(p. 2) akāla an inauspicious time; hard times; an unusual time (অকালের বর্ষা); premature time (অকালপক্ব); inappropriate time; (loos.) scarcity, famine. ̃কুষ্মাণ্ড n. a gourd grown at an unusual time; (fig.) a useless or stupid person. ̃জ, ̃জাত a. born at an unusual time; untimely or prematurely born. ̃জলদোদয় untimely gathering of clouds. ̃পক্ক a. (of fruits) prematurely ripened; (of persons) precocious, pert. ̃পক্কতা n. premature ripeness; precocity, pertness. ̃বর্ষণ n. untimely rain. ̃বার্ধক্য n. premature ageing. ̃বৃদ্ধ a. gone old prematurely. ̃বোধন n. (myth.) untimely awakening of Goddess Durga by Ramachandra; (fig.) any untimely performance. ̃মরণ, ̃মৃত্যু n. premature death. 41)

(p. 2) akṣara any of the letters of the alphabet; a syllable; (fig.) a symbolic letter. ̃জীবী, ̃জীবক n. a scribe; a copyist; a printer or compositor, a writer. ̃পরিচয় n. acquaintance with the alphabet; commencement of education; literacy; (fig.) elementary knowledge. ̃বিন্যাস n. the characteristic style of handwriting. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of versification in which the number of letters and not the sounds in a line is taken into account. ̃মালা n. the alphabet. ̃যোজক n. a compositor. অক্ষরীকরণ n. transliteration. অক্ষরে অক্ষরে to the letter, word for word. verbatim; (fig.) with strict exactitude, rigorously. 95)

(p. 2) akhyāti disrepute; notoriety; disgrace; infamy; scandal. ̃জনক a. disgraceful; infamous, scandalous, notorious. 114)

(p. 7) agni fire; the fire-god; digestive power; hunger; burning; affliction (শোকাগ্নি). ̃কণা n. a spark. ̃কর্তা n.& a. one who performs the rite of singeing the mouth of the deceased at cremation. ˜কর্ম n. the rite of agnihotra (অগ্নিহোত্র); cremation of the dead. ̃কল্প a. fire-like; fiery; extremely hot; extremely severe or violent; terribly angry, furious. ̃কাণ্ড n. a great fire, a conflagration. ̃কুণ্ডু n. a pit in which a fire is made or a pit full of fire, a firepit; a furnace. ̃কোণ n. the south-east. ̃ক্রিয়া same as ̃কর্ম । ̃গর্ভ a. impregnated with fire, containing fire; fiery; impetuous (অগ্নিগর্ভ বক্তৃতা). ̃চূর্ণ, ̃চূর্ণক n. gun-powder, explosive substance. ̃জিতা n. fem. a woman who has passed successfully through an ordeal by fire. ̃তপ্ত a. heated with fire; as hot as fire. ̃তুল্য a. fire-like; fiery; furious. ̃দগ্ধ a. burnt; consumed by fire. ̃দাতা n. & a. one who sets fire to anything; one who singes the mouth of the dead at cremation. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃দান n. act of setting fire to; act of singeing the mouth of the dead at cremation. ̃দাহ n. a conflagration, combustion, the heat of fire. ̃দাহ্য a. combustible. ̃দীপক a. causing or promoting fire or hunger or digestion. ̃দীপ্ত a. illuminated or brightened with fire. ̃দেব, ̃দেবতা n. the god of fire, the firegod. ̃পক্ক a. cooked with fire; hardened in fire (অগ্নিপক্ক ইট). ̃পরীক্ষা n. an ordeal by fire (esp. the one which Sita of the Ramayana passed through); (fig.) a crucial test, an extremely dangerous or unsafe test (cp. baptism of fire). ̃প্রবেশ n. act of mounting or falling on a burning pyre. ̃প্রভ a. glowing as fire. ̃প্রভা n. glow of fire. ̃প্রস্তর n. flint. ̃বর্ণ a. red as fire; crimson. ̃বর্ধক a. promoting fire or hunger or digestion. ̃বাণ n. a fire-emitting mythical arrow. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. promotion or stimulation of appetite or digestion. ̃বৃষ্টি n. a shower of fire (esp. from the sky, instead of rain); a spell of scorching heat; discharge or firing of gun. ̃মন্ত্র n. any formula of words or spell that makes one determined to achieve an extremely difficult or dangerous end; the doctrine of revolution or terrorism. ̃মন্ত্রে দীক্ষা initiation in the cult of armed agitation or revolution. ̃ময় a. full of fire. ̃মান্দ্য n. loss of appetite; indigestion. ̃মূর্তি a. extremely angry or haughty, furious. n. furious appearance or state. ̃মূল্য a. extremely costly; unpurchasably dear. ̃যুগ n. the age or times of revolution. ̃শর্মা a. extremely angry, furious, livid with rage. n. a furious person, a spitfire. ̃শিখা n. the flame of fire, the flame. ̃শুদ্ধ a. purified by burning in fire; sanctified by undergoing rigorous penance. ̃শুদ্ধি n. purification by burning in fire; sanctification by undergoing rigorous penance. ̃সংস্কার n. cremation by burning the dead. ̃সখ n. the wind. ̃সত্কার n. cremation by burning the dead. ̃সহ a. fire-proof. ̃সহ ইট fire-brick. ̃সহ মৃত্তিকা fire-clay. ̃সাত্ a. completely consumed by fire. ̃সেবন n. act of warming up oneself in the heat of fire. ̃স্ফুলিঙ্গ n. a spark. ̃হোত্র n. the Hindu rite of maintaining the sacred fire perpetually. ̃হোত্রী n. one who maintains the sacred fire perpetually and worships with it. 8)

