(p. 95) āibaḍ়, āibuḍ়ō unmarried. আইবুড়োভাত n. the ceremony of taking the last meal by a Hindu bride or bridegroom on the night immediately preceding their wedding-day. আইবুড়ো মেয়ে a woman who remains single after the conventional age for marrying, a spinster. 8)

(p. 102) āgu the first, the beginning; the past; advance. a. first; preceding; advance; forward. adv. a. first of all. ̃তে adv. at first; in the past. ̃পাছু, ̃পিছু adv. n. from beginning to end, alpha and omega; the past and the future. ̃পাছু করা,̃পিছু করা v. to hesitate. ̃পাছু ভাবা v. to look before and after, to consider the pros and cons of a thing. ̃য়ান, ̃সার a. going or coming forward, advancing; proceeding; leading. আগুয়ান বা আগুসার হওয়া v. to go or come forward, to advance; to proceed; to take the lead. 2)

(p. 102) āgē at first, in the beginning; in the past; in front; before. ̃কার a. of the beginning; of the past; of the front; preceding. আগে আগে adv. continuously or always in front. ̃পাছে adv. in front and at the back; before and after. আগে পাছে করা v. to hesitate. ̃ভাগে adv. first of all; at first; in advance. 8)

(p. 125) ārka solar. ̃ফলা n. this sign over Bengali consonant letters to indicate a preceding '-r' sound; sun-ray; (facet.) a tuft of long hair maintained by a conservative Brahman on his crown. 17)

(p. 188) ō2 that or yonder person or creature or thing, a person or creature or thing in question, he, she, it.  a. that immediately preceding, last (ও মাসে). adv. too, also, moreover (সে খাবেও); even (নামও শুনিনি).  con. and.  int. expressing; a call, recollection, amazement, pity etc.; holla, ho; ah, oh. 3)

(p. 314) gēla2 immediately preceding, last (গেল মাসে, গেলবার). 92)

(p. 389) janma birth, nativity; generation; origination; production; life (জন্ম কাটা); life-time. জন্ম দেওয়া v. to give birth (to), to beget; to procreate, to originate; to generate; to produce. জন্ম নেওয়া v. to take one's birth, to be born; to originate; to come into existence; to be produced; to evolve. ̃-এয়স্ত্রী, ̃-এয়তি n. & a. fem. one who is outlived by her husband. ˜কুণ্ডলী n. (astrol.) a horoscope; nativity. ̃গত a. pertaining to birth or birthtime, natal, innate, bred in the bone; congenital. গ্রহণ n. taking one's birth; nativity; origination. জন্মগ্রহণ করা same as জন্ম নেওয়া । ̃ঘটিত a. caused by or pertaining to one's birth; natal. ̃-জন্মান্তর n. the present life and the lives following (and also preceding). ̃তিথি n. one's lunar birthday; (loos. & pop.) birthday. ˜তিথিপালন, ̃তিথি-উত্সব n. birth-anniversary. ̃দ, ̃দাতা n. a father, a begetter, a progenitor; an originator; a producer. fem. ̃দা, ̃দাত্রী a. mother, a progenitrix; an originator; a producer. ̃দান n. procreation; origination; production. জন্মদান করা v. to procreate, to beget; to give birth to; to generate, to produce. ̃দিন ̃দিবস n. birthday. ̃দুঃখী a. ever miserable, ever distressed, suffering for ever, born to suffer. ̃নক্ষত্র n. the star or planet under which a person is born, the natal star. ̃নিয়ন্ত্রণ n. birth-control. ̃পত্র, ̃পত্রিকা n. a horoscope. ̃পরিগ্রহ same as ̃গ্রহণ । ̃বৃত্তান্ত n. an account of one's birth. ̃ভূমি n. native land, fatherland, motherland: birth-place. ̃মাস n. the month in which one is born, the month of one's birth. ̃রাশি n. (astrol.) the zodiacal sign of nativity. ̃শোধ adv. for the last time in one's life, once for all. ̃সংক্রান্ত a. relating to birth or nativity, natal. ̃স্হান n. place of one's birth. জন্মে জন্মে at every birth; for ever. জন্মের মতো same as ̃শোধ । 17)

