(p. 669) pauṣa Paus, the ninth month of the Bengali calendar from mid December to mid January. ̃পার্বণ n. the festival of preparing and offering sweet pies made of new rice on the last day of the month of Paus. ̃সংক্রান্তি n. the last day of the month of Paus. পৌষালি a. relating to or grown in or performed in the month of Paus. 6)

(p. 773) biṣuba the equinox. ̃বৃত্ত n. the equinoctial circle, the equinoctial, the equator. ̃রেখা n. the equinoctial line, equinoctial, the equator. ̃লম্ব n. (astr.) the declination. ̃সংক্রান্তি same as বিষুব । বিষুবীয় a. equinoctial. 34)

(p. 828) makara a mythological aquatic animal; (astrol.) the Capricorn. ̃কেতন ̃কেতু n. the Hindu God of love whose flag bears the symbol of the mythological makar (মকর). ̃ক্রান্তি n. the winter solstice. ক্রান্তিবৃত্ত n. the tropic of Capricorn. ̃ধ্বজ n. a medicinal sublimate of mercury, sulphur and gold. ̃বাহিনী a. fem. riding on the mythological makar (মকর). n. Goddess Ganga (গঙ্গা). ̃মন্ডল n. the tropic of Capricorn. ̃রাশি n. (astrol.) the Capricorn. ̃সংক্রান্তি n. (astr.) the transition of the sun from the Sagittarius to the Capricornus; (pop.) the winter solstice. 9)