(p. 7) aguru a kind of fragrant wood (mostly used as incense). ̃চন্দন n. a fragrant and cool paste of this wood used as an ointment. 2)

(p. 7) agra the top, the summit; an apex; an end or extremity; the front; the front portion; the surface or the portion at the surface (দধির অগ্র); an aim, a purpose (একাগ্র). a. first, foremost, primary, leading; chief; anterior. ̃ক্রয়াধিকার n. the right of pre-emption. ̃গণ্য a. deserving first preference or consideration or mention; foremost; best; principal. ̃গতি, ̃গমন n. forward movement, advancement; progress, promotion, development, increase; (astr.) progressive motion, progression. ̃গামী a. moving forward or to the front; leading; progressive. fem. ̃গামিনী । ̃জ a. born earlier, senior in age, elder, older. n. the eldest or an elder brother. ̃জিহ্বা n. the uvula, the epiglottis. ̃জ্ঞান n. foreknowledge; anticipation. ̃ণী a. leading, chief, best. n. a leader; an inaugurator or initiator; a pioneer. ̃দত্ত n. imprest money. ̃দানী n. a Brahmin (ব্রাহ্মণ) who receives offerings on behalf of a dead person's soul and consequently is socially degraded. ̃দূত n. (mil.) a pioneer; an escort, a guide; a leader; (loos.) a forerunner, a precursor, a harbinger. ̃নেতা n. a leader; an army commander. ̃পশ্চাত্ adv. considering what is before and after; having foresight and hindsight; pro and con; comprehensively. ̃বর্তী a. situated in the front; leading; advanced. fem. ̃বর্তিনী । ভাগ n. the first part or share; top peak; an extremity or end. ̃মহিষী n. the queen-consort. ̃সর, ̃সার a. going first or commencing, leading; moving forward, advancing. ̃সরণ n. advancement. অগ্রসর হওয়া v. to move forward, to advance; to progress. ̃স্হ, ̃স্হিত a. situated in the front, on the top or at end, apical. 14)

(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) aṅguri, aṅgurī, aṅgurīẏa, aṅgurīẏaka an ornamental ring for the finger, a ring. 28)

(p. 9) atiśaẏa too many or too much; great, excessive (অতিশয় তাপ); large (অতিশয় ভিড়). adv. very; exceedingly, excessively. অতিশয়োক্তি n. (rhet.) a figure of speech, hyperbole; exaggeration.

(p. 34) anumāna supposition; guessing, conjecture; a guess, a hypothesis; deduction; (log.) inference; (geom.) a corollary; (rhet.) a Sanskrit figure based on guessing akin to prosopopoeia or vision. অনুমান করা v. to suppose; to guess; to conjecture; to deduce; (log.) to infer. 32)

(p. 48) apahnaba, apahnuti concealment (of truth); denial; theft; (rhet.) a figure of speech in which the object of comparison is concealed under the analogy ('এ তো মালা নয় গো, এ যে তোমার তরবারি'). 26)

(p. 55) ababōdha2 inauguration; initiation; information. 18)

(p. 55) abaẏaba body; a limb; a part, a portion; a constituent; a figure, a form. ̃হীন a. bodiless; without a shape or form. অবয়বী a. having a body, corporeal. 27)

(p. 63) abhaṅgura not brittle or breakable, unbreakable, infrangible; not subject to decay or destruction. 31)

(p. 75) arthāntara difference in interpretation; a different interpretation; another or a different meaning or significance. ̃ন্যাস n. (rhet.) a figure of speech which corroborates the general by the particular or the particular by the general or the cause by the effect or the effect by the cause, corroboration. 34)

(p. 75) arthāpatti (log.) a circumstantial source of proof, a kind of inference; presumption; (rhet.) a figure of speech akin to metonymy. 35)

(p. 78) alaṅkṛta ornamented; adorned, decorated; painted, dressed; furnished with artistic workmanship; decorated with a badge or mark of honour; (in lit.) rhetorical, full of figures of speech. অলংকৃত করা v. to ornament; to adorn. to decorate; to paint; to dress; to deck; to decorate with a badge or mark of honour; (in lit.) to make rhetorical; (fig.) to bring pride or glory to (বীরত্বের দ্বারা দেশকে অলংকৃত করা). 16)

(p. 99) ākāra1 shape, form; figure; appearance. 7)

(p. 126) ālaṅkārika figurative; rhetorical; relating to ornament; decorative. n. a rhetorician; an author of a treatise on rhetoric or poetics. 22)