(p. 442) tat he, she, it; they; that; those. ̃কর্তৃক adv. by him or her or it. ̃কাল n. that time or period or age. ̃কালীন a. of or for or during that time or period or age; occurring or prevalent at that time or period or age. ̃কালে adv. at that time, then. ̃কালোচিত a. right or suitable for the occasion. ̃কৃত a. done by him or her or it. ̃ক্ষণাত্ adv. at once, immediately, forthwith. ̃ক্ষণে adv. at that moment; at or by that time. ̃পর adv. after that, thereafter. a. expert; skilful, adroit; zealous, earnest; eager; enterprising, endeavouring; careful; prompt. ̃পরতা n. expertness, skilfulness, adroitness; zeal, earnestness; eagerness; enterprise; endeavour; carefulness, care; promptness, promptitude. ̃পরায়ণ a. sincerely or zealously attached to or engaged in that thing or work. ̃পরে same as তত্পর (adv.). ̃পশ্চাত্ adv. after or behind that or him or her or it. ̃পুরুষ n. the Supreme Being, God; (gr.) a system of compounding words (by this system the preceding word loses its inflexion and the succeeding word becomes more prominent. e.g. রাজার পুত্র = রাজপুত্র). ̃পূর্বে adv. before that, prior to that. ̃সংক্রান্ত, ̃সম্বন্ধীয় a. relating to that, regarding that. ̃সত্ত্বেও adv. in spite of that; even then. ̃সদৃশ a. similar to that, like that. ̃সম a. same as that. তত্সম শব্দ (gr.) a Sanskrit word used in the unchanged form in Bengali. ̃স্হলাভিষিক্ত a. installed in his or her or its place. ̃স্বরূপ same as তত্সদৃশ । 59)

(p. 650) pitṛ (chiefly used as a pfx.) father. ̃আজ্ঞা n. father's command. ̃ঋণ n. one's obligation to one's father, filial obligation; debt incurred by one's father (esp. that which should be paid off by children). ̃কর্ম same as পিতৃকৃত্য । ̃কল্প a. father-like, fatherly. n. same as ̃কৃত্য । ̃কার্য same as ̃কৃত্য । ̃কুল n. one's father's line, spearside. ̃কৃত্য, ̃ক্রিয়া n. obsequial rites performed in honour of the manes of one's father and forefathers. ̃গণ n. (myth.) heavenly sages (collectively) from whom the human race has evolved; manes of the forefathers of mankind or of an individual; dead ancestors or forbears or forefathers. ̃গৃহ n. father's house or family. ̃ঘতক, ̃ঘাতী, ̃ঘ্ন same as পিতৃহন্তা । ̃তর্পণ n. water-offering to the manes of one's forefather, (cp.) libation. ̃তুল্য a. father-like, fatherly. ̃ত্ব n. paternity, fatherhood. ̃দত্ত a. given or transmitted by one's father; (rare) given to one's father. ̃দায় n. the solemn obligation of performing the obsequial rites of one's deceased father. পিতৃদায়গ্রস্ত হওয়া v. to be under the solemn obligation of performing the obsequial rites of one's deceased father. ̃দেব n. father looked upon as a deity (used as a term of respect). ̃ধন n. patrimony. পিতৃধনসংক্রান্ত a. patrimonial. ̃পক্ষ n. the dark fortnight immediately preceding the bright fortnight of the month of Aswin (আশ্বিন); one's father's side, spearside. ̃পুরুষ n. an ancestor, a forefather. ̃বিয়োগ n. death or bereavement of one's father. ̃ব্য n. a brother of one's father, an uncle. পিতৃব্যপুত্র n. son of a paternal uncle, a cousin. ̃ভক্ত a. devoted or loyal to or fond of one's father. ̃ভক্তি n. devotion to or fondness for one's father, filial piety. ̃মাতৃদায় n. the solemn obligation of performing the obsequial rites of one's deceased parents. ̃মাতৃহীন a. bereft of parents, orphan. পিতৃমেধ, পিতৃযজ্ঞ same as পিতৃকৃত্য or পিতৃতর্পণ । ̃যান n. the route for the journey of the manes to the lunar heaven or the region of the moon for settling there. ̃রিষ্টি n. (astrol.) the location of the zodiacal signs in one's horoscope indicating loss of one's father. ̃লোক n. the region of the moon where the manes dwell, the lunar heaven. ̃শোক n. grief or mourning for one's deceased father. ̃শ্রাদ্ধ n. obsequies of one's deceased father. ̃ষ্বসা n. a father's sister, an aunt. ̃সম same as পিতৃতুল্য । ̃সেবা n. act of attending upon or serving one's father devotedly. ̃স্হানীয় a. deserving to be respected as one's father. ̃হত্যা n. parricide, patricide. ̃হত্যামূলক a. patricidal. ̃হন্তা a. guilty of parricide or patricide. n. a parricide or patricide. fem. ̃হন্ত্রী । ̃হীন a. fatherless. fem. পিতৃহীনা । 7)

