(p. 208) karṣa2, karṣaṇa act of tilling; cultivation; act of drawing or attracting; attraction (বিপ্রকর্ষণ); act of pressing, pressure; act of rubbing (নিকষে কর্ষণ). কর্ষণ করা v. to till, to plough, to cultivate; to draw, to attract; to press; to rub. কর্ষক a. & n. one who or that which tills or attracts or presses or rubs. কর্ষণীয় a. ploughable, arable; attractable; that which can be pressed or rubbed; that which is to be ploughed or cultivated or drawn or attracted or pressed or rubbed. কর্ষিকা n. a tentacle. কর্ষিত a. ploughed, tilled, cultivated; drawn, attracted; pressed; rubbed. কর্ষী a. attracting; attractive. 36)

(p. 359) cāṣa2 tilling, ploughing, cultivation (জমিচাষ, ধানের চাষ); agriculture; culture (মাছের চাষ); endeavour or practice for promotion, cultivation (বুদ্ধির চাষ). চাষ করা v. to till, to plough, to grow (আলু আখ মাছ ইত্যাদির চাষ করা); to cultivate. ̃বাস n. agriculture. 3)