(p. 7) agni fire; the fire-god; digestive power; hunger; burning; affliction (শোকাগ্নি). ̃কণা n. a spark. ̃কর্তা n.& a. one who performs the rite of singeing the mouth of the deceased at cremation. ˜কর্ম n. the rite of agnihotra (অগ্নিহোত্র); cremation of the dead. ̃কল্প a. fire-like; fiery; extremely hot; extremely severe or violent; terribly angry, furious. ̃কাণ্ড n. a great fire, a conflagration. ̃কুণ্ডু n. a pit in which a fire is made or a pit full of fire, a firepit; a furnace. ̃কোণ n. the south-east. ̃ক্রিয়া same as ̃কর্ম । ̃গর্ভ a. impregnated with fire, containing fire; fiery; impetuous (অগ্নিগর্ভ বক্তৃতা). ̃চূর্ণ, ̃চূর্ণক n. gun-powder, explosive substance. ̃জিতা n. fem. a woman who has passed successfully through an ordeal by fire. ̃তপ্ত a. heated with fire; as hot as fire. ̃তুল্য a. fire-like; fiery; furious. ̃দগ্ধ a. burnt; consumed by fire. ̃দাতা n. & a. one who sets fire to anything; one who singes the mouth of the dead at cremation. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃দান n. act of setting fire to; act of singeing the mouth of the dead at cremation. ̃দাহ n. a conflagration, combustion, the heat of fire. ̃দাহ্য a. combustible. ̃দীপক a. causing or promoting fire or hunger or digestion. ̃দীপ্ত a. illuminated or brightened with fire. ̃দেব, ̃দেবতা n. the god of fire, the firegod. ̃পক্ক a. cooked with fire; hardened in fire (অগ্নিপক্ক ইট). ̃পরীক্ষা n. an ordeal by fire (esp. the one which Sita of the Ramayana passed through); (fig.) a crucial test, an extremely dangerous or unsafe test (cp. baptism of fire). ̃প্রবেশ n. act of mounting or falling on a burning pyre. ̃প্রভ a. glowing as fire. ̃প্রভা n. glow of fire. ̃প্রস্তর n. flint. ̃বর্ণ a. red as fire; crimson. ̃বর্ধক a. promoting fire or hunger or digestion. ̃বাণ n. a fire-emitting mythical arrow. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. promotion or stimulation of appetite or digestion. ̃বৃষ্টি n. a shower of fire (esp. from the sky, instead of rain); a spell of scorching heat; discharge or firing of gun. ̃মন্ত্র n. any formula of words or spell that makes one determined to achieve an extremely difficult or dangerous end; the doctrine of revolution or terrorism. ̃মন্ত্রে দীক্ষা initiation in the cult of armed agitation or revolution. ̃ময় a. full of fire. ̃মান্দ্য n. loss of appetite; indigestion. ̃মূর্তি a. extremely angry or haughty, furious. n. furious appearance or state. ̃মূল্য a. extremely costly; unpurchasably dear. ̃যুগ n. the age or times of revolution. ̃শর্মা a. extremely angry, furious, livid with rage. n. a furious person, a spitfire. ̃শিখা n. the flame of fire, the flame. ̃শুদ্ধ a. purified by burning in fire; sanctified by undergoing rigorous penance. ̃শুদ্ধি n. purification by burning in fire; sanctification by undergoing rigorous penance. ̃সংস্কার n. cremation by burning the dead. ̃সখ n. the wind. ̃সত্কার n. cremation by burning the dead. ̃সহ a. fire-proof. ̃সহ ইট fire-brick. ̃সহ মৃত্তিকা fire-clay. ̃সাত্ a. completely consumed by fire. ̃সেবন n. act of warming up oneself in the heat of fire. ̃স্ফুলিঙ্গ n. a spark. ̃হোত্র n. the Hindu rite of maintaining the sacred fire perpetually. ̃হোত্রী n. one who maintains the sacred fire perpetually and worships with it. 8)

(p. 9) acira of short duration, brief. ̃কারী a. prompt. ̃কাল n. a very short time. ̃কালে adv. soon, shortly; without much delay. ̃ক্রিয় a. prompt in action or execution; not dilatory. ̃জীবী a. short-lived; impermanent, transient; not lasting long; not immortal. ̃স্হায়ী a. not permanent; transitory; perishable, frail, mortal (অচিরস্হায়ী দেহ), অচিরাত্, অচিরে adv. soon; without delay; immediately. 59)

(p. 9) ajñāta unknown; unpublished, unrevealed; secret, hidden; obscure; mysterious. ̃কূলশীল a. one whose family and behaviour are unknown; of unknown identity. ̃নামা a. one whose name is not known; (of persons) not famous, obscure. ̃পরিচয় a. one whose identity is not known. ̃পূর্ব a. not known before; hitherto unknown. ̃বাস n. act or period of living incognito. ̃রাশি n. (math.) an unknown quantity. ̃সারে, অজ্ঞাতে adv. not to one's knowledge, unknowingly; secretly, stealthily. 111)

(p. 20) adhibēttā a man who marries a second time with first wife still living. 24)

