(p. 56) abalamba a support, a prop. a. hanging or suspended vertically. ̃ন n. having recourse to for support, maintenance, help, shelter etc.; accepting or adopting (সন্ন্যাসাবলম্বন); holding oneself in (ধৈর্যাবলম্বন); acceptance, adoption; a support; a prop; a help; a means for maintenance or accomplishing something. অবলম্বন করা v. to have recourse to for support, maintenance, help, shelter etc.; to resort to; to accept, to take, to take upon; to adopt. ̃হীন a. without a shelter or help; without a means for maintenance. অবলম্বিত a. resorted to for support, maintenance, help, shelter etc., accepted, adopted; hanging or suspended vertically. অবলম্বী a. resorting to (something or somebody) for support, maintenance, help, shelter etc.; one who has accepted or taken upon oneself or adopted; hanging or suspended vertically. 10)

(p. 126) āśraẏa adoption; shelter, aid, help, support, protection (দীনের আশ্রয়); a container, a store; a resort, a possessor, an embodiment (of) (সর্বগুণের আশ্রয়); a dwelling house, a residence (আশ্রয়হীন). আশ্রয় করা v. to adopt; to take shelter (in); to go or resort to for shelter or aid or support or protection. আশ্রয় দেওয়া v. to shelter, to give shelter; to give protection. আশ্রয় নেওয়া same as আশ্রয় করা । ̃গ্রহণ same as আশ্রয়ণ । আশ্রয়গ্রহণ করা same as আশ্রয় করা । ̃ণ n. adoption; taking shelter (in); going or resorting to for shelter or aid or support or protection. ̃ণীয় a. worthy of being adopted; worthy of being resorted to for shelter or aid or support or protection. ̃দাতা n. & a. one who gives shelter or protection. ˜দান n. sheltering. আশ্রয়দান করা same as আশ্রয় দেওয়া । ̃পুষ্ট a. nourished or flourished in shelter or support or protection (of); (bot.) endotropic. ̃প্রার্থী same as আশ্রয়ার্থী । ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. shelterless; deprived of shelter, supportless. 127)

(p. 136) icchā will, volition; intention; wish; pleasure; desire; liking; choice, option; inclination. ইচ্ছা করা v. to intend; to wish; to desire; to like; to choose or please. ̃কৃত a. intentional, wilful. ̃ক্রমে adv. according to one's desire or pleasure; willingly, voluntarily. ̃ধীন a. subject to one's will or desire; optional; dependent on one's pleasure. ইচ্ছানুযায়ী, ইচ্ছানুসারে adv. according to one's will or pleasure; at pleasure. ইচ্ছানুরূপ, ̃মতো a. & adv. to one's liking; as one pleases. ̃পত্র n. a document contaning a person's last wishes. ̃পূর্বক adv. wilfully; voluntarily; willingly. ̃বসন্ত n. small-pox. ̃ময় n. one whose will is law; an appellation of God. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃মরণ, ̃মৃত্যু n. power to prevent one's death till one desires to die. ̃য়ত্ত same as ইচ্ছাধীন । ̃শক্তি n. will-force, will-power. ইচ্ছায় হোক আর অনিচ্ছায় হোক willy-nilly, nolens volens. যা ইচ্ছা whatever one pleases. 23)

(p. 187) aicchika optional; elective; voluntary; volitional; arbitrary. 13)

(p. 248) kṛcchra physical hardship, hard labour; austerity; austere vow or (religious) meditation or penance (কৃচ্ছ্র করা). a. austere (কৃচ্ছ্র ব্রত). ̃লব্ধ a. hard-earned. ̃সাধন n. a very austere vow or (religious) meditation or penance; extremely hard labour; practice of austerities, self-castigation. ̃সাধ্য a. requiring hard labour or practice or adoption of austerities. 36)

