(p. 2) akrūra not crooked; not cruel or merciless; simple, straightforward. n. (myth.) uncle of Krishna. 82)

(p. 2) akṣara any of the letters of the alphabet; a syllable; (fig.) a symbolic letter. ̃জীবী, ̃জীবক n. a scribe; a copyist; a printer or compositor, a writer. ̃পরিচয় n. acquaintance with the alphabet; commencement of education; literacy; (fig.) elementary knowledge. ̃বিন্যাস n. the characteristic style of handwriting. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of versification in which the number of letters and not the sounds in a line is taken into account. ̃মালা n. the alphabet. ̃যোজক n. a compositor. অক্ষরীকরণ n. transliteration. অক্ষরে অক্ষরে to the letter, word for word. verbatim; (fig.) with strict exactitude, rigorously. 95)

(p. 2) akṣauhiṇī a division of army in ancient India, comprising 1935 foot-soldiers, 6561 cavalrymen, 2187 fighters on elephant-back and 2187 charioteers. 104)

(p. 2) akṣaẏa undecaying; inexhaustible; unfailing; imperishable: undying; endless. ̃কীর্তি n. undying or immortal fame. ̃তূণ n. a quiver having an inexhaustible stock of arrows. ̃তৃতীয়া n. the third day of the lunar waxing fortnight of the month of Baisakh (বৈশাখ). ̃বট n. any of the very old banyan trees found at different holy places of the Hindus; (fig.) an immortal or deathless person. ̃লোক n. the abode of the blessed; heaven. ̃স্বর্গ n. the right to dwell permanently in heaven. ̃স্বর্গবাস n. dwelling permanently in heaven. 94)

(p. 2) agastya a mythological sage of India; (astrol.) the Canopus. ̃যাত্রা n. the first day of the month of Bhadra (ভাদ্র) when the sage Agastya asked the bending Vindhyas to wait till he came back and he never came back (this day has since been regarded by the Hindus as extremely inauspicious to set out on a journey; (cp. a corbie messenger). অগস্ত্যোদয় n. rise of the star Agastya or Canopus (about the 17th or 18th day of Bhadra). 126)

(p. 7) agni fire; the fire-god; digestive power; hunger; burning; affliction (শোকাগ্নি). ̃কণা n. a spark. ̃কর্তা n.& a. one who performs the rite of singeing the mouth of the deceased at cremation. ˜কর্ম n. the rite of agnihotra (অগ্নিহোত্র); cremation of the dead. ̃কল্প a. fire-like; fiery; extremely hot; extremely severe or violent; terribly angry, furious. ̃কাণ্ড n. a great fire, a conflagration. ̃কুণ্ডু n. a pit in which a fire is made or a pit full of fire, a firepit; a furnace. ̃কোণ n. the south-east. ̃ক্রিয়া same as ̃কর্ম । ̃গর্ভ a. impregnated with fire, containing fire; fiery; impetuous (অগ্নিগর্ভ বক্তৃতা). ̃চূর্ণ, ̃চূর্ণক n. gun-powder, explosive substance. ̃জিতা n. fem. a woman who has passed successfully through an ordeal by fire. ̃তপ্ত a. heated with fire; as hot as fire. ̃তুল্য a. fire-like; fiery; furious. ̃দগ্ধ a. burnt; consumed by fire. ̃দাতা n. & a. one who sets fire to anything; one who singes the mouth of the dead at cremation. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃দান n. act of setting fire to; act of singeing the mouth of the dead at cremation. ̃দাহ n. a conflagration, combustion, the heat of fire. ̃দাহ্য a. combustible. ̃দীপক a. causing or promoting fire or hunger or digestion. ̃দীপ্ত a. illuminated or brightened with fire. ̃দেব, ̃দেবতা n. the god of fire, the firegod. ̃পক্ক a. cooked with fire; hardened in fire (অগ্নিপক্ক ইট). ̃পরীক্ষা n. an ordeal by fire (esp. the one which Sita of the Ramayana passed through); (fig.) a crucial test, an extremely dangerous or unsafe test (cp. baptism of fire). ̃প্রবেশ n. act of mounting or falling on a burning pyre. ̃প্রভ a. glowing as fire. ̃প্রভা n. glow of fire. ̃প্রস্তর n. flint. ̃বর্ণ a. red as fire; crimson. ̃বর্ধক a. promoting fire or hunger or digestion. ̃বাণ n. a fire-emitting mythical arrow. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. promotion or stimulation of appetite or digestion. ̃বৃষ্টি n. a shower of fire (esp. from the sky, instead of rain); a spell of scorching heat; discharge or firing of gun. ̃মন্ত্র n. any formula of words or spell that makes one determined to achieve an extremely difficult or dangerous end; the doctrine of revolution or terrorism. ̃মন্ত্রে দীক্ষা initiation in the cult of armed agitation or revolution. ̃ময় a. full of fire. ̃মান্দ্য n. loss of appetite; indigestion. ̃মূর্তি a. extremely angry or haughty, furious. n. furious appearance or state. ̃মূল্য a. extremely costly; unpurchasably dear. ̃যুগ n. the age or times of revolution. ̃শর্মা a. extremely angry, furious, livid with rage. n. a furious person, a spitfire. ̃শিখা n. the flame of fire, the flame. ̃শুদ্ধ a. purified by burning in fire; sanctified by undergoing rigorous penance. ̃শুদ্ধি n. purification by burning in fire; sanctification by undergoing rigorous penance. ̃সংস্কার n. cremation by burning the dead. ̃সখ n. the wind. ̃সত্কার n. cremation by burning the dead. ̃সহ a. fire-proof. ̃সহ ইট fire-brick. ̃সহ মৃত্তিকা fire-clay. ̃সাত্ a. completely consumed by fire. ̃সেবন n. act of warming up oneself in the heat of fire. ̃স্ফুলিঙ্গ n. a spark. ̃হোত্র n. the Hindu rite of maintaining the sacred fire perpetually. ̃হোত্রী n. one who maintains the sacred fire perpetually and worships with it. 8)