(p. 20) adhibēdana marrying a second time when one's first wife is still living. 25)

(p. 20) adhiṣṭhātā dwelling or living or existing; present; governing, directing, controlling; presiding; holding (an office or a post); possessing, occupying. n. a dweller; a governor; a director; a controller; a president; one who is present; one who holds (an office or a post); a possessor, an occupier. fem. অধিষ্ঠাত্রী । অধিষ্ঠাত্রী দেবী n. a presiding deity. 46)

(p. 20) adhiṣṭhita dwelling or living or staying; existent; present; settled; seated; present to guide and control; situated; holding (an office or a post); possessing, occupying; dwelt, inhabited; possessed, occupied. অধিষ্ঠিত হওয়া v. to live or dwell (in), to inhabit; to exist (in); to be present (in); to appear (in); to be present (in) to guide and control; to be seated or placed (in or upon); to be situated (in); to be established (in an office or a post); to be in possession or occupation of; (psy.) to inhere. 47)

(p. 26) analasa not lazy or indolent; diligent, industrious; untiring; given to action, active; lively and energetic. 24)

(p. 38) antarāla a place screened from the view; a hiding; concealment; distance; a point beyond the range of (দৃষ্টির অন্তরালে) ̃বর্তী a. stationed or lying or living behind the screen or in a hiding; hidden from the view. fem. ̃বর্তিনী । 64)

(p. 41) anna boiled rice; rice; food. ̃কষ্ট n. distress caused by scarcity of food; famine; (fig.) sufferance caused by extreme poverty, indigent circumstances. ̃কূট n. a stupendous heap of boiled rice. ̃ক্ষেত্র var. of অন্নসত্র । ̃গতপ্রাণ a. (absolutely) depending on food or boiled rice for subsistence; (loos.) riceeating. ̃চিন্তা n. thinking out means of procuring food or earning one's livelihood; food-problem, bread-problem. ̃চিন্তা চমত্কারা the effort to earn one's livelihood is all-absorbing; bread-problem is the chief problem; thought of one's daily bread preys heavily on the mind or weighs heavily on the spirits. ̃জল n. food and drink; the Hindu rite of providing food and drink for the soul of the dead. ̃দা a. fem. one who supplies or gives food. n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) ̃দাতা a. & n. one who supplies or gives food; one who maintains. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃দান n. charitable or gratuitous supply of food. ̃দাস n. one who has enslaved himself to another for one's food or maintenance. ̃নালী n. the aesophagus, the gullet, the food passage. ̃পূর্ণা a. fem. full of food or rice. n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা).̃পথ্য n. rice-meal as diet. ̃পান n. food and drink. ̃প্রাশন n. the Hindu rite of a child's tasting rice for the first time. ̃বস্ত্র n. food and clothing. ̃ব্যঞ্জন n. rice and curry. ̃ভোজী a. rice-eating. n. rice-eater. ̃ময় a. full of food; built up or nourished by food (অন্নময় কোষ) ̃রস n. chyle. ̃সংস্হান n. provision for maintenance; procuring food or earning one's livelihood. ̃সত্র n. a place or institution for charitable supply of rice or food. ̃সমস্যা n. food-problem, bread-problem. ̃হীন a. without food; foodless; starving. 17)

(p. 41) anyāẏa impropriety; injustice; an unjust act; a wrong; a misdeed; an unreasonable act. a. unjust; improper; unreasonable (অন্যায় অনুরোধ); wrongful. অন্যায় করা v. to do injustice; to act improperly or unjustly or unreasonably or wrongfully; to do a wrong. ̃ত adv. improperly; injustly; unreasonably; wrongfully. অন্যায়াচরণ n. an unjust or improper or unreasonable or wrongful act; a wrong; a wrong-doing. অন্যায়াচারী a. acting unjustly or improperly or unreasonably or wrongfully. n. a wrong-doer. অন্যায়োপজীবী a. & n. one who lives by unfair means or wrong-doing. 29)

(p. 47) aparimlāna fadeless, never-fading; amaranthine; unfaded; tireless; untiring; unwearied; unfatigued; cheerful; lively. 17)

(p. 51) aprabāsī not living in a foreign country; not living abroad. 24)

(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)

(p. 56) abashita situated, located; residing, living, dwelling; stationed; placed, laid; established. ̃চিত্ত a. even-minded; composed; self-possessed; unwavering. অবস্হিতি n. a situation, location; presence; residence, dwelling; state of being stationed or placed or laid or established; position. অবস্হিতিকাল n. period of stay. 44)

(p. 73) araṇya wood, forest, jungle. ̃জ, ̃জাত a. grown in the forest. ̃জাত দ্রব্য forest products. ̃পাল n. ranger. ̃বাসী a. living in a wood. n. such a person; a forester, a bushman. ̃ময়, ̃সংকুল a. woody. অরণ্যানী n. a vast or extensive forest. অরণ্যায়ন n. afforestation. অরণ্যে রোদন করা v. to cry in the wilderness, to cry in vain. 43)

