(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) ajahalliṅga (gr.) a noun never changing its gender when used as an adjective. 91)

(p. 17) adīpa when or where lamps have not yet been lighted (অদীপ সন্ধ্যা); without light; dark. 30)

(p. 20) adhibēdana marrying a second time when one's first wife is still living. 25)

(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. 104) āchaḍ়ānō to throw or dash to the ground violently (esp. when washing clothes). 8)

(p. 115) āpakhōrāki in the state when one has to pay for one's own food. 24)

(p. 133) āhāra eating; food; a meal. আহার ও বাসস্হান food and lodging, bed and board. আহার করা v. to eat; to eat a meal, to dine. আহার দেওয়া v. to give food; to feed. ̃দাতা n. one who gives food; a feeder; (fig.) a maintainer. fem. ̃দাত্রী । আহারনিদ্রা ত্যাগ করা to give up eating and sleeping (when one is troubled with anxiety or misgiving). ̃বিহার n. dinner or food and enjoyment. আহারান্ত n. termination of dinner or eating. আহারাভাব n. want of food; starvation; shortage or scarcity of food. আহারার্থ adv. for dining or eating. আহারার্থী a. seeking food or dinner. আহারী a. one who eats, eating; voracious. 46)

(p. 136) it (gr.) a letter used to indicate some inflections but not actually pronounced when any of the said inflections is added to a word; omission. 34)

(p. 138) ilā the earth; the cow; speech (esp. when personified); wine; water. 53)

(p. 140) iṣṭa2 intended, desired; cherished; beneficial; one who or that which is worshipped; worshipful; related by blood, of the same family (ইষ্টকুটুম্ব); dear, beloved. n. an intended or desired or cherished thing (ইষ্টলাভ); dear or beloved person. ̃কবচ n. a holy amulet safeguarding the person who puts it on. ̃কর্ম n. an intended work. ̃কুটুম্ব n. pl. one's kinsmen both from father's side and mother's side. ̃চিন্তা n. thoughts about one's welfare. ̃জন n. a dear or beloved person. ̃দেব n. a spiritual teacher and guide, a guru. ̃দেবতা n. a deity of one's worship, a tutelary god; (cp.) a guardian angel. ̃নাম n. the name of one's deity of worship. ̃বিয়োগ n. death of one's kinsman or beloved person. ̃মন্ত্র n. mystical incantations which are recited when worshipping one's deity. ̃লাভ, ̃সাধন, ̃সিদ্ধি n. realization of one's desire, attainment of one's object. 6)

(p. 143) ugra violent; cruel; rough, harsh (উগ্র কথা); haughty; angry, wrathful, hot (উগ্র স্বভাব); severe, fierce (উগ্র তেজ); sharp, pungent, strong (উগ্র শব্দ, উগ্র গন্ধ, উগ্র বিষ). ̃কন্ঠ, ̃স্বর a. harsh-and-angry-voiced, raucous. ̃কন্ঠে, ̃স্বরে adv. in a harsh and angry voice, in a rough or rude voice, raucously. ̃কর্মা a. one who performs terrible or cruel deeds. ̃ক্ষত্রিয় n. the Aguri. ̃চণ্ডা, ̃চণ্ডী n. fem. an appellation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) when conceived as the goddess of wrath; a termagant woman, a termagant, a shrew. ̃গন্ধী a. strongscented. ̃তপা a. practising severe penance or asceticism. ̃তা n. violence; cruelty; roughness, harshness; haughtiness; anger, wrath, heat; severity, fierceness; sharpness. ̃দর্শন a. angrylooking, of fierce looks, of a stern and forbidding appearance. fem. উগ্রদর্শনা । ̃পন্হী a. & n. extremist; terrorist. ̃প্রকৃতি a. hot-tempered; quick-tempered; irascible, choleric. ̃বীর্য a. highspirited. ̃মূর্তি a. angry-looking; fiercelooking. ̃স্বভাব same as উগ্রপ্রকৃতি । 22)