(p. 7) agra the top, the summit; an apex; an end or extremity; the front; the front portion; the surface or the portion at the surface (দধির অগ্র); an aim, a purpose (একাগ্র). a. first, foremost, primary, leading; chief; anterior. ̃ক্রয়াধিকার n. the right of pre-emption. ̃গণ্য a. deserving first preference or consideration or mention; foremost; best; principal. ̃গতি, ̃গমন n. forward movement, advancement; progress, promotion, development, increase; (astr.) progressive motion, progression. ̃গামী a. moving forward or to the front; leading; progressive. fem. ̃গামিনী । ̃জ a. born earlier, senior in age, elder, older. n. the eldest or an elder brother. ̃জিহ্বা n. the uvula, the epiglottis. ̃জ্ঞান n. foreknowledge; anticipation. ̃ণী a. leading, chief, best. n. a leader; an inaugurator or initiator; a pioneer. ̃দত্ত n. imprest money. ̃দানী n. a Brahmin (ব্রাহ্মণ) who receives offerings on behalf of a dead person's soul and consequently is socially degraded. ̃দূত n. (mil.) a pioneer; an escort, a guide; a leader; (loos.) a forerunner, a precursor, a harbinger. ̃নেতা n. a leader; an army commander. ̃পশ্চাত্ adv. considering what is before and after; having foresight and hindsight; pro and con; comprehensively. ̃বর্তী a. situated in the front; leading; advanced. fem. ̃বর্তিনী । ভাগ n. the first part or share; top peak; an extremity or end. ̃মহিষী n. the queen-consort. ̃সর, ̃সার a. going first or commencing, leading; moving forward, advancing. ̃সরণ n. advancement. অগ্রসর হওয়া v. to move forward, to advance; to progress. ̃স্হ, ̃স্হিত a. situated in the front, on the top or at end, apical. 14)

