(p. 1) aṃśu ray, a narrow beam of light (from a small or distant source). ̃ক n. fine cotton fabric; silk cloth. ̃মান, ̃মতী a. luminous; radiant. ̃মালা n. a stream of rays. ̃মালী n. the sun; the sun-god. ̃ল a. having rays; full of rays; radiant. 15)

(p. 2) akṣa any of the three long cubes marked with dots thrown at dice-playing; a die; a kind of seed used as bead; (geog.) the axis of the equator; (geog.) latitude; (astr.) the angular distance of any star or planet from the solar orbit, the orbit of a heavenly body; (astrol.) the shape of the zodiac; (zoo.) the secand vertebra of the neck; an axle; a sense-organ (অধোক্ষজ). ̃ক n. the collar-bone, the clavicle; a dice player. ̃কর্ণ n. (geom.) a hypotenuse. ̃ক্রীড়া n. game of dice; diceplay. ̃দণ্ড n. (geog.) the axis of the equator, the minor axis. ̃ধুরা n. the front portion of a wheel, an axis; the pole of a cart. ̃ধূর্ত n. an expert or clever dice-player. ̃পাটি n. any of the long cubes marked with dots thrown at dice-playing. ̃বাট n. dice-board; arena for wrestling; wrestling ground; gymnasium. ̃বিচলন n. (astr.) nutation. ̃বিত্, ̃বিদ, ̃বেত্তা a. versed in law or diplomacy; clever at dice-game. n. a lawyer; a diplomat; an expert dice-player. ̃বৃত্ত, ̃সমান্তরাল n. (geog.) the parallels of latitude. ̃মালা, ̃সূত্র n. a string of beads, a rosary. ̃শক্তি n. the Axis Powers in the World War II. 88)

(p. 7) agauṇa absence of delay; promptness; celerity; hurry. a. not minor or secondary; primary; chief, principal. অগৌণে adv. without delay; immediately; quickly. অগৌণ-পত্রী n. immediate slip. 6)

(p. 9) ajāta not yet born; unborn; existing without being born; (dial.) socially degraded, born illegitimately, bastard. ̃শত্রু a. one whose enemy is not yet born; having no enemy. ̃শ্মশ্রু a. one whose beard has not yet grown; beardless; (fig.) not yet grown to manhood; very young, minor. 92)

(p. 37) anuśīrṣa (chiefly in book-keeping) a minor head or heading; a sub-heading. 4)

(p. 46) apariṇata not fully grown-up or developed, immature; embryonic; young, tender, green, raw, verdant. ̃বয়স্ক a. tender-aged, young; under-age, minor. fem. ̃বয়স্কা । ̃বুদ্ধি a. one whose intelligence or judgement has not yet attained maturity; childish, puerile, frivolous. ̃বুদ্ধি যুবক a greenhorn, a callow youth. 25)

(p. 50) apōganḍa good-for-nothing; infant; minor; underage. n. an infant, a baby, a child; a boy or girl; a lad or lass; a minor; a good-for-nothing fellow. 4)

(p. 51) apradhāna not principal or chief; secondary; subordinate; unimportant; non-essential; minor. অপ্রধান কর্ম (gr.) an indirect object. 22)

(p. 51) aprāpta that which has not come into possession of; one who has not obtained or received or earned or acquired or realized or attained. ̃বয়স্ক a. one who has not yet come of age, underage, minor; below the age of legal majority. fem. অপ্রাপ্তবয়স্কা । ̃যৌবন a. one who has not yet attained youth; underage, minor. fem. অপ্রাপ্তযৌবনা । ̃ব্যবহার a. same as অপ্রাপ্তবয়স্ক । 48)

(p. 46) apaẏā, apēẏē (also used in masc.) ill-omened, ominous; unlucky; inauspicious (usu. attributed to the appearance or presence of a person, creature or thing). 4)

(p. 69) amaṅgala absence of welfare or well-being, evil; harm, danger, misfortune. ̃চিহ্ন n. an evil omen. ̃কর, ̃জনক, ̃সূচক, অমঙ্গল্য a. boding ill (for), sinister, ominous. 23)