(p. 314) gṛha a room, a chamber; a house; a home, an abode, a dwelling; (astrol.) any of the signs of the zodiac. ̃কপোত n. a tame pigeon. ̃কর্তা same as গৃহস্বামী । fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । ̃কর্ম, ̃কার্য n. housework, domestic work or chores. ̃কহল same as গৃহবিবাদ । ̃কোণ n. the inside of one's home; the corner of a house; household. ̃গোধিকা, ̃গোধা n. the lizard. ̃চ্ছিদ্র n. a secret defect or blemish of a family; a (secret) discord in a family; the weak point of a family. ̃চ্যুত a. ejected or displaced or ousted from one's homestead; homeless. গৃহচ্যুত করা v. to oust or evict one from one's homestead; to render one homeless. ̃জাত a. home-made; homegrown; stored in a house esp. in a dwelling-house. ̃তল n. the floor of a room. ̃ত্যাগ n. quitting a house or one's home; adoption of asceticism; renunciation of worldly life. গৃহত্যাগ করা v. to quit a house; to quit home; to adopt asceticism; to renounce worldly life. ̃ত্যাগী n. one who has quitted a house or home; one who has adopted asceticism. ̃দাহ n. arson; (fig.) complete destruction of one's family happiness and peace. ̃দেবতা n. a tutelar deity, a household god. ̃ধর্ম n. the family life, household duties. ̃পতি same as গৃহস্বামী । ̃পালিত a. domestic; (joc.) tame. ̃প্রবেশ n. the ceremony of first entrance into a newly-built house; house-warming. ̃প্রাঙ্গণ n. a courtyard. ̃বাটিকা n. a garden within the precincts of a dwelling-house; a garden-house. ̃বাসী a. leading the life of a family man; living in a dwelling-house or in a family. n. a family man; a male member of a family; an inmate of a dwelling-house. fem. ̃বাসিনী । ̃বিচ্ছেদ n. dissension in a family; dissension amongst the people of a state; civil dissension. ̃বিবাদ n. dissension in a family; family strife, family feud; vendetta; internal strife; civil dissension; civil strife, civil war. ̃ভেদী a. sowing dissension in a family or a party; betraying secrets of one's own family or party. গৃহভেদী বিভীষণ one who betrays the secrets of one's own family or party, a quisling, a fifth-columnist, a traitor (after the character of Bibhishana of the Ramayana). ̃মণি n. lamp; the lamp of a house. ̃মার্জন n. cleaning the house. গৃহমার্জন করা v. to scrub and clean the house. ̃মৃগ n. a domestic dog. ̃মেধী same as গৃহস্হ । ̃যুদ্ধ same as গৃহবিবাদ । গৃহলক্ষী n. a housewife whose suave and judicious dealings bring peace and prosperity to her family; (loos. & often facet.) a wife. ˜শত্রু n. an enemy of one's own family or party, a quisling. ̃শিক্ষক n. a private tutor; a guardian tutor. ̃শূন্য a. homeless. ̃সজ্জা n. fittings and furniture. ̃স্হ n. a family man; a middleclass man. a. of or in a house. ̃স্হধর্ম n. the practice of a householder (the second stage of life according to Hindu scriptures); family life. ̃স্হালি, । ̃স্হালী n. housework, domestic work; domestic science, domestic economy; household duties. ̃স্হাশ্রম same as ̃স্হধর্ম । ̃স্বামী n. the master of a house, a householder. fem. গৃহস্বামিনী the mistress of a house, a house-wife. ̃হারা, ̃হীন a. homeless, shelterless. 55)

(p. 327) grahaṇa1 taking or receiving (ভিক্ষাগ্রহণ); holding (হস্তগ্রহণ); assuming (ছদ্মবেশ গ্রহণ); adoption (সন্ন্যাস গ্রহণ); reception (অতিথিকে সাদরে গ্রহণ); acceptance (নিমন্ত্রণ গ্রহণ); comprehension, realization (রচনার অর্থগ্রহণ); drinking or eating (জলগ্রহণ, অন্নগ্রহণ); taking in (শ্বাসগ্রহণ); act of inhaling (গন্ধগ্রহণ). গ্রহণ করা v. to take, to receive; to hold; to assume; to adopt; to accept; to comprehend, to realize; to drink or eat; to take in; to inhale. ̃ক্ষম a. receptive. ̃ক্ষমতা, ̃শক্তি n. receptive power or capacity. 6)

