(p. 601) paṅka soft mud, clay; filth; (geog.) silt; (bio.) protoplasm; a paste (চন্দনপঙ্ক); (fig.) vice; (archi.) finial. ̃জ a. born of or grown in soft mud, clay-born. n. the lotus, the water-lily. fem. ̃জা । ̃নয়ন, ̃নেত্র a. lotus-eyed. fem. ̃নয়না । ̃জিনী n. a pond in which lotuses grow, a lotus-pool; a clump or cluster of lotuses, a collection of lotuses. ̃ময়, পঙ্কিল a. full of soft mud, miry, muddy; turbid; filthy; vicious. ̃রুহ n. lotus. পঙ্কিলতা n. muddiness, miriness; turbidity; filthiness; viciousness. পঙ্কোদ্ধার n. dredging (as a river) (fig.); cleansing or purification; correction; act of bringing into order out of an intolerable or intricate mess; (fig.) reclamation from vice. পঙ্কোদ্ধার করা v. to dredge; (fig.) to bring into order out of an intolerable or intricate mess; (fig.) to reclaim from vice. 38)