(p. 77) ardha any of two unequal parts (অসম অর্ধ); a half, a moiety. a. half; divided into two parts (অর্ধ বঙ্গ); incomplete, partial (অর্ধাশন). adv. half; incompletely, partially, in part. ̃কথিত a. told in part, half-told. ̃কৃত a. halved; divided into two parts; half-done, partially done, inompletely done. ̃গ্রাস n. (astr.) partial eclipse. ̃ঘন্টা n. half an hour. ̃চন্দ্র n. the crescent moon; (facet.) act of driving out by pushing by the neck, act of beating in this manner. ̃চন্দ্র দেওয়া v. (facet.) to seize (a person) by the neck and drive out by pushing, to beat or thrash in this manner. ̃চন্দ্রাকার, ̃চন্দ্রাকৃতি a. crescent, crescent-shaped. ̃দগ্ধ a. half-burnt. ̃দণ্ড n. twelve minutes (see দণ্ড). ̃নারীশ্বর n. a deity the right half of whose body is that of God Shiva (শিব) whilst the left half is that of Durga (দুর্গা). ̃নমিত a. (of a flag) at half-mast. ̃নিমীলিত a. partially closed, half-shut. ̃পথ n. half the way; the middle of the way. ̃পরিস্ফুট a. half-articulate; indistinct. ̃বয়স্ক a. middle-aged. ̃বৃত্ত n. a semicircle. ̃বৃত্তাকার a. semicircular. ̃ব্যক্ত a. halfrevealed, half-disclosed; half-expressed. ̃ভাগ n. a half part or share; half, a moiety. ̃ভূমণ্ডল n. a hemisphere. ̃মাত্রা n. the half of a quantity or dose or musical metre. ̃মৃত a. half dead; almost dead; more dead than alive; dying. ̃রাত্রি n. one half of the night; midnight. ̃শত n. & a. fifty. ˜শয়ান a. recumbent, reclining. ̃শিক্ষিত a. (usu. dero.) half-educated. ̃সত্য n. half-truth. ̃স্ফুট a. half-articulate; indistinct; babbling. 10)

(p. 79) alappēẏē (in raillery) one who is not to live long. 7)

(p. 79) alāta a piece of live coal or wood; a firebrand; embers. ̃চক্র n. the transitory fire-red curve produced by whirling a piece of live coal or wood; a circle of fire. 13)

(p. 80) alpa small in number or amount; a few; a little, a bit; short; of short duration, short-lived (অল্পজীবী); (gr.) unaspirated (অল্পপ্রাণ); illiberal, narrow (অল্পমতি); delicate (অল্পতনু); less than what is necessary or usual, insufficient, inadequate, scanty, poor. pro. a small number of persons or things. ̃ই adv. only a few, a little; but little; rarely, scarcely, seldom; insufficiently. অল্প অল্প করে adv. little by little, bit by bit; by degrees; gradually; slowly. ̃কাল, ̃ক্ষণ n. a short time, a short while. ̃কাল পরে, ̃কাল মধ্যে adv. shortly after, in a short time; before long. ̃চেতা a. narrow-minded; illiberal. ̃জীবী a. short lived. ̃জ্ঞ a. imperfectly educated, not knowledgeable; not erudite. ̃তম a. minimum. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. smallness in number or quantity; shortness; shortness of duration; illiberality, narrowness; insufficiency, inadequacy, shortage. ̃দর্শী a. lacking in foresight, short-sighted; imprudent; lacking in experience, inexperienced; narrow in outlook. ̃দর্শিতা n. want of foresight, short-sightedness; imprudence; want of experience,; narrowness of outlook. ̃ধী a. dull-witted, unintelligent. ̃প্রাণ a. short-lived; narrow-minded, illiberal, mean-minded; (gr.) unaspirated. ̃বয়সী, ̃বয়স্ক a. of tender age, young, minor. ̃বিদ্য a. possessing but a little learning; imperfectly educated. ̃বিদ্যা n. a little learning; imperfect education. অল্পবিদ্যা ভয়ংকরী a little learning is a dangerous thing. ̃বিস্তর adv. & a. more or less. ˜বুদ্ধি same as অল্পধী । ̃ভাষী a. of few words; reserved in speech; taciturn; reticent. ̃ভাষীতা n. taciturnity; reticence. ̃মতি a. meanminded. ̃মাত্র a. just a little. ̃মাত্রা n. a small dose or quantity. ̃মূল্য a. cheap. ̃মূল্যে adv. at a low price, cheaply. ̃শ adv. same as অল্প অল্প করে । ̃সংখ্যক a. a few, small in number. ̃স্বল্প a. a little, a bit; a few; not much or many; not frequent; temperate; moderate. 9)

(p. 80) alpāẏu shortlived; doomed to die early. 11)

(p. 90) asūryampaśyā not ever sighted by the sun; living in the gynaeceum; living in the harem; never seeing the light of day; never coming out in the public. 22)

(p. 90) asmaraṇa non-remembrance; oblivion; forgetfulness. অস্মরণীয় a. not worth remembering, not memorable. 85)

(p. 96) āṃrā burning coal, live coal; charcoal; cinder. 12)

(p. 95) āiẏō a woman whose husband is alive. 10)