চক্র : (p. 341) cakra a wheel; a ring; a wheel-shaped or circular thing or course (কুম্ভকারের চক্র); anything rotating like a wheel (কালচক্র); an ancient wheel-shaped missile or discus (সুদর্শন চক্র); a wheelshaped battle-order (চক্রব্যূহ); (astr. & astrol.) the zodiac; a halo; a collection or block of neighbouring villages; an extensive state or kingdom or land (চক্রবর্তী); a circular mark (as on the hood of a snake); the hood of a snake; a conspiracy, an intrigue (দশচক্র); a cycle, a group, a faction, an association. ̃গতি n. circular motion, rotation, revolution. ̃চর a. vagrant. ̃ধর n. an appellation of God Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) or a king or a snake. ̃ধারী same as চক্রপাণি । ̃নাভি n. the hub of a wheel. ̃নায়ক n. leader of a group of men; commander of an army. ̃নেমি a. the rim of a wheel. ̃পাণি n. an appellation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) or Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) ̃বত্ a. wheel-like, circular. adv. like a wheel; in a circular motion. ̃বর্তী n. the ruler of an extensive kingdom; an emperor; a sovereign ruler. ̃বাক n. the curlew or partridge or heron. fem. ̃বাকী । ̃বাত n. a cyclone. ̃বাল n. the horizon. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. (arith.) compound interest. ̃ব্যূহ n. a wheel-shaped battleorder. ̃যান n. a wheeled vehicle. চক্ররেল n. a circular railway. দশচক্রে ভগবান ভূত (fig.) a brute majority may guillotine even God. 16)

(p. 345) catuḥ & a. four. ˜পঞ্চাশত্ n. & a. fifty-four. ˜পঞ্চাশত্তম a. fifty-fourth. fem. ̃পঞ্চাশত্তমী । ̃পার্শ n. four sides; all the four sides; all sides. ̃শত n. & a. four hundred. ˜শততম a. four-hundredth. fem. ̃শততমী ।̃শাল, ̃শালা n. a building or a group of buildings around a square courtyard. ̃ষষ্টি n. & a. sixty-four. ˜ষষ্টিতম a. sixty-fourth. fem. ̃ষষ্টিতমী । ̃সপ্ততি n. & a. seventy-four. ˜সপ্ততিতম a. seventy-fourth. fem. ̃সপ্ততিতমী । ̃সীমা n. perimeter: boundary. ̃সীমাবচ্ছিন্ন a. bounded on all sides. 11)

(p. 355) cāla2 a thatched roof or covering, a thatch (ঘরের চাল, নৌকার চাল); a circular canvas of mat containing paintings of heavenly scenes placed at the back of an idol (usu. চালচিত্র). ̃কুমড়ো n. a kind of pumpkin the plant of which is allowed to creep up on a thatched roof. ̃চুলা (coll.) ̃চুলো n. (lit.) a thatched roof overhead and an oven to cook; (fig.) food and shelter. চাল কেটে ওঠানো v. to evict (one) from one's homestead. 48)

(p. 355) cāpaḍ়ā a flat piece of clod or turf. 12)

(p. 351) carmābaraṇa a leathern cover or jacket. 3)

(p. 355) cāru beautiful, pleasant, charming, good-looking (চারুদর্শন, চারুনেত্র); fine, polite. ̃কলা n. fine art(s). ̃তা n. charm, handsomeness, loveliness; elegance, grace. ̃শীলা a. fem. having pleasing manners. ̃হাসিনী a. fem. having a charming smile. 45)

(p. 352) cām̐i2 a clod; a device made of bamboo slips for catching fish. 17)

(p. 349) carbita chewed, masticated. ̃চর্বণ n. act of chewing the cud, rumination; (fig.) discussion of an old topic or repeated discussion of the same topic. চর্বিতচর্বণ করা v. to chew the cud, to ruminate; (fig.) to discuss an old topic or to discuss the same topic repeatedly. 20)

(p. 348) camaka flash (বিদ্যুতের চমক); amazement (চমক লাগা); alarm, fright; consciousness. চমক দেওয়া v. to flash; to strike with amazement. চমক ভাঙা v. to regain consciousness or come back to sense suddenly, to be suddenly freed from a rapt state of mind. চমক লাগা v. to be stricken with amazement; to be dazed. 8)

(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)

(p. 346) caturbēda the four Vedas, namely Rik, Yajus, Sama and Atharva. চতুর্বেদী a. versed in all the four Vedas. 13)

(p. 341) caṭacaṭa1 expressing the repeated noise of splitting, slapping etc. চটচট করা v. to split noisily and repeatedly. 37)

(p. 346) caturdaśa & a. fourteen. □ a. fourteenth. ̃পদী a. consisting of fourteen lines. চতুর্দশপদী কবিতা a quatorzain; a sonnet. চতুর্দশ পুরুষ fourteen generations in the ascending order such as the father, the grandfather etc.; the fourteenth generation. চতুর্দশ বিদ্যা the four Vedas, the six Vedangas (বেদাঙ্গ), the Mimamsas (মীমাংসা), logic, history and mythologies; all these collectively. চতুর্দশ ভুবন the seven heavens and the seven underworlds. চতুর্দশী n. fem. the fourteenth day of a lunar fortnight; a girl of fourteen. a. fem. fourteen years old. 4)

(p. 348) cara2 a strip of sandy land rising out of the bed of a river or a sea above the water-level. 26)

(p. 348) campū a literary composition in which both prose and verse are used. 22)

(p. 346) catuṣka a square; a rectangle; a square or rectangular courtyard or portico or vestibule; a four-pillared square or rectangular courtyard or platform. 18)