(p. 508) dēkhā to see, to behold, to view, to notice, to espy; to look (at); to visit (চিড়িয়াখানা দেখতে যাব); to experience directly (দেখে শেখা); to judge or consider (অবস্হা দেখা); to examine (পরীক্ষার খাতা দেখা); to observe (যুদ্ধের গতি দেখা); to inspect (অডিটর হিসাব দেখবেন); to feel (নাড়ি দেখা); to attend on or nurse (অসুস্হ লোকটিকে দেখা); to attend to, to look after (জমিজমা দেখা); to treat (এ রোগীকে কোন ডাক্তার দেখছে); to witness (থিয়েটার দেখা, খেলা দেখা); to search (চাকরি দেখা); to come across, to meet (পথে একটা পাগল দেখলাম); to read through (বইয়ের শেষ পাতা দেখো); to think (ছেলেটা বকে গেছে দেখছি); to endeavour, to try (আর দেখে লাভ কি-এ রোগী বাঁচবে না); to think over (ভেবে দেখা); to take to or follow (নিজের পথ দেখো); to wait (আর খানিকক্ষণ দেখিহয়তো সে আসবে). a. seen, beheld, viewed, noticed, espied; visited; experienced; examined; inspected; read. দেখতে কুত্সিত ugly to look at, ugly-looking. দেখতে ভাল, দেখতে সুন্দর good or beautiful to look at, good-looking; beautiful, handsome. দেখতে-দেখতে adv. very soon; within a short while; in an instant; gradually. দেখা করা v. to call on, to see. দেখা যাক let me or let us try; let us wait. দেখাদেখি n. mutual seeing or meeting ord visits (তাদের দেখাদেখি নেই, মুখ দেখাদেখি); an act of copying from another's paper by adoption of unfair means (as by examinees). adv. in imitation of (বাপের দেখাদেখি ছেলেও মদ ধরল). দেখানো v. to cause to see; to show; to point out; to demonstrate; to exhibit; to display; to cause to experience directly (মজা দেখানো); to cause to examine or inspect; to cause to feel; to cause to treat; to take (to) for enjoyment; to bear the expenses of (থিয়েটার দেখানো). দেখানিয়া, দেখানে a. (chiefly used as a sfx.) ostentatiously formal; showy, ostentatious; pretended, affected. ̃শোনা, ̃শুনা n. act of looking after; attendance; supervision; direct experience (এ জীবনে অনেক দেখাশুনা হল); examination or inspection (অনেক দেখা-শোনার পর সে মালটা কিনল); a visit esp. for examination or negotiation (পাত্রপক্ষ দেখাশোনা করে গেছে); meeting (দুজনে দেখাশোনা নেই). দেখাশোনা করা v. to look after; to attend to or on; to supervise; to examine or inspect; to visit esp. for examination or negotiation; to meet or visit mutually. ̃সাক্ষাত্ n. meeting or visits; continuous or repeated visits; a visit for negotiation of a marriage. দেখে শুনে adv. from what one has seen or experienced. দেখে শেখা v. to learn from experience; to learn from example; to learn in imitation of. 121)