(p. 9) aṅga a limb; the body; shape or form; a feature; a part; an essential part; an ingredient, a component, an element; an item (নৈবেদ্যের অঙ্গ); (esp. bot.) an organ; the ancient name of Bihar or of Bhagalpur and adjoining places. ̃গ্রহ n. convulsion of or pain in the body or any part of it, spasm; tetanus. ̃গ্লানি n. wearisome or painful physical exertion, tiredness; dirt or soil of the body. ̃চালন n. the movement of the body or limbs; physical exercise. ̃চ্ছেদ, ̃চ্ছেদন n. amputation or cutting off of a limb; deduction of a part; mutilation. ̃জ, ̃জনু a. born of one's body. n. offspring; a son. ̃জা a. daughter. ̃ত্র, ̃ত্রাণ n. armour, a coat of mail. ̃ন্যাস n. touching different parts of the body as one recites (usu. mentally) different incantations. ̃প্রত্যঙ্গ n. different limbs and appendages of the body. ̃প্রায়শ্চিত্ত n. expiatory rite of removing the taint of the body. ̃বিকৃতি n. deformity; apoplexy. ̃বিক্ষেপ n. making gestures, posing; a gesture, a pose; convulsion of a limb or the body, spasm. ̃বিন্যাস n. posing; posture. ̃বিহীন a. wanting in one or more limbs, crippled; deformed; bodiless, formless, incorporeal. fem. ̃বিহীনা । ̃ভঙ্গ, ̃ভঙ্গি n. a pose or posture; a gesture; secret communication of one's intention by means of a physical gesture. ̃বৈকল্য n. same as ̃বিকৃতি । ̃মর্দক n. masseur. ̃মর্দিকা n. fem. masseuse. ̃মর্দন n. massage. ̃মোটন n. stretching and straightening the body for removing lassitude and sloth. ̃রাগ n. beautifying the body with cosmetics; any article of cosmetic or toilet. ̃রাজ n. the king of Anga. ̃রাজ্য n. a state of a federation. ̃রুহ n. hair; wool; fur; feather, a gown. ̃শুদ্ধি n. purification of the body (by ablution or by ceremonial washing). ̃সংবাহন n. massage. ̃শোভা n. beauty of the body. ̃সংস্হান n. morphology. ̃সজ্জা n. beautifying the body (with dress or cosmetics). ̃সঞ্চালন same as ̃চালন । ̃সৌষ্ঠব n. physical grace or beauty or symmetry. ̃হানি n. loss of a limb; partial omission or curtailment of anything; mutilation; a defect. ̃হীন a. deformed; lacking one or more limbs; (of a work) lacking in perfection, defective; bodiless, formless, incorporeal. 15)

(p. 9) acira of short duration, brief. ̃কারী a. prompt. ̃কাল n. a very short time. ̃কালে adv. soon, shortly; without much delay. ̃ক্রিয় a. prompt in action or execution; not dilatory. ̃জীবী a. short-lived; impermanent, transient; not lasting long; not immortal. ̃স্হায়ী a. not permanent; transitory; perishable, frail, mortal (অচিরস্হায়ী দেহ), অচিরাত্, অচিরে adv. soon; without delay; immediately. 59)

(p. 9) acyuta Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). a. undislocated; firm, steady; imperishable, immortal. 74)