(p. 138) ilēka any one of the arithmetical symbols affixed to numerical figures to indicate money or weight. 56)

(p. 140) iṣṭa2 intended, desired; cherished; beneficial; one who or that which is worshipped; worshipful; related by blood, of the same family (ইষ্টকুটুম্ব); dear, beloved. n. an intended or desired or cherished thing (ইষ্টলাভ); dear or beloved person. ̃কবচ n. a holy amulet safeguarding the person who puts it on. ̃কর্ম n. an intended work. ̃কুটুম্ব n. pl. one's kinsmen both from father's side and mother's side. ̃চিন্তা n. thoughts about one's welfare. ̃জন n. a dear or beloved person. ̃দেব n. a spiritual teacher and guide, a guru. ̃দেবতা n. a deity of one's worship, a tutelary god; (cp.) a guardian angel. ̃নাম n. the name of one's deity of worship. ̃বিয়োগ n. death of one's kinsman or beloved person. ̃মন্ত্র n. mystical incantations which are recited when worshipping one's deity. ̃লাভ, ̃সাধন, ̃সিদ্ধি n. realization of one's desire, attainment of one's object. 6)

(p. 143) ugra violent; cruel; rough, harsh (উগ্র কথা); haughty; angry, wrathful, hot (উগ্র স্বভাব); severe, fierce (উগ্র তেজ); sharp, pungent, strong (উগ্র শব্দ, উগ্র গন্ধ, উগ্র বিষ). ̃কন্ঠ, ̃স্বর a. harsh-and-angry-voiced, raucous. ̃কন্ঠে, ̃স্বরে adv. in a harsh and angry voice, in a rough or rude voice, raucously. ̃কর্মা a. one who performs terrible or cruel deeds. ̃ক্ষত্রিয় n. the Aguri. ̃চণ্ডা, ̃চণ্ডী n. fem. an appellation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) when conceived as the goddess of wrath; a termagant woman, a termagant, a shrew. ̃গন্ধী a. strongscented. ̃তপা a. practising severe penance or asceticism. ̃তা n. violence; cruelty; roughness, harshness; haughtiness; anger, wrath, heat; severity, fierceness; sharpness. ̃দর্শন a. angrylooking, of fierce looks, of a stern and forbidding appearance. fem. উগ্রদর্শনা । ̃পন্হী a. & n. extremist; terrorist. ̃প্রকৃতি a. hot-tempered; quick-tempered; irascible, choleric. ̃বীর্য a. highspirited. ̃মূর্তি a. angry-looking; fiercelooking. ̃স্বভাব same as উগ্রপ্রকৃতি । 22)

(p. 150) utprēkṣā (rhet.) a figure of speech akin to simile and sustained metaphor in which it seems as if one thing has been transposed to another, a comparison introduced by 'as if', 'as though' etc.; guess, surmise; supposition; doubt. 19)

(p. 157) udbōdha awakening of knowledge in one's mind, enlightenment; recollection. ̃ক a. & n. (of) one who or that which enlightens or awakens knowledge (in); (of) one who or that which incites or excites or inspires; (of) one who or that which enkindles; (of) one who or that which brings back to mind. ̃ন n. act of awakening knowledge (in), enlightenment; awakening; commencement or inauguration or opening. উদ্বোধন বা উদ্ধোধনী সংগীত an opening song. 17)

(p. 162) upaguru a venerable person (who is not a preceptor or teacher); one who deputizes or assists a preceptor or teacher. 7)

(p. 162) upacāra any of the articles given in religious offering; things or materials necessary for worship or used in worship; religious service or ceremony; medical treatment; surgical operation; figurative expression or its explanation. ̃শালা n. (med.) an operation theatre. 15)

(p. 165) upalakṣaṇā (rhet.) a figure of speech akin to metonymy or synecdoche. 37)

(p. 176) ṛju straight; erect; upright; uncurved, unbent; unyielding; candid, frank; sincere; easy; easy to understand or learn or read. ̃কায় a. erect-bodied, upright. ̃তা n. straightness, erectness; uprightness; honesty; sincerity; simplicity. ̃প্রকৃতি same as ঋজুস্বভাব । ̃রেখ a. (geom.) rectilinear. ̃রেখ ক্ষেত্র (geom.) a rectilinear figure. ̃রেখা n. a straight line. ̃স্বভাব a. frank or sincere by nature. 8)