(p. 654) purōga, purōgāmī going before in point of time or place, preceding, leading; pioneering. পুরোগত a. gone before in point of time or place. 56)

(p. 654) purōbartī lying in front; preceding; advanced; apical. 60)

(p. 654) purōyāẏī preceding; leading; inaugurating or founding. 63)

(p. 654) pūrba the east; precedence in time or place (পূর্বকথিত); front; the past (পূর্বে দ্রাবিড়রা এ দেশে বাস করত). a. first; senior in age; past, former, preceding; eastern. -পূর্বক in comp. having in advance; having first made or done (প্রণামপূর্বক); with (প্রীতিপূর্বক). ̃কথিত a. aforesaid. ̃কায় n. the upper part of the body. ̃কাল n. the past; ancient times; former times. ̃কালিক, ̃কালীন a. of the past, past; of ancient times, ancient; former times, former. ̃কৃত a. previously or formerly done; done beforehand; done in anticipation. ̃গামী a. going east or eastwards; going before, preceding; previous; antecedent. fem. ̃গামিনী । ̃জ a. born before, elder. n. an elder brother. ̃জা a. fem. of পূর্বজ । n. fem. an elder sister. ̃জন্ম n. a previous or former birth. ̃জন্মার্জিত a. acquired during a former or previous birth. ̃জীবন n. a previous or former birth; the past life; early life (cp. উত্তরজীবন). ̃জ্ঞান n. past experiences; knowledge acquired during a former birth; anticipation. ̃তন a. former; previous; past. ̃দক্ষিণ n. south-east. a. south-eastern. ̃দিক n. the east. ̃দৃষ্ট a. previously seen; anticipated; foreseen. ̃দৃষ্টি n. foresight. ̃দেশ n. an eastern country or region, the east, the orient. ̃দেশীয় a. of an eastern country or region; (rare) oriental. ̃ধারণা n. preconception, preconceived notion. ̃নিরীক্ষিত a. preaudited. ̃নিরূপিত a. predestined; foreordained. ̃পক্ষ n. a complaint; a plaint; (log.) a question, a problem for debate or discussion, the first part of an argument, a proposition. ̃পরিকল্পনা n. preplanning. ̃পরিকল্পিত a. preplanned. ̃পরিচয় n. previous acquaintance. ̃পরিচিত a. acquainted from before, formerly or already known. fem. ̃পরিচিতা । ̃পরিচিতি n. previous acquaintance. ̃পুরুষ n. an ancestor, a forefather; a former generation. ̃প্রচলিত a. formerly current or prevalent, current or prevalent in the past, previously in vogue. ̃ফল্গুনী n. (astrol.) the eleventh of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy. ̃বঙ্গ Eastern Bengal, East Bengal. ̃বত্ adv. as before. a. (log.) a priori. ̃বর্ণিত a. described or narrated before, aforementioned, aforesaid. ̃বর্তিতা n. precedence; antecedence; priority; seniority; fore-existence. ̃বর্তী a. preceding; antecedent; prior; senior; fore-existent; previous; former. fem. ̃বর্তিনী । ̃বাদ n. a complaint. ̃বাদী n. a complainant. ̃ভাগ n. the forepart; the front; the eastern part. ̃ভাদ্রপদ, ̃ভাদ্রপদা n. (astrol.) the twenty-fifth of the twenty-seven zodiacal stars according to Hindu astronomy. ̃ভাব n. the former or original state or condition. ̃ভাষ n. preface, a foreword. ̃মত n. the former opinion. ̃মীমাংসা n. a philosophical treatise by Jaimini the ancient sage; philosophical doctrine of Jaimini and his followers. ̃রঙ্গ n. the prologue (of a drama); a prelude. ̃রাগ n. amorous attraction felt even before acquaintance with the lover; (inc.) courtship. ̃রাত্র n. the first part or quarter of a night; early night; (loos.) the previous or last night. ̃রাত্রি n. last night; the previous night. ̃রাশি n. (math.) antecedent. ̃লক্ষণ n. a presage; a foreboding. পূর্বলক্ষণ প্রকাশ করা v. to presage; to forebode. ̃সংস্কার n. a notion or idea or impression or habit formed during a former birth or in the past. পূর্বাচল, পূর্বাদ্রি n. an imaginary eastern mountain from behind which the sun is believed to rise daily. পূর্বাদেশ n. a previous order. পূর্বাদেশ প্রত্যাহার করা to rescind a previous order. পূর্বাধিকার n. possession or right obtained earlier; priority; the right or claim of the first-born, primogeniture; former right or claim. পূর্বানুবৃত্তি n. continuation (of some account already begun). পূর্বাপর a. (also. adv.) from beginning to end, alpha and omega, thorough. পূর্বাপর বিবেচনা করা to consider the connected line of events, to consider the pros and cons of a proposal, to look before and after. পূর্বাপরবিরোধ n. inconsistency of acts or contexts of different times. পূর্বাপর-বৃত্ত n. (astr.) a prime vertical. পূর্বাপেক্ষা adv. than before. পূর্বাবধি adv. from before; since the beginning. পূর্বাবস্হা n. the former or previous or past state or condition. পূর্বাভাষ n. a presage; (dero.) a foreboding; a preface, a foreword; forecast (আবহাওয়ার পূর্বাভাষ). পূর্বাভাষ দেওয়া v. to presage; (dero.) to forebode. পূর্বাভ্যাস n. a previous or former habit or practice. পূর্বার্ধ n. the first half; the eastern half; (geog.) the eastern hemisphere. পূর্বাশা n. the east. পূর্বাষাঢ়া n. (astrol.) the twentieth of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy. পূর্বাহ্ন n. the first part or quarter of the day-time; (loos.) the forenoon. পূর্বাহ্নিক a. of the first part or quarter of the daytime; to be done during the first part or quarter of the daytime. পূর্বিতা n. priority, precedence. পূর্বে adv. formerly, previously, before; in the past; in the front; in the east. পূর্বোক্ত a. aforesaid; mentioned before or above. পূর্বোক্তি n. a previous statement; a prefatory remark or utterance. পূর্বোত্তর n. the north-east. পূর্বোদ্ধৃত a. quoted before or above. 109)

