(p. 561) nāga the snake, the serpent; the elephant (দিঙ্নাগ). অষ্টনাগ n. (myth.) the eight chief snakes collectively. ̃কেশর n. a kind of flower or its plant. ̃দন্ত n. a tusk of an elephant; ivory. ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month of Shravan (শ্রাবণ) when Goddess Manasa (মনসা) is worshipped. ̃পাশ n. an ancient missile said to be capable of producing snakes that bound the victim (as with a noose). ̃ফণী n. cactus. ̃মাতা n. (myth.) Kadru (কদ্রু) the first mother of snakes. ̃রাজ n. the king of snakes; Vasuki (বাসুকী) or Ananta (অনন্ত). ̃লোক n. the region inhabited by the snakes; Hades or the nether world. 5)

(p. 647) pāśa3 an ancient Indian missile by throwing which an adversary could be fastened (cp. lasso); a tie, a noose, a bond, bondage (ভুজপাশ, স্নেহপাশ); a trap, a snare (মায়াপাশ); a string, a rope; a bunch or tuft of longish things (কেশপাশ). 4)

(p. 701) phām̐si death or killing or suicide by hanging; strangling; a sentence of death by hanging; a rope for hanging, a halter; (rare) a noose, a slip-knot. ফাঁসি দেওয়া v. to hang; to strangle; to sentence to death by hanging. ফাঁসি যাওয়া v. to be hanged. ফাঁসির আসামি a convict sentenced to death by hanging. ফাঁসির দড়ি a rope for hanging, a halter. ̃কাঠ n. gallows. ফাঁসির মঞ্চ the hanging platform; the scaffold. 73)

(p. 701) phām̐sa2 a noose; a slip-knot, a loop; a rope for hanging criminals, a halter; strangling; death by hanging. ফাঁস দেওয়া v. to strangle. 71)

(p. 756) bitaṃsa a noose or rope for fastening birds, beasts etc. 29)