(p. 532) dharma religion, faith, creed; piety, virtue (অহিংসা পরম ধর্ম); scriptural laws or directions (ধর্মসম্মত); a form of worship (তান্ত্রিক ধর্ম); theology (ধর্মগ্রন্হ); natural quality or behaviour or disposition, property or function (মানবধর্ম, কালধর্ম, আগুনের ধর্ম); virtuousness, righteousness, morality (ধর্মহীন আচরণ); law (ধর্মপত্নী); justice (ধর্মাধিকরণ); holiness, sacredness (ধর্মের সংসারে পাপ); Yama (যম) the god of piety and death; a popular god of Bengal (ধর্মঠাকুর); chastity (স্ত্রীলোকের ধর্মনাশ); (astrol.) the ninth house from the house of birth in the zodiac. ধর্মে সওয়া v. (of a sin, misdeed etc.) to be tolerated by God or the Divine Judge. ধর্মের কল বাতাসে নড়ে, ধর্মের ঢাক আপনি বাজে (fig.) truth cannot be kept concealed, truth must come out; the irrevocable rod of Nemesis is sure to strike in course of time. ধর্মের ষাঁড় (fig.) a wildly wayward man allowed to move scotfree. ধর্মের সংসার a family practising virtue, a pious family. ধর্ম-অর্থ-কাম-মোক্ষ n the four principal aims of human life; piety, wealth, love or fulfilment of desire, and salvation of the soul. ̃কন্যা n. fem. one solemnly accepted as a daughter by a person other than one's parents; (loos.) a god-daughter. ধর্ম-কর্ম, ̃কার্য n. religious practices (esp. as enjoined by scriptures). ̃কাম a. desirous of attaining virtue through religious practices. ̃কৃত্য, ̃ক্রিয়া same as ধর্মকর্ম । ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a holy or consecrated place, a place of pilgrimage. ̃গত a. pious, virtuous; concerning or pertaining to religion, religious. ̃গতপ্রাণ a. having one's life devoted to religion or piety; very religious-minded; profoundly or deeply pious. ̃গ্রন্হ n. a holy book or text, a scripture; a religious book; a theological treatise. ̃ঘট n. (ori.) a religious practice consisting in giving away pitchers filled with holy water; (pol. & pop.) cessation of work as a means of putting pressure on employers, a strike. ধর্মঘটকালীন ভাতা strike-pay. ধর্মঘটী n. (pol.) a striker. ˜চক্র n. the four laws or directives of Buddha conducive to attaining final salvation. ̃চর্চা n. religious discussion or practice. ̃চর্যা n. observance of religious rules and rites, religious practice; practice of virtue. ̃চারী a. observant of religious rules and rites, devoted to religious practices; virtuous, pious. ̃চিন্তা n. religious meditation; spiritual meditation; theological meditation; theology. ̃চ্যুত same as ধর্মভ্রষ্টা । ̃জ a. legitimately born. ̃জিজ্ঞাসা n. religious inquiry; spiritual inquiry. ̃জিজ্ঞাসু a. seeking after or inquisitive about religious or spiritual truths. ̃জীবন n. religious or spiritual life; pious or virtuous life; ecclesiastical life. ̃জ্ঞ a. conversant with religious rules and duties; conversant with religion; pious, virtuous, religious. ̃জ্ঞান n. religious knowledge; religious-mindedness; deep sense of piety. ̃ঠাকুর n. a popular god of Bengal named Dharma (ধর্ম). ̃তা adv. in the eye of righteousness or piety; according to or conforming to righteousness, piously. ̃তত্ত্ব n the mysteries of religion; theology; theosophy, a religious doctrine. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. one conversant with the mysteries of religion; a theologian; one conversant with a religious doctrine. ̃তত্ত্বীয় a. concerning the mysteries of religion, religious; theological; concerning a religious doctrine. ̃ত্যাগ n. abandonment of one's religion, adoption of another religion, apostasy. ধর্মত্যাগ করা v. to abandon one's religion, to adopt another religion. n. an apostate, a renegade. ̃দ্বেষী, ̃দ্রোহী a. revolting against or hostile to religion; irreligious; impious; ungodly. fem. ধর্মদ্বেষিণী, ধর্মদ্রোহিণী । ̃দ্রোহ, ̃দ্রোহিতা n. revolt against or hostility towards religion; irreligion; impiety; ungodliness. ̃ধ্বজী a. simulating piety or virtuousness; sanctimonious; hypocritical. n. one simulating piety or virtuousness, a religious imposter. ̃নাশ n. ravishment of a woman's chastity, rape; profanation or defilement of one's religion or idol. ধর্মনাশ করা v. to ravish or outrage one's chastity, to rape; to profane or defile one's religion or idol. ̃নিন্দা n. disparagement of religion; blasphemy. ধর্মের নিন্দা করা v. to disparage religion; to blaspheme. ̃নিরপেক্ষ a. irrespective of creed (ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ বিচার); secular (ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ রাষ্ট্র). ̃নির্দিষ্ট a. enjoined by religion; enjoined by scriptures, scriptural. ̃নিষ্ঠ a. devoted to religion or religious practices; pious, virtuous, righteous. ̃নিষ্ঠা n. devotion to religion or religious practices; piety, virtuousness, righteousness. ̃নীতি n. a religious principle or principles; a principle or principles of virtue; a moral principle or principles; ethics. ̃পত্নী n. a lawful wife; a lawfully married wife. ̃পথ n. the path of virtue or piety. ধর্মপথে থাকা v. to follow the path of virtue or piety, to practise virtue or piety; to walk in the presence of God. ̃পর, ̃পরায়ণ same as ধর্মনিষ্ঠ । ̃পাল n. a defender of religion; (Christ.) a bishop. ̃পালক n. one who observes religious rites and practices; a defender of religion or faith. ̃পালন n. observance of religious rites and practices; defence of religion. ̃পিতা n. one solemnly accepted as father by a person other than one's children; (loos.) a godfather. ̃পিপাসা n. a strong desire for learning religious truths, thirst for religion. ̃পিপাসু a. desirous of learning