(p. 203) kamānō to shorten, to curtail, to reduce; to cause to decrease or abate or diminish, to abate, to diminish. n. act of shortening or cutting down, curtailment, reduction; act of decreasing or abating or diminishing. a. shortened, cut down., curtailed, reduced; decreased, abated; diminished. 22)

(p. 220) kāṭakuṭa making alterations in several places of a manuscript etc. by penning through it; correction; shortening, abridgement; reduction; (usu. minor) surgical operations. কাটকুট করা v. to pen through and alter at places; to correct; to shorten, to abridge; to reduce; to operate upon. 12)

(p. 220) kāṭachān̐ṭa (chiefly of garments) cut, shape, alteration; make, make-up; reduction. 16)

(p. 234) kiphāẏata a cut in expenditure; reduction of expenditure; cheapness; profit, gain. 27)

(p. 377) chān̐ṭā to cut, to cut off, to clip, to trim, to crop, to lop, to prune; (rare) to husk; to exclude (দল থেকে ছাঁটা); to retrench; to cut short, to reduce (খরচ ছাঁটা, গল্প ছাঁটা). a. clipped, trimmed, cropped, lopped, pruned; husked, husking; excluded; retrenched; reduced. ̃ই n. cutting off or clipping or trimming or cropping or pruning; exclusion; retrenchment; reduction; scrap. ছাঁটাই করা v. to cut off, to clip, to trim, to prune; to exclude; to retrench; to reduce. ̃প্রস্তাব n. a cut motion. ̃নো v. to cause to cut off or clip or trim or prune; to cause to be cut off or clipped or trimmed or pruned. ছেঁটে ফেলা v. to cut off, to clip, to trim, to lop; to exclude. 7)

(p. 628) paryābasāna end, close, termination, conclusion; result; reduction. পর্যাবসান হওয়া v. to end, to terminate, to conclude; to result in; to be reduced to. 12)

(p. 721) bān̐dhana binding or fastening; a tie, a knot (বাঁধন খুলে দাও); damming; obstruction; stopping or parking (as of a vehicle); restraining or appeasement (as of one's mind); composition; formation; construction, building, setting up; turning, attunement; unification; reduction or rendering; compactness (কথার বাঁধন). ̃হারা a. free, unbridled, unrestrained. বাঁধনি n. binding or fastening; a tie, a knot; due arrangement, methodicalness, order (কাজের বাঁধনি); compactness. 274)

(p. 755) bijāraṇa reduction. 18)

(p. 922) laghu not heavy, light; easily digestible and moderate; not serious, venial; small; frivolous, easy, carefree; swift or nimble yet noiseless; easily understood, easy, light (লঘুপাঠ); low, vile, inferior; contemptible; slighted; worthless, trivial; subtle; liquid, watery; (gr.) short. ̃কায় a. light-bodied; slim-bodied; short-statured. ̃গামী a. nimbly and yet noiselessly moving; light-moving. ̃গুণক n. (math.) reduction factor. ̃চিত্ত, ̃চেতা a. light-headed; lighthearted; flippant, frivolous. ̃জ্ঞান n. disregard, contempt; slight. ̃জ্ঞান করা v. to think lighty of; to treat with contempt; to slight, to look down upon. ̃নির্মাণ n. minor works. ̃পথ্য n. light diet, (cp.) sick diet. ̃পাক a. easily digested or digestible, light. ̃পাচ্য a. easily digestible. লঘু পাপ a venial sin; a trivial offence. লঘুপাপে গুরুদন্ড heavy punishment for a venial or trivial offence. ̃পায়ে adv. light-footedly. ̃প্রকৃতি same as ̃চিত্ত । ̃বন্ধনী n. the sign of parenthesis, the first bracket. ̃বৃত্ত n. a small circle. ̃ভাবে adv. lightly. ̃ভোজন n. a light and easily digestible meal. ̃মস্তিষ্ক a. light-headed; incapable of serious thinking; dullheaded. n. the cerebellum. ̃সংগীত n. light music. ̃স্বর n. a low or soft voice, (gr.) a short vowel. ̃হস্ত a. light-handed; dexterous. 12)

(p. 922) laghūkaraṇa lightening; simplification; (math.) reduction; (chem.) dilution; attenuation; commutation. 14)

(p. 926) lāghaba decrease, reduction; meiosis; underestimation; lightness, levity; humiliation; promptness, quickness, dexterity (হস্তলাঘব). লাঘব করা v. to decrease, to reduce; to make light of, to reduce the weight of; to humiliate. 11)

(p. 963) saṅkṣēpa summarization; condensation; shortening, abridgement; abbreviation; curtailment; reduction; a summary, an abstract, a precis, a synopsis. সংক্ষেপ করা v. to summarize, to condense; to shorten, to abridge; to abbreviate; to curtail; to reduce. ̃ণ same as সংক্ষেপ, except in the last sense. সংক্ষেপত, সংক্ষেপে adv. in brief, in short, briefly. সংক্ষেপিত var. of সংক্ষিপ্ত । 35)

(p. 989) samīkaraṇa equalization; (alg.) equation; (arith.) reduction of fractions to a common denominator. সমীকরণ করা v. to equalize; (alg.) to equate; (arith.) to reduce (fractions) to a common denominator. 16)

(p. 1060) hrasba short; small; dwarfish; low; lowpitched; small in amount, little; abbreviated; shortened; reduced; (gr.—of vowels) short. ̃দীর্ঘজ্ঞান n. (fig.) common sense, gumption, nous. ̃স্বর n. a short vowel. হ্রস্বীকরণ n. shortening; abbreviation; reduction. 108)

(p. 1060) hrāsa diminution; decrease; shortening; reduction; curtailment; waning. হ্রাস করা v. to diminish; to decrease; to shorten; to reduce; to curtail. হ্রাস পাওয়া, হ্রাস হওয়া v. to be diminished, to diminish; to decrease; to be reduced or curtailed, to wane. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. diminished; decreased; reduced; abated; wanted. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. appreciation and depreciation, rise and fall (মূল্যের হ্রাসবৃদ্ধি); waning and waxing (চন্দ্রকলার হ্রাসবৃদ্ধি); aggravation and diminution (রোগের হ্রাসবৃদ্ধি). 109)