(p. 692) prākkāla previous or former or preceding time; (pop.) immediately preceding time; eve. প্রাক্কালিক, প্রাক্কালীন a. former, previous. প্রাক্কালে adv. before; (pop.) on the eve of. 10)

(p. 792) bōdha knowledge; cognition; intellect; intelligence; perception; feeling; appreciation; consciousness; consolation; a notion or surmise. বোধ করা v. to feel; to perceive; to have a notion, to surmise. বোধ থাকা v. to have wisdom or cognition or intellect or intelligence or perception or feeling or appreciation or consciousness. বোধ মানা v. to be amenable to consolation. বোধ হওয়া v. to seem or appear (to be). বোধ হয় perhaps. বোধক a. signifying, indicative (of); imparting knowledge; arousing feeling or consciousness; enlightening. ̃গম্য a. intelligible; perceivable; comprehensible; knowable. বোধন n. inparting knowledge; arousal of feeling or consciousness; enlightenment; awakening; ceremonial awakening of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) on the sixth lunar day immediately preceding the time of her autumnal worship; an inspiration. ̃য়িতা same as বোধক । fem. ̃য়িত্রী । ̃শক্তি n. power of understanding or feeling; power of appreciation; perception; comprehension; intellect; sensation. ̃শক্তিহীন a. devoid of power of understanding or feeling or appreciation; insensible; stupid; dull. ̃শক্তিহীনতা n. lack of the power of understanding. ̃শোধ n. common sense. ̃হীন a. incapable of understanding or feeling or appreciating or perceiving; stupid; dull. বোধাতীত a. unintelligible; imperceptible; incomprehensible; unknowable; beyond cognition. বোধি n. a kind of spiritual meditation or trance; knowledge about philosophical reality, final or supreme knowledge; the banian tree at Gaya under which Buddha sat in meditation and attained final knowledge (usu. বোধিদ্রুম, বোধিবৃক্ষ). বোধিসত্ব n. a person whose very essence is knowledge; an incarnation of Gautam (গৌতম) immediately preceding his birth as Buddha. বোধিকা fem. of বোধক n. a helpbook. বোধিনী same as বোধিকা (n.). বোধের বাইরে adv. beyond one's knowledge or comprehension; beyond one's ken. বোধোদয় n. enlightenment. বোধ্য a. intelligbile; perceivable; comprehensible; knowable. 40)

