(p. 90) a-starībhūta unstratified. 38)

(p. 2) akṣa any of the three long cubes marked with dots thrown at dice-playing; a die; a kind of seed used as bead; (geog.) the axis of the equator; (geog.) latitude; (astr.) the angular distance of any star or planet from the solar orbit, the orbit of a heavenly body; (astrol.) the shape of the zodiac; (zoo.) the secand vertebra of the neck; an axle; a sense-organ (অধোক্ষজ). ̃ক n. the collar-bone, the clavicle; a dice player. ̃কর্ণ n. (geom.) a hypotenuse. ̃ক্রীড়া n. game of dice; diceplay. ̃দণ্ড n. (geog.) the axis of the equator, the minor axis. ̃ধুরা n. the front portion of a wheel, an axis; the pole of a cart. ̃ধূর্ত n. an expert or clever dice-player. ̃পাটি n. any of the long cubes marked with dots thrown at dice-playing. ̃বাট n. dice-board; arena for wrestling; wrestling ground; gymnasium. ̃বিচলন n. (astr.) nutation. ̃বিত্, ̃বিদ, ̃বেত্তা a. versed in law or diplomacy; clever at dice-game. n. a lawyer; a diplomat; an expert dice-player. ̃বৃত্ত, ̃সমান্তরাল n. (geog.) the parallels of latitude. ̃মালা, ̃সূত্র n. a string of beads, a rosary. ̃শক্তি n. the Axis Powers in the World War II. 88)

(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) aṅgirā (astr.) one of the stars in the constellation of Ursa Major. 22)

(p. 9) ajāta not yet born; unborn; existing without being born; (dial.) socially degraded, born illegitimately, bastard. ̃শত্রু a. one whose enemy is not yet born; having no enemy. ̃শ্মশ্রু a. one whose beard has not yet grown; beardless; (fig.) not yet grown to manhood; very young, minor. 92)

(p. 26) anaśana abstinence from food, fasting; starvation. ̃ক্লিষ্ট a. stricken with starvation; famished. অনশন ধর্মঘট n. hunger-strike. ̃ব্রত n. abstinence from food (till one's death) under a solemn vow; (loos.) hunger-strike. 26)

(p. 26) anāhāra state of going without food; fasting, starvation. অনাহারী a. going without food; fasting. অনাহারে adv. going without food; on fast. অনাহারে থাকা v. to go without food; to starve, to fast. 89)

(p. 34) anubandha start; outset; (of a question, point, motion etc.) moving or raising, introduction; relation; resolution; endeavour, effort, attempt; context, contextual connection; request; occasion; correlation; (gr.) any of the letters (esp. of suffixes) which are lost or dropped when added to words. অনুবন্ধী a. related, connected; (gr.) syntactically connected; inseparable; (geom.) conjugate; consequential; relevant. 8)

(p. 34) anubṛtti coming or going after, following or pursuing; pursuit; succession; removal to a new place; imitation; repetition; attending on or serving; about to be started; outset; (of a question, point, motion etc.) moving or raising, introduction; relation; resolution, endeavour, context, contextual connection. 19)

(p. 36) anurādhā the seventeenth of the twenty-seven zodiacal stars in Hindu astronomy. 12)

(p. 38) antḥstara a substratum (pl. substrata.) 47)

(p. 38) antarīkṣa the intervening region between any two planets or stars; the sky. ̃চারী a. (capable of or used to) moving or dwelling in the sky; aerial. 68)

(p. 41) antastara (geol.) a substratum (pl. substrata). 4)

(p. 41) anna boiled rice; rice; food. ̃কষ্ট n. distress caused by scarcity of food; famine; (fig.) sufferance caused by extreme poverty, indigent circumstances. ̃কূট n. a stupendous heap of boiled rice. ̃ক্ষেত্র var. of অন্নসত্র । ̃গতপ্রাণ a. (absolutely) depending on food or boiled rice for subsistence; (loos.) riceeating. ̃চিন্তা n. thinking out means of procuring food or earning one's livelihood; food-problem, bread-problem. ̃চিন্তা চমত্কারা the effort to earn one's livelihood is all-absorbing; bread-problem is the chief problem; thought of one's daily bread preys heavily on the mind or weighs heavily on the spirits. ̃জল n. food and drink; the Hindu rite of providing food and drink for the soul of the dead. ̃দা a. fem. one who supplies or gives food. n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) ̃দাতা a. & n. one who supplies or gives food; one who maintains. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃দান n. charitable or gratuitous supply of food. ̃দাস n. one who has enslaved himself to another for one's food or maintenance. ̃নালী n. the aesophagus, the gullet, the food passage. ̃পূর্ণা a. fem. full of food or rice. n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা).̃পথ্য n. rice-meal as diet. ̃পান n. food and drink. ̃প্রাশন n. the Hindu rite of a child's tasting rice for the first time. ̃বস্ত্র n. food and clothing. ̃ব্যঞ্জন n. rice and curry. ̃ভোজী a. rice-eating. n. rice-eater. ̃ময় a. full of food; built up or nourished by food (অন্নময় কোষ) ̃রস n. chyle. ̃সংস্হান n. provision for maintenance; procuring food or earning one's livelihood. ̃সত্র n. a place or institution for charitable supply of rice or food. ̃সমস্যা n. food-problem, bread-problem. ̃হীন a. without food; foodless; starving. 17)

(p. 41) apagraha (astrol.) an unfavourable or malignant planet (or star). 51)

(p. 63) abhijit (astr.) the star Vega. 62)

(p. 73) ayōga lack of contact or relation or union; disunion, separation; unsuitability; (astr.) any inauspicious conjunction of stars, an inauspicious time. 20)

(p. 73) arajaska, arajā, arajāḥ (of a girl) whose menstruation has not yet started; who has not yet attained her puberty. 41)

(p. 75) arundhatī (astr.) a dim star in the Ursa Major; (myth.) the devoted wife of sage Vasistha (বশিষ্ঠ). 8)

(p. 77) ardhāśana underfeeding; imperfect nutrition or feeding, a starvation diet or meal. 15)

(p. 77) ardhōdita (of the sun, moon and stars) half-risen. 20)

(p. 77) ardhōdaẏa an auspicious annual conjunction of stars in Paus (পৌষ) or Magh (মাঘ) considered a holy occasion for the Hindus for ceremonial bathing in the Ganges. 19)

(p. 80) aśubha a harm or bale; an evil; a contretemps; a sin. a. harmful, baleful, evil, sinister; imauspicious; ominous. ̃কর, অশুভংকর a. doing harm (to); evil, sinister. ̃কামনা n. illwishing. ̃ক্ষণ n. an inauspicious moment or time. ̃সূচক a. foreboding evil, ominous, portentous; sinister. ̃সূচনা n. a bad start. 36)

(p. 83) aśbinī the first of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy; (myth.) the horse-shaped wife of the sun-god; (pop.) the mare. ̃কুমার, ̃নন্দন n. either of the twin brothers who are physicians of heaven. 3)

(p. 83) aślēṣā (astr.) the ninth of the zodiacal stars, a star considered inauspicious by astrologers. 16)