religious truths, thirsty of religion. ̃পুত্র, (coll. corrup.) ̃পুত্তুর n. (loos.) a godson; a son of Yama (যম) the god of piety; an appellation of Yudhisthira of the Mahabharata; (sarcas.) one who poses to be a profoundly pious or truthful man; sanctimonious. ধর্মপুত্র যুধিষ্ঠির (sarcas.) a profoundly pious or truthful man, a sanctimonious person. ̃পুস্তক same as ধর্মগ্রন্হ । ̃প্রচার n. preaching of religion; religious preaching or propaganda; evangelization; evangelism. ধর্মপ্রচার করা v. to preach religion; to evangelize. ̃প্রচারক a. preaching religion; evangelizing. n. a religious preacher; an evangelist. ̃প্রধান a. chiefly guided by religion or religious principles; religious-minded, devout. ̃প্রবক্তা n. a prophet. ̃প্রবণ a. having propensity towards religion; religiousminded. ̃প্রবনতা n. leaning towards religion; religious-mindednesss. ̃প্রবর্তক n. the founder of a religion. ̃প্রাণ a. counting or regarding religion as precious as one's life; profoundly devout. ̃প্রাণতা n. act of counting religion as precious as one's life; profound devoutness. ̃বন্ধন n. the bond of religion; a sacred or solemn bond or tie; the holy bondage of being members of the same religious community. ̃বন্ধু n. a friend or servant of religion; a friend or helper in religious matters. ̃বল n. force of piety or virtuousness. ̃বাণী n. a word or teaching of religion; a holy word; an evangel, a gospel. ̃বিধান, ̃বিধি n. a religious law or rule; a sacred law; a scriptural injunction or prescription. ̃বিপ্লব n. a revolution in the world of religion; a great religious change, a religious revolution. ̃বিরুদ্ধ, ̃বিরোধী a. hostile to religion or piety; irreligious or impious, ungodly. ̃বিশ্বাস n. a religious faith, a creed; faith in religion. ̃বিশ্বাসী a. having faith in a particular religion or creed; following a particular creed; having faith in religion; virtuous, pious, godly. ̃বুদ্ধি n. virtuous or pious or just thought or intention; conscientiousness, conscionableness; good conscience. ̃বৃদ্ধ n. a religious or ecclesiastical elder; a member of a priesthood, a father. ̃ভয় n. fear of God; religious qualm. ̃ভগিনী n. one solemnly accepted as a sister by a person other than one's brother or sister; a female disciple of the same teacher; a member of a sisterhood, a nun, a sister. ̃ভাই coll. form of ধর্মভ্রাতা । ̃ভীরু a. God-fearing. ̃ভীরুতা n. God-fearing conduct or nature. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. gone astray from the religious or righteous course; fallen from one's religious belief. ̃ভ্রাতা n. one solemnly accepted as a brother by a person other than one's brother or sister; a disciple of the same teacher or preceptor; a member of a brotherhood or sect or faith; a brother. ̃মঙ্গল n. a long poem narrating the glory of Dharmathakur (ধর্মঠাকুর). ̃মত n. a religious tenet or doctrine. ̃মন্দির n. a house of worship, a temple, a shrine. ̃ময় a. full of piety; devout or pious. ̃মা, ̃মাতা n. one solemnly accepted as mother by a person other than one's child. ̃মূলক a. concerning religion, religious. ̃যাজক n. an ecclesiastic; a clergyman; a priest. ̃যুদ্ধ n. a war for the cause of religion, (cp.) a crusade, a holy war. ̃যোদ্ধা n. one fighting for the cause of religion, (cp.) a crusader; a holy warrior. ̃রক্ষা n. defence of religion; preservation of one's religion or piety; preservation of chastity (স্ত্রীলোকের ধর্মরক্ষা). ̃রাজ n. the lord of justice; an appellation of Yudhisthira of the Mahabharata or that of Yama (যম) or Dharmathakur (ধর্মঠাকুর) or Buddha. ̃রাজ্য n. a state or kingdom administered with scrupulous justice, a realm of justice; a state or kingdom founded on religion or piety, a holy state. ̃রাষ্ট্র n. a theocratic state. ̃লক্ষণ n. any one of the (ten) characteristic signs of piety or virtuousness. ̃লোপ n. destruction or extinction of religion or piety; profanation of one's religion; ravishment of (a woman's) chastity. ̃শালা n. a guesthouse where pilgrims and travellers are accommodated temporarily at a low cost or free of cost; (ori.) a court of justice. ̃শাসন n. a religious or scriptural edict; administration of justice; lawful judgment; rule of the ecclesiastics, theocracy. ̃শাস্ত্র n. scripture. ̃শাস্ত্রব্যবসায়ী n. a dealer in religious books and scriptures; an expounder and teacher of scriptures, a scribe. ̃শাস্ত্রানুমত a. conforming to or as prescribed by scriptures. ̃শিক্ষক n. a religious teacher or preceptor. ̃শিক্ষা n. religious education or teaching. ̃শীল a. pious, virtuous. ̃সংস্কার n. religious reformation; a holy sacrament. ̃সংস্কারক n. a religious reformer. ̃সংস্হাপন n. introduction or founding of a religion; firm establishment of a religion; rejuvenation or reinforcement or restoration of a religion. ̃সংহিতা n. a religious code, a book of holy laws. ̃সংগত same as ধর্মসম্মত । ̃সংগীত n. a devotional song or hymn, a psalm. ̃সভা n. a religious gathering or congress or convention or congregation or society. ̃সম্প্রদায় n. a religious community, a religious group or sect. ̃সম্মত a. conforming to the rules and prescription of religion or piety; pious, virtuous; rightful; just. ̃সাক্ষী a. having or claiming the god of piety as witness. n. an oath in the name of the god of piety. ধর্মসাক্ষী করে বলা to take an oath in the name of God, to take a solemn oath. ̃সাধন n. practice of virtue or religion. ̃হানি same as ধর্মনাশ । ̃হীন a. godless, ungodly, irreligious, impious; blasphemous. ̃হীনতা n. ungodliness; impiety. 17)