(p. 9) aṅga a limb; the body; shape or form; a feature; a part; an essential part; an ingredient, a component, an element; an item (নৈবেদ্যের অঙ্গ); (esp. bot.) an organ; the ancient name of Bihar or of Bhagalpur and adjoining places. ̃গ্রহ n. convulsion of or pain in the body or any part of it, spasm; tetanus. ̃গ্লানি n. wearisome or painful physical exertion, tiredness; dirt or soil of the body. ̃চালন n. the movement of the body or limbs; physical exercise. ̃চ্ছেদ, ̃চ্ছেদন n. amputation or cutting off of a limb; deduction of a part; mutilation. ̃জ, ̃জনু a. born of one's body. n. offspring; a son. ̃জা a. daughter. ̃ত্র, ̃ত্রাণ n. armour, a coat of mail. ̃ন্যাস n. touching different parts of the body as one recites (usu. mentally) different incantations. ̃প্রত্যঙ্গ n. different limbs and appendages of the body. ̃প্রায়শ্চিত্ত n. expiatory rite of removing the taint of the body. ̃বিকৃতি n. deformity; apoplexy. ̃বিক্ষেপ n. making gestures, posing; a gesture, a pose; convulsion of a limb or the body, spasm. ̃বিন্যাস n. posing; posture. ̃বিহীন a. wanting in one or more limbs, crippled; deformed; bodiless, formless, incorporeal. fem. ̃বিহীনা । ̃ভঙ্গ, ̃ভঙ্গি n. a pose or posture; a gesture; secret communication of one's intention by means of a physical gesture. ̃বৈকল্য n. same as ̃বিকৃতি । ̃মর্দক n. masseur. ̃মর্দিকা n. fem. masseuse. ̃মর্দন n. massage. ̃মোটন n. stretching and straightening the body for removing lassitude and sloth. ̃রাগ n. beautifying the body with cosmetics; any article of cosmetic or toilet. ̃রাজ n. the king of Anga. ̃রাজ্য n. a state of a federation. ̃রুহ n. hair; wool; fur; feather, a gown. ̃শুদ্ধি n. purification of the body (by ablution or by ceremonial washing). ̃সংবাহন n. massage. ̃শোভা n. beauty of the body. ̃সংস্হান n. morphology. ̃সজ্জা n. beautifying the body (with dress or cosmetics). ̃সঞ্চালন same as ̃চালন । ̃সৌষ্ঠব n. physical grace or beauty or symmetry. ̃হানি n. loss of a limb; partial omission or curtailment of anything; mutilation; a defect. ̃হীন a. deformed; lacking one or more limbs; (of a work) lacking in perfection, defective; bodiless, formless, incorporeal. 15)

(p. 9) acira of short duration, brief. ̃কারী a. prompt. ̃কাল n. a very short time. ̃কালে adv. soon, shortly; without much delay. ̃ক্রিয় a. prompt in action or execution; not dilatory. ̃জীবী a. short-lived; impermanent, transient; not lasting long; not immortal. ̃স্হায়ী a. not permanent; transitory; perishable, frail, mortal (অচিরস্হায়ী দেহ), অচিরাত্, অচিরে adv. soon; without delay; immediately. 59)

(p. 9) ajñāna lacking in knowledge; ignorant; foolish; uneducated; unconscious, fainted; infatuated. n. lack of knowledge; ignorance; (phil.) illusion, maya. ̃কৃত a. done by mistake or owing to ignorance. ̃জনিত a. caused by ignorance, owing to ignorance. ̃তা n. lack of knowledge, ignorance. ̃তিমির n. gloom of ignorance, infatuated condition. ̃বাদ, অজ্ঞাবাদ n. (phil.) agnosticism. ̃বাদী, অজ্ঞাবাদী a. agnostic. n. an agnostic. অজ্ঞানী a. unwise; lacking in knowledge, ignorant. অজ্ঞানে adv. unknowingly; unconsciously; owing to ignorance or foolishness. 112)

