

(p. 194) kaḍ়ā3 hard; stiff; difficult; severe; tremendous, intense; angry; haughty; harsh, rude (কড়া কথা); strict; rough. n. a corn on the skin. ̃কড়ি, ̃ক্কড়, ̃ক্কড়ি n. strictness; stringency. কড়া আইন a strict or stringent law কড়া মনিব an exacting master; a hard or strict taskmaster. কড়া লোক a strict man or disciplinarian. 45)

(p. 296) garaja necessity or interest (আপন গরজে); attention, devotion (পড়াশোনায় গরজ). গরজ করা v. to feel eagerness to do, to be up and doing, to be active; to pay attention to. গরজি a. (chiefly used as a sfx.) interested (আপ্তগরজি). গরজ বড় বালাই (fig.) necessity is the most exacting taskmaster; (fig.) necessity knows no law. 75)

(p. 382) churi, churikā a knife; a pen-knife (usu. পেনসিল-কাটা ছুরি); a clasp-knife; a dagger; a dirk. ছুরি মারা v. to knife, to knive, to stab. গলায় ছুরি মারা (lit.) to cut one's throat, to assassinate, to kill; (usu. fig.) to ruin esp. by exacting a heavy payment. ছুরিকাঘাত n. a stab, stabbing. 5)

(p. 522) dōhana act of milking, (fig.) extortion, exaction, exploitation. দোহনী n. a milkpail, a milk-can; a milk-trough. দোহনীয় a. fit to be milked. 23)

(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. 890) yāthāyathya correctness; propriety; exactness, exactitude. 27)

(p. 890) yāthārthya rightness; correctness; accuracy; reality; genuineness, authenticity; trueness; veracity; truth; actuality; propriety; exactness, exactitude. 28)

(p. 916) rudhira blood; (fig.) one's money. রুধির পান করা বা শোষণ করা v. to suck or drink another's blood; (fig.) to extract money oppressively from, to extort. ̃ধারা n. stream of blood. ̃পায়ী a. blood-sucking; (fig.) given to exacting money oppressively; extortionary. ̃রঞ্জিত a. smeared with blood, bloody. ̃স্নান n. (lit. & fig.) blood-bath. ˜স্রোত a stream of blood. রুধিরাক্ত same as ̃রঞ্জিত । রুধিরাপ্লুত a. drenched with blood, bloody. 5)