(p. 2) akaraṇīẏa that which should not be done. অকরণীয় ঘর a family or house not acceptable for matrimonial alliance. 13)

(p. 9) aṅgana a courtyard, the compound of a house. 17)

(p. 9) atithi a guest. ̃বত্সল a. hospitable. ̃শালা n. a guest-house. ̃সত্কার, ̃সেবা n. hospitality. ̃সেবক n. a hospitable man; a host. 148)

(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. 29) anibandhī (chem.) amorphous. 4)

(p. 29) aniẏata not regulated; irregular; unsystematic; uncontrolled, unrestrained; not steady; changeful; uncertain. অনিয়তাকার a. amorphous; shapeless. 11)

(p. 38) antḥpura a zenana. a gynaeceum, a harem; the inner portion of a dwelling-house. ̃চারী a. & n. one who keeps to the zenana. fem. ˜চারিণী । ̃রক্ষক n. a guard of the zenana. (cp.) Lord of the bed-chamber. অন্তঃপুরিকা n. a woman who keeps to the zenana. ̃বাসিনী a. fem. keeping constantly to the zenana. mas. ̃বাসী । 33)

(p. 41) antēbāsī a pupil or student or disciple (esp. one who boards at his master's house); one of a low-caste Hindu community known as the Chandalas (চন্ডাল) who in former days burned dead bodies professionally and dwelt in the outskirts of villages for they were regarded as untouchables. 9)

(p. 41) andara, andaramahala the inner parts (esp. of a dwelling-house); the interior; the apartments of a house in which women are secluded, a zenana, a gynaecium. 13)

(p. 71) amānaba (of a place, house etc.) not inhabited or frequented by human beings, uninhabited, depopulated, deserted; (of a creature) not human, superhuman, sub-human, non-human, inhuman; (of a human being) unworthly of being regarded as a human being. 5)

(p. 73) ayuta ten thousand. 19)

(p. 73) arakṣita unprotected; unguarded; defenceless; (of promises, requests, orders, injunctions etc.) not complied with, not observed, not obeyed, not kept properly or safely or securely; uncared for; not kept. অরক্ষিত নগর an open city. অরক্ষিত বাড়ি a deserted house. 38)

(p. 75) arūpa shapeless, formless, amorphous, unembodied; bereft of beauty, ugly. ̃রতন n. an unbodied gem. 10)

(p. 80) aśēṣa endless, unending; infinite, eternal; unlimited, boundless; numerous and various. ̃জ্ঞ, ̃তত্ত্বজ্ঞ a. all-knowing, omniscient. ̃প্রকার, ̃বিধ a. numerous and various; numerous and various kinds of; adopting numerous and various ways. ̃প্রকারে, রূপে adv. in numerous and various ways, in thousand and one ways. 37)