(p. 9) ati too; over; beyond; improperly; going beyond; excessively; beyond the compass or range (of), outside. a. very improper or unbecoming; excessive; excellent (অতি নাগর). n. an improper or excessive amount (কিছুরই অতি ভালো নয়) pfx. ex-, extra-, hyper-, out-, over-, super-, sur-, trans-, ultra-. ̃কথা n. exaggerated or useless talk; a myth. ̃কায় a. of immense size; gigantic. ̃কোমল a. too soft, too tender; very tender or soft. ̃চার n. quick passage (from one place to another); passage or forward movement of a planet from one zodiacal sign to another in a shorter period than usual. ̃চালাক a. over-clever, too clever by half; oversmart. ̃চালাকের গলায় দড়ি an over-clever person hangs himself; the fox must pay his skin to the furrier. ̃জন n. the majority. ̃তপ্ত a. superheated. ̃তর a. very much excessive. ̃দর্প n. excessive pride or vanity. ̃দর্পে হতা (বা হত) লন্কা (lit.) the fall of Lanka was caused by (King Ravana's) excessive vanity; (fig.) pride will have a fall. ̃নাটকীয় a. melodramatic; unnecessarily over-dramatic. ̃নাটকীয়তা n. melodrama. ̃দূর a. far-away; remote. n. a great distance. ̃দৈন্য n. utmost poverty. ̃নৈতিকতা n. puritanism, rigid adherence to moral principle or behaviour. ̃পাতক n. any of the most heinous sins, a deadly sin. ̃পাতকী n. a great sinner. ̃পান n. (habitual) overindulgence in intoxicating liquor, intemperance. ̃প্রজতা n. overpopulation. ̃প্রাকৃত a. supernatural; supernal. ̃বড় a. too big; too much. ̃বল a. extremely strong or mighty. ̃বাড় n. overgrowth; unnatural growth or development; excessive haughtiness or pride; extreme immoderation or excess. ̃বাড় বাড়া v. to grow extremely haughty or arrogant. অতিবাড় বেড়ো নাকো ঝড়ে প়ড়ে যাবে (lit.) don't grow too high lest a storm makes you tumble down; (fig.) pride will have a fall. ̃বাদ n. exaggeration. ̃বুদ্ধি same as অতিচালাক । ̃বৃদ্ধ a. very old; decrepit. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. overgrowth. ̃বৃষ্টি n. excessive or heavy rainfall. ̃বেগনি, ̃বেগুনি a. ultraviolet. ̃ব্যয় n. extravagance. ̃ব্যস্ত a. (usu. dero.) very busy; very anxious; fussy. ̃ভক্তি n. excessive devotion or reverence (usu. insincere). অতিভক্তি চোরের লক্ষণ too much courtesy, too much craft. ̃ভুজ a. (geom.) a hypotenuse. ̃ভোজন n. over-eating, surfeit; gluttony. অতিভোজন করা v. to overeat; to gourmandize, to gormandise. ̃ভোজী a. voracious, gourmand. n. a gourmand, a glutton. ̃মন্দা n. (comm.) slump. ̃মাত্র, ̃মাত্রায় adv. beyond measure; extremely. ̃মান n. excessive vanity. ̃মানব n. a great man or a man of exceptional uqalities and powers, a superman; a greatly wise man. ̃মানবিক, ̃মানুষিক a. superhuman; supernal; spiritual; divine. ̃রঞ্জন n. exaggeration. ̃রঞ্জিত a. exaggerated. ̃রথ n. a great warrior capable of fighting innumerable enemies simultaneously. ̃রাষ্ট্রিক a. extra-territorial. ̃লোভ n. too much greed, overgreediness. 145)

(p. 29) aniṣṭa harm, injury; mischief; anything harmful or injurious. ̃কর a. harmful, injurious; mischievous. অনিষ্ট করা v. to harm; to do mischief. ̃কারী a. & n. one who causes harm or mischief, an evildoer, a wrongdoer. ˜চিন্তা n. mental act or thought of devising harm (to.). malevolence. ̃চিন্তা করা v. to devise harm (to). ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক same as অনিষ্টকর । ̃পাত n. occurrence of harm or injury. ̃সাধন n. act of causing harm. অনিষ্টসাধন করা v. to cause harm (to), to harm. অনিষ্ট হওয়া v. to be harmed. অনিষ্টাচরণ same as অনিষ্টসাধন । অনিষ্টাশঙ্কা n. apprehension of harm, premonition or presentiment (of evil); foreboding.

(p. 38) antara the heart; the mind; interior, depth; distance; intervening distance; end, termination; limit; difference; contrariety. a. different; other; intimate (অন্তরতম) ̃জ্ঞ n. one who knows the mind; God. 53)

(p. 41) antra bowels; intestines. ̃জ্বর n. enteric fever. ̃প্রদাহ n. enteritis. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. hernia. 12)

(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) anyōnya mutual, reciprocal. ̃জীবী n. (bot.) a symbion, a symbiont. a. symbiotic. ̃জীবিত্ব n. symbiosis. ̃তা n. mutuality, reciprocity. ̃বিরুদ্ধ, ̃বিরোধী a. opposed to each other or one another; contradictory, antagonistic. ̃সাপেক্ষ a. depending on one another or each other, interdependent; correlative; reciprocal. অন্যোন্যভাব n. relative difference, reciprocal absence or negation. অন্যোন্যাশ্রয় n. interdependence, mutual dependence. 34)

