(p. 341) c the sixth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 341) cañcu a beak or bill (of a bird). ̃পুট n. the cavity formed within the beaks when shut. 29)

(p. 355) cāla1 rice. see also চাউল । 47)

(p. 341) cakita startled, started up; taken aback; timid চকিত চাহনি. n. a moment, an instant (চকিতের মধ্যে). চকিতে adv. in an instant or moment, in a trice, in a jiffy. 12)

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

(p. 355) cāraṇa2 a holy minstrel who sings the glory of a country or race or family. fem. চারণী । ̃গান, ̃গীতি n. song of the minstrel. 35)

(p. 352) cākhā to taste; (fig.) to enjoy (জীবনকে চাখা). চাখানো v. to cause to taste or enjoy. a. caused to taste or enjoy. 48)

(p. 348) cabbiśa twenty-four. চব্বিশ ঘন্টা n. & adv. twenty-four hours; all day; whole day; always. চব্বিশে n. the twenty-fourth day of a month, the twenty-fourth. a. (of days of a month) twenty-fourth. 7)

(p. 346) catuṣṭaẏa having four limbs or divisions; of four kinds (আশ্রমচতুষ্টয়). n. an aggregate of four, quartet (নীতিচতুষ্টয়). 20)

(p. 355) cāmuṇḍā a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) when she killed two giants—Chanda (চণ্ড) and Moonda (মুণ্ড). 29)

(p. 352) cān̐dōẏā a canopy, an awning. 31)

(p. 341) cañcarīka a repeated or continuous walker or rambler; perambulator; the bee. fem. চঞ্চরীকা, চ়ঞ্চরী । 26)

(p. 348) cara3 a secret emissary; a spy; (astrol.) Mars. 27)

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