(p. 133) āskandita the gallop of a horse. 16)

(p. 715) bakra bent, curved, tortuous; oblique; squint: crooked; (chiefly astrol.) antipatheitc. n. a bend, a turn. ̃গতি a. having a curved or sinuous or tortuous motion. ̃গামী a. curvedly or sinuously or tortuously moving crooked. ̃চ্ছেদ n. (geom.) an oblique section. ̃তা n. curvedness; sinuosity; obliqueness; squintness; curvature; crookedness. (chiefly astrol.) antipathy. বক্রতাকেন্দ্র n. (phys.) a centre of curvature. ̃দৃষ্টি a. squint-eyed, cock-eyed; looking askance; squinting. ̃নাস a. having a curved or aquiline nose. ̃পৃষ্ঠ a. convex; arch-backed. ̃রেখা n. curved line, a curve. ̃শিরাল a. (bot.) curviveined. ̃সংঘাত n. (mech.) an oblique impact. বক্রাংশুরেখা n. (phys.) a caustic curve. বক্রাংশুস্পর্শ n. (phys.) causticity. 5)

(p. 1027) skanda Kartikeya (কার্তিকেয়). 52)

(p. 1027) skandha the shoulder; (of a beast) neck; the trunk of the human body; a treetrunk, a trunk; a section of a book, a chapter, a canto; an instalment; a part or division of an army. ̃কাটা a. one with the head cut off; headless. n. a headless ghost. স্কন্ধে করা বা নেওয়া, স্কন্ধে বহন করা v. to take up upon one's shoulders; to carry upon one's shoulders; to shoulder. ̃দেশ n. the region of the shoulder or (in case of a beast) the neck, shoulders. 53)