(p. 2) akāla an inauspicious time; hard times; an unusual time (অকালের বর্ষা); premature time (অকালপক্ব); inappropriate time; (loos.) scarcity, famine. ̃কুষ্মাণ্ড n. a gourd grown at an unusual time; (fig.) a useless or stupid person. ̃জ, ̃জাত a. born at an unusual time; untimely or prematurely born. ̃জলদোদয় untimely gathering of clouds. ̃পক্ক a. (of fruits) prematurely ripened; (of persons) precocious, pert. ̃পক্কতা n. premature ripeness; precocity, pertness. ̃বর্ষণ n. untimely rain. ̃বার্ধক্য n. premature ageing. ̃বৃদ্ধ a. gone old prematurely. ̃বোধন n. (myth.) untimely awakening of Goddess Durga by Ramachandra; (fig.) any untimely performance. ̃মরণ, ̃মৃত্যু n. premature death. 41)

(p. 2) agati motionless; immobile, static; helpless, resourceless. n. a helpless or resourceless person; the unperformed state of a dead person's obsequies. অগতির গতি the resort of the helpless; (loos.) the way-out. 118)

(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) acchidra having no hole or opening; free from defect or loophole; perfect, flawless. 69)

(p. 9) ajñāna lacking in knowledge; ignorant; foolish; uneducated; unconscious, fainted; infatuated. n. lack of knowledge; ignorance; (phil.) illusion, maya. ̃কৃত a. done by mistake or owing to ignorance. ̃জনিত a. caused by ignorance, owing to ignorance. ̃তা n. lack of knowledge, ignorance. ̃তিমির n. gloom of ignorance, infatuated condition. ̃বাদ, অজ্ঞাবাদ n. (phil.) agnosticism. ̃বাদী, অজ্ঞাবাদী a. agnostic. n. an agnostic. অজ্ঞানী a. unwise; lacking in knowledge, ignorant. অজ্ঞানে adv. unknowingly; unconsciously; owing to ignorance or foolishness. 112)

(p. 9) añcala the marginal portion of a sari hanging loosely; border, brim ('নয়নক অঞ্চল'); a region or locality (মেরু অঞ্চল). ̃নিধি n. (lit.) dear one clinging to the border of the mother's sari; dear one (usu) very dear child. ̃প্রভাব n. domination of wife; influence of the harem. 116)

(p. 9) aṭabī, aṭabi a forest; (loos.) a large tree. 122)

(p. 16) atīndriẏa beyond the range of the senses; imperceptible; impalpable; subtle; (loos.) transcendental. ̃তা n. impalpability; subtlety; (loos.) transcendentalism. 5)

(p. 17) adṛḍh় not firm or strong; not steady; wavering; loose. ̃তা n. infirmity, unsteadiness; looseness. 33)

(p. 17) adbhuta strange, queer, quaint, odd; uncouth; extraordinary; astonishing. n. (rhet.) a description that strikes the reader with its extraordinary strangeness or queerness (also অদ্ভুতরস). ̃কর্মা a. endowed with extraordinary capabilities; one who is capable of performing miraculous deeds. ̃দর্শন a. odd-looking. 41)

(p. 17) adhara (ori.) the lower lip; (loos.) any of the two lips or both the lips. ̃কোণ n. the corner of the lips. ̃দল n. (bot.) a labellum. ̃পল্লব n. a lip or lips as tender as tree-leaves. ̃প্রান্ত the end or extremity of the lips. অধরমধু পান, অধরসুধা পান n. (lit.) act of kissing greedily. অধরমধু বা অধরসুধা পান করা v. to kiss greedily. 51)

(p. 17) adharma any act in contravention of scriptural or moral laws; a sinful act, a sin; irreligiousness; an unrighteous act; unrighteousness. a. sinful; unrighteous. অধর্ম করা to do or commit an unrighteous or sinful act, to do an immoral act. ̃চারী, অধর্মাচারী a. irreligious; ungodly. ̃পরায়ণ a. unrighteous; sinful. অধর্মাচরণ n. committing sins; sinful practice; unrighteous practice. অধর্মী a. sinful; unrighteous; unreligious; impious; (loos.) treacherous. 55)

(p. 20) adhōdṛṣṭi looking downwards; having looks fixed at the tip of one's nose whilst practising yoga. অধোদৃষ্টিতে adv. with downcast looks. 65)

