(p. 890) yama2 the Hindu God of death (cp. Pluto.); (fig.) death (যম ঘনানো); an annihilator, a destroyer, an antidote (ম্যালেরিয়ার যম). যমে ধরা v. to die; to be at death's door, to be in the jaws of death; to be seized with a ruinous intention; to undertake a death-dealing venture. যমের অরুচি even repugnant to Yama (যম) or death; an utterly repugnant person. যমের বা়ড়ি same as যমালয় । ̃জয়ী a. one who has conquered death; immortal; deathless. ̃জাঙ্গাল n. the Milky Way, the Galaxy. ̃দণ্ড n. the sceptre of Yama যম; Death's rod; (fig.) death-like mortification. ̃দূত n. a messenger of Yama যম; a summoner of death; (fig.) a person of horrible or forbidding appearance, a messenger carrying a horrible message. ̃দ্বার n. the court of Yama (যম); death's door, gates of death or hell; (fig.) death. যমদ্বারে (যমের দুয়ারে) যাওয়া v. to die, to meet one's death; to be killed. ̃দ্বিতীয়া same as ভ্রাতৃদ্বিতীয়া (see ভ্রাতৃ). ̃নী n. fem. the wife of Yama (যম). ̃পুকুর n. a vow observed by unmarried Hindu girls. ̃পুরী same as যমালয় । ̃যন্ত্রণা n. deathagony; (fig.) deathly or terrible affliction. ̃রাজ n. King Yama (যম) the lord of death. 2)