(p. 83) aṣṭa eight. ̃ক n. any collection of eight, an octave; a book containing eight chapters; a verse containing eight couplets. a. eight. ̃আশি see অষ্টাশি । ̃কোণ n. (geom.) an octagon. a. octagonal ̃কোণী a. octagonal. ̃গুণ a. multiplied by eight, eightfold. n. eight times. ̃চত্বারিংশ a. forty-eighth. ̃চত্বারিংশত্ n. & a. forty-eight. ˜চত্বারিংশত্তম a. forty-eighth. fem. ̃চত্বারিংশত্তমী । ̃দিকপাল n. the eight guardian deities of the eight points of the earth. ̃ধা adv. & a. eight times; eightfold; in eight ways. ̃ধাতু n. the eight metals; gold, silver, copper, bronze, bell-metal, zinc, lead and iron. ̃নবতি n. & a. ninety-eight. ˜নবতিতম a. ninety-eighth. fem. ̃নবতিতমী । ̃নাগ n. (myth.) the eight chief snakes. ̃নায়িকা n. the eight minor goddesses; the eight manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); (lit.) eight moods of the heroine or the sweetheart (namely, going to assignation, expecting her lover to come to her bed-chamber, worried owing to sudden absence of her lover, deceived by her lover, stricken with anger and jealousy on observing on the person of her lover signs indicating that he had been to another woman, feeling miserable for having quarrelled with and sent back her lover, enjoying domineering control over her lover, and separated from her lover as he has gone abroad). ̃পঞ্চাশত্ n. & a. fifty-eight. ˜পঞ্চাশত্তম a. fifty-eighth. fem. ̃পঞ্চাশত্তমী । ̃পাদ a. octopod. n. an octopod; the spider; a mythological octopod said to be even stronger than the lion (cp. octopus, শরভ). ̃প্রহর n. a whole day and night, twenty-four hours, a form of collective religious chanting by the Hindus continuing for twenty-four hours at a stretch. adv. throughout the whole day and night; always; ceaselessly. ̃বজ্র n. the eight infallible weapons of the eight principal gods. ̃বজ্রমিলন n. simultaneous hurling of অষ্টবজ্র,, which causes the destruction of the universe; precipitation of a highly explosive condition. ̃বসু n. the eight demi-gods (see বসু). ̃বিধ a. of eight kinds. ̃ভুজ a. eight-handed, octagonal. n. an octagon. ̃ভুজা a. & n. fem. of অষ্টভুজ । □ n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃ভৈরব n. the eight terrible manifestations of Shiva (শিব). অষ্টম a. eighth. ̃মঙ্গলা n. a manifestation of Durga (দুর্গা); the custom according to which the newly-wed groom comes back to the father-in-law's house with his wife on the eighth day of marriage. অষ্টমবর্ষীয় a. of or in the eighth year; eight years old. অষ্টমবাত্সরিক, অষ্টমবার্ষিক a. of the eighth year. ̃মাংশ n. one-eighth; the eighth part. ̃মী n. fem. the eighth day of either fortnight of a lunar month. a. fem. eighth; eight years old. ̃মূর্তি n. the eight manifestations of Shiva (শিব). ̃রম্ভা n. (pop.) a mere nothing, a hoax, a mare's nest; a fiasco. ̃ষষ্টি n. & a. sixty-eight. ˜ষষ্টিতম a. sixty-eighth. ̃সপ্ততি n. & a. seventy-eight. ˜সপ্ততিতম a. seventy-eighth. ̃সিদ্ধি n. the eight superhuman qualities attainable by ascetical or austere practice. 17)

(p. 98) ām̐stākuḍ়, āstākun̐ḍ় a place for depositing household and other rubbish, a dump, a dustbin. আঁস্তাকুড়ের পাতা বা পাত any large tree-leaf used for a dinnerplate and then thrown into the dustbin; (fig.) an ignoble or base person. আঁস্তাকুড়ের পাত কখনো স্বর্গে যায় না an ignoble person can never continue in a noble company. 8)

(p. 99) āga the forepart. a. foremost; topmost. ̃ডাল n. the topmost branch of a tree. ̃দুয়ার n. the frontdoor of a house; an outhouse. ̃পাছ adv. before and after, pros and cons. আগ বাড়া v. to step forward, to march forward. 57)

(p. 99) āgamana coming; arrival. আগমনী n. any of the songs about the coming of Uma (উমা), Shiva's (শিব) wife, to her father's house as told in the Hindu legend. a. relating to coming or arrival. 63)

(p. 99) āgali2 (obs.) a house, a store, a repertory ('বুদ্ধির আগলি'). 71)

(p. 99) āgāra a house; a room; a store; (rare) a container. 81)

(p. 106) āḍ় a central market-place; a wholesale market; a storehouse, an entrepot; a fair. ̃ঘাটা n. a place on the river-bank for getting into or alighting from a boat. ̃ছাঁটা a. (of rice etc.) imperfectly husked. আড়ং ধোলাই n. thorough washing and bleaching of clothes; (coll.) beating someone black and blue. 14)

(p. 106) āḍ়ta a warehouse or godown of a wholesale dealer; an entrepot, a storehouse, a depot. ̃দার n. the owner or keeper of a warehouse; a wholesale merchant. ̃দারি n. wholesale business; the commission of a wholesale merchant. 16)

(p. 107) āthāla a cowshed, a cowhouse. 47)

(p. 107) ādāḍ় a place for depositing household and other rubbish; a dump; a dustbin. আদাড়ে a. extremely dirty, filthy. 61)

(p. 114) ānāca-kānā়ca the outlying and usually neglected parts of a house etc.; the eaves and like parts; nook and corner. আনাচে-কানাচে adv. in nooks and byways; in nooks and eaves. 18)