(p. 9) ajapā (fem.) incantations that can be recited without strain (that is 'হং সঃ' etc.); vital breath ('অজপা হতেছে শেষ'); a goddess of the tantrists. 84)

(p. 9) ataṭa a precipice; a steep bank of a river rising very high above the water-level. 135)

(p. 9) atarkita unthought of; unanticipated, unnoticed, unexpected. অতর্কিত আক্রমণ sudden or surprise attack. ̃ভাবে, অতর্কিতে adv. in an unguarded state; suddenly; unawares, unexpectedly. 140)

(p. 17) adrisāra iron. 47)

(p. 17) adhikāra ownership; possession, occupation; right, title; claim; domination, control; overlordship; authority; experience, knowledge (গণিতশাস্ত্রে অধিকার); jurisdiction; a public directorate (শিক্ষাধিকার); ablity, competency or claim (রাজ্যশাসনে অধিকার). অধিকার করা. v. to occupy, to possess. ̃ক্ষেত্র n. jurisdiction. ̃গত a. in one's possession; concerning one's possession or rights or claim or office; titular. ̃চ্যুত, ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. dispossessed. অধিকারী a. having ownership or right or claim or title or possession or competency or authority. n. an owner, a proprietor (who is also the motion-master) of an opera-party, orchestra-party, etc. (যাত্রাদলের অধিকারী); any venerable person of the Vaishnava (বৈষ্ণব) community. অধিকারী হওয়া v. be entitled to. অধিকারিণী a. fem. of অধিকারী n. a proprietress, a mistress. 68)

(p. 22) anaṅga bodiless, unembodied, incorporeal. n. Madan (মদন) the god of love. ̃মোহন n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃শর n. a shaft or shafts of the god of love; pangs of love, love-sickness. অনঙ্গারি n. Shiva (শিব). 38)

(p. 24) ananta endless; boundless; unlimited; inexhaustible; everlasting, eternal; imperishable. n. Vishnu (বিষ্ণু); Shesha (শেষ) the thousand-headed king of snakes; an ornament, an armlet. ̃কাল n. eternity. ̃কালব্যাপী, ̃কালস্হায়ী a. eternal. everlasting. অনন্তকাল ধরে adv. for ever. ̃চতুর্দশী n. the fourteenth day of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadra (ভাদ্র); a religious penance observed on this day. ̃দেব n. Shesha (শেষ) the king of snakes. ̃নিদ্রা n. Vishnu's sleep on the person of Ananta (অনন্ত) the snake-king; everlasting or eternal sleep; (fig.) death. ̃নিদ্রায় নিদ্রিত sleeping the sleep that knows no breaking, sleeping eternal sleep, dead. ̃প্রকার a. of endless or countless varieties. ̃বীর্য a. of endless or inexhaustible strength or virility. ̃প্রভাব n. incessant or endless current or flow. ̃মূল n. a medicinal root. ̃রূপ, ̃রূপী a. of endless forms or shapes; of endless manifestations. ̃শয়ন, ̃শয্যা n. use of the person of Anantadeva (অনন্তদেব) by Vishnu as his bed; (fig.) death. ̃শীর্ষ a. hydra-headed. 16)

(p. 24) anabhijāta not born of a good family; not high-born, not aristocratic; lowborn; not having a good pedigree. 46)

(p. 26) anaśbara imperishable; indestructible; immortal. ̃তা n. imperishability; indestructibility; immortality. 27)

(p. 26) anitya not permanent or eternal or everlasting; transient, transitory; temporal (অনিত্য সংসার); perishable, frail, mortal (অনিত্য দেহ). ̃তা n. impermanence; transience, transitoriness; temporality. 97)

(p. 29) aniruddha unobstructed; unhindered; unchecked; free. n. (myth.) grandson of Krishna. অনিরুদ্ধ পথ passage without any impediment or obstacle; the sky. 15)

(p. 30) anudita1 (of the sun, moon, etc.) not risen; not come or sprung out of, unmanifested; unrevealed. 61)

(p. 30) anudyama lack or absence of enterprise or effort or perseverence. অনুদ্যত a. not enterprising or perseverent, lazy, indolent. 76)

(p. 30) anudyōgī unenterprising, lacking in drive and initiative; unenthusiastic. 77)

(p. 36) anurañjita delighted, pleased; dyed or coloured (usu. in one colour); nourishing affection or love or attachment (towards), inclined (to). 6)

(p. 38) antḥśatru any of the sense-organs (these are regarded as veritable enemies of man); one who is culpable of treason, a quisling; one who is inimical to or rises against (esp. secretly) his own country or party or family; a traitor. 37)