(p. 24) ananya no other than; having no other; intent; resolute; sole, singular, unique; supreme; unparalleled; solely or absorbedly engaged. fem. অনন্যা । ̃কর্মা a. doing no work other than; not attending to any work other than; solely engaged or absorbed in. ̃গতি a. having no way or means or alternative other than; compelled by absence of any alternative. ̃চিত্ত a. having nothing in the mind other than; fixed with close attention to nothing other than, intent on. ̃চিত্তে adv. with undivided attention, intently. ̃দৃষ্টি a. looking at nothing other than; gazing steadfastly. ̃পরায়ণ a. not devoted to anything other than; solely engaged in. ̃বৃত্তি a. engaged in no occupation or endeavour other than; solely occupied in. ̃ব্রত a. engaged in or performing no task other than. অনন্যমনা same as ̃চিত্ত । ̃শরণ, ̃সহায় a. having no help or resort or patron or protector other than. ̃সাধারণ, ̃সুলভ a. not to be found in anybody else; singular, unique; extraordinary, uncommon. ̃সাপেক্ষ a. not depending on or subject to anything; absolutely independent. 19)

(p. 26) anaśana abstinence from food, fasting; starvation. ̃ক্লিষ্ট a. stricken with starvation; famished. অনশন ধর্মঘট n. hunger-strike. ̃ব্রত n. abstinence from food (till one's death) under a solemn vow; (loos.) hunger-strike. 26)

(p. 26) anātmīẏa having no blood-relation or matrimonial relation (with), unrelated; unfriendly; having no kindred or relations. fem. অনাত্মীয়া । 44)

(p. 26) anāmukha, anāmukhō having a face so inauspicious that one should not look at it, one whose face is an ill-omen; sinister-looking. n. such a man. fem. অনামুখী । 68)

(p. 29) aniẏantrita not regulated; uncontrolled; unrestrained, loose. 13)

(p. 38) anūdita (ori. but rare) said or mentioned afterwards; (loos. but pop.) translated. 13)

(p. 38) anaikya lack of unity or agreement; discord; disagreement; difference (esp. of opinion), dissension; dissimilarity; inconsistency, incongruity; (loos.) animosity or opposition. 18)

(p. 38) antaraṅga having blood relation or friendship; very intimate, hand in glove. n. an internal limb or part. ̃তা n. close intimacy. 56)

(p. 41) andha blind, sightless; extremely dark or gloomy. ('অন্ধ তামস'); utterly ignorant. n. a blind person. ̃কূপ n. a dark pit; a black hole. ̃কূপহত্যা n. (hist.) the Blackhole Tragedy. ̃তম a. darkest; extremely dark. ̃তমস n. utter darkness; blinding darkness. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. blindness; utter ignorance. ̃তামিস্র n. utter darkness. a. utterly dark. ̃প্রায় a. almost blind; like a blind; like a blind person. ̃বিশ্বাস n. blind faith. ̃ভাবে adv. blindly; rashly; heedlessly, indiscreetly. অন্ধের কিবা দিন কিবা রাত a blind person cannot distinguish between day and night or between brightness and gloom. অন্ধের নড়ি বা যষ্টি (lit.) a stick by the help of which a blind person moves; a blind man's prop; (fig.) a prop for a helpless or incapable person. 14)

(p. 41) andhakāra darkness, gloom; absence of light. a. dark, gloomy; darkened with gloom, dejection etc. (অন্ধকার মুখ); deprived of hope, delight, etc. (অন্ধকার জীবন). অন্ধকার করা v. to make (something) dark, to darken. অন্ধকার দেখা v. (fig.) to be at one's wit's end to find a means of escape from danger; to be stunned. অন্ধকার দেখানো v. (fig.) to overwhelm or bewilder (a person), to knock senseless. অন্ধকার হওয়া v. to become dark, to darken. অন্ধকারে ঢিল মারা (fig.) to make a stray or random attempt to hit, to take an off-chance; to beat about the bush. অন্ধকারে থাকা v. (fig.) to be quite ignorant (of), to be in the dark (about). অন্ধকারে হাতড়ানো v. (lit. & fig.) to grope in the dark. ˜ময় a. full of darkness or gloom; completely dark. অন্ধকারাচ্ছন্ন, অন্ধকারাবৃত a. enveloped in or overcast with darkness; utterly dark; (fig.) utterly ignorant, distressed, depressed or obsessed. 15)

(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) anbēṣaṇa search, research; investigation, inquiry. অন্বেষণ করা v. to search; to research; to investigate; to inquire, to look for. অন্বেষণীয় a. that which is to be searched or sought or researched or investigated. অন্বেষণে থাকা v. to be engaged in search or research or investigation; to be on the look-out for. 24)