(p. 800) brāhma relating to Brahma (ব্রহ্ম) or God; endowed with knowledge about God. n. a Brahmo, a Brahmoist. ̃ধর্ম n. Brahmoism. ̃বিবাহ n. act of inviting a bridegroom versed in scriptures and marrying him to a bride with due obeisance; marriage (by registration) in accordance with the rules of the Brahmo Samaj. ̃সমাজ n. the Brahmo Samaj ̃মূহুর্ত n. the period of forty-eighth minute immediately preceding sunrise. 18)

(p. 820) bhūmikā a preface, a preamble, an introductory talk preceding a speech or action; a prologue; a presage; assumption of a dress or disguise; transfiguration; a role, a part. ভূমিকা গ্রহণ করা v. to take up a role; to take up the role of, to act as. 16)

(p. 847) mahā2 used as a pfx. implying all the meanings of মহত্, মহান and মহতী । ̃কবি n. a great poet; an epic poet. ̃করণ n. the secretariat (of the government); the secretariat building or buildings. ̃কর্ষ n. (phys.) gravitation. ̃কর্ষাঙ্ক n. gravitation constant. ̃কর্ষীয় a. gravitational. মহাকর্ষীয় একক a gravitational unit. ̃কাব্য n. (ori.) a narrative poem consisting of more than eight cantos depicting the whole life of a hero born of a god or born with divine grace in him; (pop.) an epic; (rare) great poetry or a great poem. ̃কাব্যীয় a. epical, epic. ̃কায় a. having a huge body; huge, monstrous, colossal. ̃কাল n. (myth.) a terribly destructive manifestation of Shiva (শিব); eternity; time to come, the future. fem. ̃কালী a terribly destructive manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃কাশ n. (sc.) the firmament beyond the solar region, the stellar sky, the outer space; (pop.) the vast endless sky. ̃কাশচারণা n. space-travel. ̃কাশচারী n. a spaceman, an astronaut. fem. ̃কাশচারিণী a spacewoman. ̃কাশযান n. a spacecraft. ̃গুরু n. any one of the most venerable persons, namely, father, mother, the religious initiator and husband. ̃জন n. a very virtuous or great man; an illustrious man; a great merchant or stockist or wholesaler; a creditor; a usurer, a money lender; any one of the mediaeval poets who composed kirtan (কীর্তন) songs about Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃জনি n. usury, money-lending. a. relating to usury or money-lending; usurious. মহাজনি করা v. to practise usury, to act as a money-lender. মহাজনি-কারবার n. money-lending business; banking. ̃জাগতিক a. cosmic. ̃জাগতিক রশ্মি cosmic ray. ̃জ্ঞান n. knowledge about reality, the final knowledge; the occult knowledge by dint of which a dead man can be brought back to life. ̃জ্ঞানী n. (ori.) possessing knowledge about ultimate reality; profoundly wise. ̃ঢ্য a. very rich or wealthy. ̃তপা a. & n. one who has practised or is still practising severest ascetical austerities. ˜তেজ n. great spirit or vigour; great heat. ̃তেজস্বী, ̃তেজা a. highly spirited or vigorous. fem. ̃তেজস্বিনী । ̃ত্মা a. highsouled; very high-minded or noble. n. an appellation of Gandhi, the great leader of India. ̃দেব n. a great god; Shiva (শিব) fem. ̃দেবী a great goddess; Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); a title of a chief queen. ̃দেশ n. a continent; (rare) a great or noble country. ̃দেশীয় a. continental. ̃দ্যুতি a. of great splendour, very bright or radiant or effulgent. ̃দ্রাবক n. sulphuric acid. ̃ধনবান, ̃ধনী a. very wealthy or rich. ̃ধমনী n. the aorta. ̃ধর্মাধিকরণ n. the High Court. ̃নগর, ̃নগরী n. a great city; a metropolis, a capital. ̃নগরীয় a. metropolitan. ̃নট n. a great dancer or actor. ̃নন্দ n. great or exhilarating joy or delight. ̃নবমী n. the ninth lunar day of the light fortnight of the month of Aswin (আশ্বিন) or