(p. 41) apamāna insult, dishonour; affront; indignity; disgrace; defamation. ̃কর ̃জনক a. same as অপমানসূচক । অপমান করা v. to insult, to dishonour; to affront; to disgrace; to defame. ̃গ্রস্ত a. same as অপমানিত । ̃সূচক a. insulting, insolent. অপমান হওয়া v. (coll.) to be insulted or dishonoured or affronted or disgraced or defamed; to be treated with insolence. অপমানিত a. insulted, dishonoured; affronted; disgraced; defamed. 96)

(p. 46) aparādha a fault, a defect; a sin; a guilt, an offence, a crime. অপরাধ করা v. to commit a fault; to sin; to commit an offence or crime. ̃জনক, ̃মূলক a. criminal; sinful. ̃বোধ n. consciousness or sense of guilt; feeling of guiltiness; guilty conscience; guilt complex. অপরাধী a. one who commits a fault; sinful; guilty, offending, criminal. n. such a person; a sinner; an offender, a criminal. fem. অপরাধিনী । 10)

(p. 51) aprīti lack of affection; displeasure; distaste; disagreeableness; unpleasantness; malice, bad blood. ̃কর, ̃জনক, ̃প্রদ a. displeasing; unpleasant; distasteful; disagreeable; disgusting; unfriendly; malicious. ̃ভাজন n. & a. one who deserves no love or affection; one who is an object of dislike or hatred. 55)

(p. 53) abajñā slight; contempt; scorn; disrespect; disregard; neglect. অবজ্ঞা করা v. to neglect, to disregard, to slight; to ignore, to pay no regard to. অবজ্ঞাত a. slighted; scorned; disrespected; disregarded; neglected; obscure. ̃জনিত, ̃প্রসূত a. arising out of contempt or neglect; caused by disregard or contempt; contemptuous. ̃ভরে adv. contemptuously, disrespectfully. অবজ্ঞেয় a. contemptible; dispicable; neglible; trifling. 22)

(p. 56) abalā deprived of strength, powerless; weak. n. a woman. ̃জাতি n. women as a class. 11)

(p. 56) abasāda tiredness, exhaustion, fatigue; weariness; languor, lassitude; loss of spirit or enthusiasm (owing to exhaustion); ennui. ̃কর, ̃জনক a. tiresome, wearisome, irksome; fatiguing, exhausting; languorous. ̃গ্রস্ত a. tired, exhausted, fatigued; deprived of spirit or enthusiasm (owing to exhaustion), wearied; weary. 33)

(p. 63) abhadra discourteous, uncivil; ungentlemanly; unmannerly. ̃জনোচিত, অভদ্রোচিত a. ungentlemanly; unmannerly. ̃তা n. discourtesy, incivility; ungentlemanliness; unmannerliness. 32)

(p. 69) amaṅgala absence of welfare or well-being, evil; harm, danger, misfortune. ̃চিহ্ন n. an evil omen. ̃কর, ̃জনক, ̃সূচক, অমঙ্গল্য a. boding ill (for), sinister, ominous. 23)

(p. 72) ambu water. ̃জ a. water-born. n. the lotus; conch. ̃জা n. fem. Goddess Lakshmi. ̃দ a. that which gives or supplies water. n. the cloud. ̃ধি, ̃নিধি n. the ocean; the sea. ̃বাচি, ̃বাচী n. three consecutive days usually of Ashara (আষাঢ়) for Hindu widows to fast as religious observance. ̃বাহ, ̃বাহী a. that which or one who carries water, water-carrying. n. the cloud. ̃বিম্ব n. bubble of water. 22)

(p. 73) ayatna lack of care or effort or attention or interest or cordiality; carelessness; neglect; indifference; slight. অযত্ন করা v. to neglect; to treat with indifference or slight. ̃কৃত a. done without care or effort; done with ease or spontaneity. ̃জাত a. born or grown spontaneously. ̃পালিত, ̃লালিত a. reared in neglect. ̃বিন্যস্ত a. placed indecorously or haphazardly. ̃রক্ষিত a. kept or maintained in neglect. ̃লব্ধ a. earned or attained without effort. ̃শীল a. effortless; neglectful. ̃সম্ভূত a. same as ̃জাত । অযত্নে adv. carelessly; negligently. 7)

(p. 73) ayōni one who has no birth, agenetic. ̃জ, ̃সম্ভব, ̃সম্ভূত a. not born of a womb; born spontaneously. (cp.) abiogenetic. fem. ̃জা, ̃সম্ভবা, ̃সম্ভূতা । 24)