(p. 168) urbī the earth (esp. when personified as the mother of all created beings), Mother Earth. ̃ধর n. a mountain. ̃রুহ n. a tree; a plant. 96)

(p. 168) uṣasī1 of the morning or dawn; glowing in the light of dawn; extremely beautiful. n. dawn (esp. when personified). 125)

(p. 176) ṛkṣa (for. the bear; a star; a constellation. ̃মণ্ডল n. (astr.) The Saptarshi, the Great Bear. ̃রাজ, ঋক্ষেশ n. the moon (when personified). 5)

(p. 178) ēn̐ṭēla sticky, adhesive; hard in dry state but soft and slippery when wet (এঁটেল মাটি). এঁটেল পোকা a variety of Diptera, a tick. এঁটেল মাটি clayey soil. 10)

(p. 188) ōkaḍ়ā a variety of herb or its fruit or leaf (when this is rubbed on the skin one gets a terrible itching sensation). 9)

(p. 192) kakhana at what time; when; long ago (সে তো কখন চলে গেছে). কখনও, কখনো adv. at any time, ever; for any reason; in any condition; under any circumstances. কখনো কখনো, (coll.) কখনোসখনো adv. sometimes, now and then, now and again; at times. আর কখনো ever afterwards. আর কখনো না never afterwards. 21)

(p. 204) kaṅka, kaḍ়ṅka a small portable waterpot used for holy purposes and by ascetics; a beggar's bowl; a coconut-shell or a fragment of it esp. when used as a pot; a pot, a vessel, a box; the skull. 27)

(p. 192) kaca2 denoting: a sound like the one made in cutting off or biting off something at one stroke. কচকচ int. denoting: the sound of hashing or munching or crunching repeatedly. কচকচ করা v. to give out a munching or crunching sound repeatedly (as on biting an unripe fruit); to grumble; to scold frequently or repeatedly without rhyme or reason; to indulge in intolerably long and dull arguments or talk, to prattle. কচকচানি n. act of hashing or munching or crunching repeatedly; act of grumbling, grumble; act of scolding repeatedly or frequently without rhyme or reason; intolerably long and dull argument or talk, prattle. কচকচি n. quarrel; wrangling; peevishness; unnecessary and inconsequential wrangling (তত্ত্বের কচকচি). কচকচে a. (of unripe fruits) giving out a munching sound when eaten; given to scolding repeatedly or frequently without rhyme or reason; indulging in long dull arguments or talk, prattling. 29)

(p. 194) kaṭās denoting: the sound of biting off or cutting off (esp. suddenly) a portion of a hard thing at one stroke; a snapping sound; an imaginary sound made by an ant when it pricks. কটাস্ কটাস্ int. denoting: repetition of any of these sounds. 22)

(p. 202) kabē on what day; when; long ago (সে কি আর বেঁচে আছে, কবে মরেছে !). 21)

(p. 204) karañja, karañjaka, karañjā a variety of sour fruit (it becomes crimson when ripe). 28)

(p. 206) karamacā a variety of sour fruit (it becomes crimson when ripe). 2)

(p. 217) kān̐dha the shoulder; the neck. কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো v. to shrug, to shrug one's shoulder. কাঁধ দেওয়া, কাঁধ লাগানো v. to volunteer to shoulder a burden; to come forward to assistor cooperate. কাঁধ বদলানো v. to transfer a burden to another's shoulder or to one's other shoulder when feeling fatigued. কাঁধে করা, কাঁধে নেওয়া v. to place and carry upon one's shoulder, to bear upon one's shoulder, to shoulder. কাঁধের হাড় n. the scapula. কার কাঁধে দশটা মাধা who has the rashness to risk his head ? who'll dare? কাঁধাকাঁধি n. state of being carried or borne on shoulders of more than one person at a time. adv. being borne upon the shoulders of more than one person at a time; side by side, cheek by jowl. 10)