Kartik (কার্তিক) which is the fourth day of the autumnal worship of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃নাগরিক n. the mayor; (rare) a great citizen. ̃নাদ n. a terrible or very loud sound or report or roar. ̃নিদ্রা n. sleep that knows no breaking; death. ̃নির্বাণ n. (Buddhism) cessation of individual existence, nirvana; the death of Buddha. ̃নিশা n. midnight, night far advanced, the dead of night, the dead hours of the night. মহানুভব, মহানুভাব a. highminded, magnanimous, large-hearted. মহানুভবতা n. high-mindedness. ̃পদ্ম n. & a. hundred billion. ˜পাতক n. a deadly sin. ̃পাতকী a. guilty of one or more deadly sins. ̃পাত্র n. the chief counsellor of a state, the prime minister; (loos.) a court-counsellor or courtier of the highest rank. ̃পাপ same as ̃পাতক । ̃পাপিষ্ঠ, ̃পাপী same as ̃পাতকী । fem. ̃পাপিষ্ঠা, ̃পাপিনী । ̃পুরুষ n. a man with supernatural powers; a saint who has attained knowledge about God and reality and power to look upon the world dispassionately; a high-souled man; a superman. ̃পূজা n. a solemn worship. ̃প্রভু n. a great master or saint or prophet; an appellaton of Chaitanya (চৈতন্য). ̃প্রয়াণ n. voluntary journey to court one's death; death. ̃প্রয়াণ করা v. to set out voluntarily to court one's death; to die. ̃প্রলয় n. complete dissolution of the universe; a universal cataclysm. ̃প্রসাদ n. a part of the food-offering to Jagannath at Puri taken by devotees as a mark of the deity's grace; the highest divine grace; offering or altarage to deities; meat-offering to a deity. ̃প্রস্হান same as মহাপ্রয়াণ । ̃প্রাণ a. large-hearted, magnanimous; (gr.) aspirate. n. (gr.) an aspirate. ̃প্রাণতা n. large-heartedness, magnanimity; (gr.) aspiration. ̃প্রাণী n. life conceived as having an existence independent of the body, (cp.) atman, the soul. ̃বল a. very powerful; strong, mighty. ̃বাক্য n. a saying of a great man, a great saying or maxim. ̃বাহু a. having very long and mighty arms; very strong, mighty. ̃বিক্রম a. possessing great prowess or valour. ̃বিদ্যা n. any one of the ten manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); (facet.) the art of stealing. ̃বিদ্যালয় n. a college. ̃বিষুব n. the vernal equinox. ̃বিষুবরেখা n. the line of the vernal equinox. ̃বিষুবসংক্রান্তি n. the transition of the sun in the Aries; the day of the aforesaid transition. ̃বীর n. a great hero; the great Jaina preacher. ̃বৈদ্য n. a great or chief physician; (sarcas.) a charlatan, a quack. ̃বোধি n. an embodiment of the highest or final knowledge; an appellation of Gautama Buddha; highest or final knowledge. ̃ব্যবহারদেশক n. attorney-general. ̃ব্যাধি same as রোগ । ̃ভাগ a. very lucky or fortunate; high-minded, magnanimous, noble-minded; endowed with noble human qualities. ̃ভাব n. the ecstatic state caused by profundity of love, devotion etc. ̃ভুজ same as ̃বাহু । ̃মন্ডল n. a great guild or association or concourse. ̃মতি, ̃মনা a. high-minded, magnanimous; high-souled. ̃মন্ত্র n. a great mantra or incantation; very sacred words of initiation (দেশসেবার মহামন্ত্র). ̃মন্ত্রী n. the prime minister; (euph.) a great minister. ̃মহিম, ̃মহিমান্বিত a. highly glorious or majestic, most excellent. fem. ̃মহিমান্বিতা । ̃মহোপাধ্যায় n. a teacher of great teachers or scholars; an official title given to distinguished Sanskrit scholars. ̃মাংস n. human flesh taken as food, human meat. ̃মাত্য n. the prime minister. ̃মাত্র n. the prime minister; the chief courtier; the chief executive of the government. ̃মান্য a. highly venerable or honourable. ̃মান্য পোপ His Holiness the Pope (whilst addressing