(p. 79) ali-achi the guardian of a minor person and the trustee of his or her property (usu. the mother or an elder brother). 18)

(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) aśubha a harm or bale; an evil; a contretemps; a sin. a. harmful, baleful, evil, sinister; imauspicious; ominous. ̃কর, অশুভংকর a. doing harm (to); evil, sinister. ̃কামনা n. illwishing. ̃ক্ষণ n. an inauspicious moment or time. ̃সূচক a. foreboding evil, ominous, portentous; sinister. ̃সূচনা n. a bad start. 36)

(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. 143) ujjbala illuminated; bright; luminous; lustrous; radiant; splendent; resplendent; splendorous; splendid; shining; dazzling; beautiful; glorious; vivid. উজ্জ্বল করা v. to illuminate, to illumine; to brighten; to glorify (মুখ উজ্জ্বল করা, বংশ উজ্জ্বল করা); to make vivid, to vivify. উজ্জ্বল হওয়া v. to become illuminated; to brighten (up); to become glorified; to become vivid. উজ্জ্বল রস (rhet.) effect (on the reader's mind) produced by the (final) union of lovers. উজ্জ্বলতা n. brightness; luminousness; lustre; radiance; splendour; shine; dazzle; beauty; glory; vividness. উজ্জ্বল শ্যামবর্ণ a. of a complexion more fair than dark, of a glossy light dark complexion. উজ্জ্বলিত a. illuminated; lighted, enkindled; shining; brightened; radiated; beautified; glorified; vivified. উজ্জ্বলীকরণ n. illumination; act of brightening (up); glorification. উজ্জ্বলীভবন n. act of becoming illuminated or brightened (up) or glorified or vivid. 71)

(p. 162) upagraha a satellite; a minor planet; a moon; (coll.) an undesirable dependant or companion; (coll.) a source of trouble. 8)

(p. 164) upapātaka a venial sin, a minor sin. 13)

(p. 164) upapurāṇa a minor or secondary Purana. 18)

(p. 164) upabēda any of the four minor or subsidiary Vedas: they deal with (1) the art of healing, (2) archery, (3) music and aesthetics and (4) architecture or masonry. 29)

(p. 165) upalakṣaṇa a presage; an omen; an ominous sign; a prelude; state of being at the point of commencement; an incidental (as opposed to an essential) characteristic or feature. 36)

(p. 167) upaśiṣya a minor disciple; a disciple of a disciple. 10)

(p. 168) upākṣa (geog.) a minor axis; spectacles. 18)

(p. 174) ūna less, lesser; short; inferior; deficient; imperfect; weak. ̃আশি a. & n. seventy-nine. ˜চত্বারিংশ, ̃চত্বারিংশত্তম a. thirty-ninth. ̃চত্বারিংশত্, ̃চল্লিশ a. & n. thirty-nine. ˜জন n. the minority. ̃তা n. shortage; insufficiency; deficiency; inferiority; imperfection. ̃ত্রিংশ, ̃ত্রিংশত্তম a. twenty-ninth. ̃ত্রিংশত্, ̃ত্রিশ a. & n. twenty-nine. ˜নবতি, ̃নব্বই a. & n. eighty-nine. ˜নবতিতম a. eighty-ninth. ̃পঞ্চাশ, ̃পঞ্চাশত্ a. & n. forty-nine. ˜পঞ়্চাশত্তম a. forty-ninth. ̃বিংশ, ̃বিংশতিতম a. nineteenth. ̃বিংশতি a. & n. nineteen. ˜মূল্যে adv. below par. ̃ষাট a. & n. fifty-nine. ˜ষষ্টিতম a. fifty-ninth. ̃সত্তর, ̃সপ্ততি a. & n. sixty-nine ˜হার a. below par. ̃হারে adv. below par. 4)

(p. 176) ṛta the Supreme Being, God; (the) truth. a. worshipped; adored; ailing, sick (শীতার্ত); true; shining, luminous. ঋতানৃত a. true and false. n. truth and falsehood. 13)