(p. 532) dharmāntara another religion, a different religion. ̃গ্রহণ n. adoption of or conversion to a different religion. ধর্মান্তর গ্রহণ করা v. to adopt a different religion, to be converted to a different religion. ধর্মান্তরিত a. converted to a different religion. fem. ধর্মান্তরিতা । ধর্মান্তরিত ব্যক্তি n. a religious convert. ধর্মান্তরীকরণ n. conversion to a different faith or religion, proselytism. 25)

(p. 532) dharmābalambana practising a religion; adoption of a religion. ধর্মাবলম্বন করা v. to practise or follow a religion or creed; to adopt a religion. ধর্মাবলম্বী a. following or practising a religion. fem. ধর্মাবলম্বিনী । 29)

(p. 765) bibiẏānā the style of living in ease and foppishness (as of a European lady); adoption of this style by a non-European woman. 18)

(p. 767) bilāti of or exported from England or Europe or a foreign country; English; European; foreign. বিলাতি আমড়া the hog-plum. বিলাতি কাপড় English or foreign textile materials or piece goods. বিলাতি কুমড়ো a sweetish variety of pumpkin. বিলাতি বেগুন the tomato, the love-apple. ̃য়ানা (dero.) adoption or imitation of English or European style in daily life and conduct, anglomania, (journ.) Englishness, Europeanism. 83)

(p. 999) sādha desire; longing; fancy or choice (সাধের বস্তু); voluntary will, volition, pleasure, one's own accord (সাধ করে মৃত্যুবরণ); option; a ceremony for giving desired articles of food to a pregnant woman (সাধ দেওয়া বা সাধ খাওয়া). সাধ করা v. to desire; to long (for); to choose; to volunteer (for); to opt (for). সাধ করে adv. voluntarily; wilfully; willingly. সাধ মিটিয়ে adv. satisfying one's desire; to one's satisfaction. 97)