the Pope: Your Holiness). ̃মায়া n. (phil.) illusion, the material world or nature; Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃মায়াচ্ছন্ন a. overwhelmed with or enveloped in (divine) illusion; selfobliviously enmeshed in worldly affairs. ̃মারী n. a devastating epidemic, a pestilence, a plague. ̃মারী কান্ড (usu. facet.) a great affair, a tumultuous affair. ̃মারী-পীড়িত pestilence-stricken. ̃মুনি n. a great ascetic or sage. ̃মূল্য a. of great value; very costly, dear. ̃যশা a. very famous, highly and widely celebrated or renowned. যাত্রা same as ̃প্রয়াণ । ̃যান n. one of the two communities of the Buddhists (cp. হীনযান). ̃যুদ্ধ n. a great war; (loos.) a world war. ̃যোদ্ধা n. a great warrior, a great soldier. ̃যোগী n. a great ascetic. ̃রণ্য n. a large and dense forest. ̃রথ (inc.) ̃রথী n. (ori.) one who commands a host of charioted fighters; (loos.) a great warrior fighting from on a chariot. ̃রণ n. a great war or battle. ̃রাজ n. a great king; an emperor; a great ascetic. ̃রাজা n. a government title awarded to the feudal princes, zamindars, rich citizens etc. of India during the British regime, a maharaja. ̃রাজাধিরাজ n. a king of kings, an emperor; a title conferred on a big landowner during the British regime. ̃রাজ্ঞী n. fem. the wife of a great king; a great queen; an empress. ̃রানা (rej.) ̃রাণা n. the title of the rulers of Udaipur (or Chitore). ̃রানি n. the wife of a great king, a great queen; an empress; the wife of a maharana (মহারানা); the wife of a maharaja. ̃রাত্রি n. midnight; a solemn night (কালীপূজার মহারাত্রি); a terrible night (মৃত্যুর মহারাত্রি). ̃রাষ্ট্রীয় a. of Maharashtra, Maharashtrian. ̃রুদ্র n. an awesome manifestation of Shiva (শিব). ̃রোগ n. an almost incurable and (usu. obnoxious) disease; leprosy; an inveterately bad habit or mannerism. ̃র্ঘ, ̃র্ঘ্য a. precious; costly; high-priced, dear. মহার্ণব n. an ocean; a great sea. মহার্হ same as ̃র্ঘ । ̃লয়া n. the new-moon day immediately preceding the autumnal worship of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃শক্তি Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); great strength or power or prowess. ̃শক্তিধর, ̃শক্তিশালী a. having great strength or power or prowess. fem. ̃শক্তিশালিনী । ̃শঙ্খ n. a dead man's skull; an enormous conch. n. & a. thousand billions. ˜শয় a. high-minded, magnanimous; high-souled. n. a term of courtesy affixed to the name of a gentleman, (cp.) Mr. (fem. Mrs.), Sir (fem. Madam). fem. ̃শয়া । ̃শূন্য same as ̃কাশ । ̃ষ্টমী n. the eighth lunar day of the light fortnight of the month of Aswin (আশ্বিন) or Kartik (কার্তিক) which is the third day of autumnal worship of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃সংকট n. a great crisis. ̃সত্ত্ব a. having great strength; very noble or magnanimous; highsouled. ̃সভা n. great meeting or association; a (representative) legislative assembly, a parliament; a congress. ̃সমারোহে adv. with much pomp and grandeur. ̃সমুদ্র, ̃সাগর n. an ocean. আটলানটিক বা অতলান্তিক মহাসাগর the Atlantic (Ocean). উত্তর মহাসাগর the Arctic Ocean. দক্ষিণ মহাসাগর the Antarctic Ocean. প্রশান্ত মহাসাগর the Pacific (Ocean). ভারত মহাসাগর the Indian Ocean. ̃সাগরীয় a. oceanic. ̃সামন্ত n. a commander-in-chief; a great general. ̃সিন্ধু same as ̃সমুদ্র । ̃সুযোগ n. the best chance, the greatest chance. ̃সুখ n. a great pleasure. ̃স্হবির n. one belonging to the highest order of Buddhist monks. 24)

(p. 916) rēpha (র্) this sign on Bengali consonant letters to indicate a preceding-r sound; an upright antenna or hair on heads of some creatures (দ্বিরেফ). 47)