(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. 9) ajijñāsita unasked; without being questioned. 96)

(p. 36) anurōdha a request; a prayer; solicitation, entreaty, imploration; a thing asked for; sake, account. অনুরোধ করা v. to request, to solicit, to entreat, to implore. অনুরোধে adv. at the request of; at the instance of; for the sake of, on account of (কার্যানুরোধে). 15)

(p. 9) abhijñāsya not to be asked or inquired. 97)

(p. 73) ayācanīẏa unworthy of being asked for. 12)

(p. 73) ayācita uncalled for, not asked for, unasked, unsolicited; gratuitous, voluntary. অযাচিত উপদেশ advice gratis. ̃ভাবে adv. gratuitously; voluntarily. 13)

(p. 77) arthita one of whom anything is asked or begged; that which is asked for or begged. 2)

(p. 90) ashi bone; skeleton. ̃চর্মসার a. lean, skinny, skin-and-bone, gaunt. অস্হি দেওয়া v. to deposit in or commit to the Ganges (or other holy waters) the bone or bone-ash of a deceased person (as the final part of the obsequies). ̃পঞ্জর n. bones and ribs; skeleton. ̃বত্ a. bone-like, bony. ̃বিজ্ঞান, ̃বিদ্যা n. osteology. ̃বিজ্ঞানী n. an osteologist. ̃বিদ্যাগত a. osteological. ̃সার a. having little flesh; bony, lean, gaunt. 55)

(p. 98) ākān̐ḍ়ā (of rice etc.) unhusked; not thoroughly husked; unrefined. 27)

(p. 104) āchān̐ṭā unhusked (আছাঁটা চাল); uncut (আছাঁটা চুল বা লোম). 10)

(p. 106) āḍ় a central market-place; a wholesale market; a storehouse, an entrepot; a fair. ̃ঘাটা n. a place on the river-bank for getting into or alighting from a boat. ̃ছাঁটা a. (of rice etc.) imperfectly husked. আড়ং ধোলাই n. thorough washing and bleaching of clothes; (coll.) beating someone black and blue. 14)

(p. 107) āthibithi, āthēbēthē, āthēbyathē in a confused hurry, helter-skelter. 48)

(p. 107) ādarā a rough or preliminary sketch; an outline; a profile. 56)

(p. 133) āstēbyastē in a great hurry; helterskelter; fussily (see also অস্তেব্যস্তে). 25)

(p. 133) āhuta invited; called; asked to come; summoned; invoked. আহুতি n. invitation; a call; a summons; invocation. 53)

(p. 165) upayācita asked for or solicited personally, volunteered. 16)

(p. 165) uparuddha requested; solicited; asked for. 29)

(p. 192) kaṅkāla a skeleton; a bone. ̃মালী n. one who wears a garland of bones; an appellation of Shiva (শিব). ̃মালিনী n. fem. one who wears a garland of bones; an appellation of Goddess Kali (কালী). ̃সার a. reduced to bones or to a skeleton, one who is only skin and bone, (cp.) a bag of bones. 27)

(p. 194) kaṭākṣa a side-glance, a sidelong look, an oblique look; significant or meaningful look; reflection, insinuation. কটাক্ষ করা v. to cast a side-glance, to look obliquely or askew; to cast a significant or meaningful look; to insinuate, to reflect on. ̃পাত n. casting a sidelong glance; a sidelong or oblique look; act of casting a significant look; a significant or meaningful look; insinuation, reflection. ̃পাত করা same as কটাক্ষ করা । কটাক্ষে adv. at or by or with a sidelong or meaningful look; by way of insinuation or reflection; in a moment, at once. 19)

(p. 194) kaṇḍōla a large basket or container for storing grains or cereals. 79)

(p. 194) kathikā a story in a sketchy shape; a talk. 90)

(p. 204) karaṇḍa a bee-hive; a flower-basket; a basket, a wickerwork. 33)

(p. 215) kān̐kalāsa the chameleon; (fig.) a person who is reduced to skeleton, a very lean person, one who is only skin and bone. 34)

(p. 216) kān̐ḍ়ā to husk. a. husked. কাঁড়ানো v. to cause to husk. a. husked; husky. n. husking. 17)

(p. 220) kāṭha wood; timber; firewood; (fig.) skeleton (রোগে দেহের কাঠ বেরিয়ে পড়েছে). a. motionless like a log (ভয়ে কাঠ হওয়া); stiffened (মরে কাঠ হওয়া); juiceless, sapless (শুকিয়ে কাঠ); dumbfounded. ̃কয়লা n. charcoal. কাঠ কাঠ a. hard and dry and rough. ̃কুড়ানি n. an extremely poor woman who lives by collecting twigs and leaves of trees to be burnt as firewood. ̃খোলা n. a frying pot in which sand is not used. ̃গড়া n. a small wooden enclosure, a box, a dock (সাক্ষীর বা আসামির কাঠগড়া). ̃গোলা n. a timberyard. ̃গোলাপ n. a variety of scentless wild rose, the sweet-brier, the eglantine. ̃ঠোকরা n. the woodpecker. ̃পিঁপড়ে n. a variety of large and black ant living on trees. ̃ফড়িং n. a variety of very thin grasshopper. ̃ফাটা a. scorching, blazing, burning. কাঠফাটা রোদ scorching rays of the sun. ̃বমি n. dry vomit. ̃বিড়াল, (coll.) ̃বেড়াল, (coll.) ̃বেরাল n. the squirrel. fem. ̃বিড়ালী, (coll.) ̃বেড়ালী । ̃মল্লিকা n. a variety of very sweet-scented wild flower belonging to the species of the jasmine. ̃রা var. of কাটরা । ̃রিয়া var. of কাঠুরিয়া । কাঠে কাঠে adv. & a. exactly fitting to all grooves or points (কাঠে কাঠে মেলা); exactly coinciding; evenly matched; diamond cuts diamond, when Greek meets Greek (কাঠে কাঠে লড়াই). কাঠের a. of wood, made of wood, wooden. অনেক কাঠখড় পোড়ানো to work laboriously (for), to toil hard, to make every endeavour. কাঠের মিস্তিরি n. a carpenter. 37)