(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. 191) au the fourteenth vowel of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 346) caturdaśa & a. fourteen. □ a. fourteenth. ̃পদী a. consisting of fourteen lines. চতুর্দশপদী কবিতা a quatorzain; a sonnet. চতুর্দশ পুরুষ fourteen generations in the ascending order such as the father, the grandfather etc.; the fourteenth generation. চতুর্দশ বিদ্যা the four Vedas, the six Vedangas (বেদাঙ্গ), the Mimamsas (মীমাংসা), logic, history and mythologies; all these collectively. চতুর্দশ ভুবন the seven heavens and the seven underworlds. চতুর্দশী n. fem. the fourteenth day of a lunar fortnight; a girl of fourteen. a. fem. fourteen years old. 4)

(p. 438) ḍh the fourteenth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 614) paẏāra a metrical system of Bengali poetry in which each line consists of fourteen letters or syllables; a verse composed in this metre. 12)

(p. 746) bāruṇī a variety of wine; wine; the west; a bathing festival held on the eve of the fourteenth lunar day of the darkfortnight of Chaitra (চৈত্র); the wife of the sea god (cp. Tethys). 25)

(p. 838) manu (myth.) any one of the fourteen sons of Brahma (ব্রহ্মা); the fourteenth Manu (মনু). regarded as the father and first law-giver of mankind. 5)

(p. 914) rikta empty; devoid of, destitute of; extremely poor, indigent, penniless. রিক্ত করা v. to empty. ̃তা n. emptiness; destitution. ̃হস্ত a. empty-handed; fundless, broke, penniless. রিক্ত a. fem. of রিক্ত । n. (astrol.) the fourth, ninth and fourteenth lunar days of a fortnight. 10)

(p. 944) śiba good, weal, well-being; one of the three principal Hindu gods, Shiva. a. good, beneficial; auspicious. শিব গড়তে বাঁদর গড়া (fig.) to do evil in one's attempt to do something good. ̃চর্তুদশী n. the fourteenth lunar day of the month of Phalgoon (ফাল্গুন) when Shiva is worshipped. ̃জ্ঞান n. the conception that all is good (যাত্রায় শিবজ্ঞান). n. the state of Shiva. শিবত্বপ্রাপ্তি n. death. ̃নেত্র n. the upturned eyes of Shiva; one with such eyes (eyes become so upturned on the eve of one's death). ̃বাহন n. the bull. ̃রাত্রি n. the night of ̃চতুর্দশী । শিবরাত্রির সলতে (fig.) the only son or the sole surviving descendant. ̃লিঙ্গ n. a phallic symbol of Shiva. ̃লোক n. the abode of Shiva. 54)