(p. 2) akṣara any of the letters of the alphabet; a syllable; (fig.) a symbolic letter. ̃জীবী, ̃জীবক n. a scribe; a copyist; a printer or compositor, a writer. ̃পরিচয় n. acquaintance with the alphabet; commencement of education; literacy; (fig.) elementary knowledge. ̃বিন্যাস n. the characteristic style of handwriting. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of versification in which the number of letters and not the sounds in a line is taken into account. ̃মালা n. the alphabet. ̃যোজক n. a compositor. অক্ষরীকরণ n. transliteration. অক্ষরে অক্ষরে to the letter, word for word. verbatim; (fig.) with strict exactitude, rigorously. 95)

(p. 69) abhrātṛka brotherless. 20)

(p. 69) abhyāhāra robbing, plundering, snatching; robbery; attack; eating. 10)

(p. 63) abhī, abhīka1 fearless, dauntless; brave. 145)

(p. 9) ataṭa a precipice; a steep bank of a river rising very high above the water-level. 135)

(p. 90) asūkṣṇa not fine or refined or subtle; crude; coarse; gross; thick; blunt. ̃তা n. crudity; coarseness; grossness; thickness; bluntness. ̃দর্শী a. lacking in keen perception or acumen; short-sighted. ̃দর্শিতা n. lack of keen perception or acumen; short-sightedness. 18)

(p. 63) abhābī needy; indigent, poor. 43)

(p. 63) abhiśruti (phon.) vowel-change, vowelmutation, umlaut. 128)

(p. 56) abikṛta that which is in the natural or original state; unchanged, unaltered; undistorted, uncorrupted, unperverted; unmixed; pure; unputrefied. অবিকৃতি n. unchanged or unaltered state; freedom from putrefaction. 72)

(p. 2) akṣata unhurt or unwounded; unimpaired; unblemished; unreserved. ̃দেহ, ̃শরীর a. of a person bearing no wound; unhurt or uninjured or unwounded. ̃যোনি a. fem. having had no experience of sexual union; possessing true virginity. 91)

(p. 40) antardaśā secondary influence of different planets. 16)

(p. 7) agauraba dishonour, disgrace; discredit, disrepute. 7)

(p. 72) ambā, ambālikā, ambikā mother; mother Goddess Durga. অম্বিকানাথ n. God Shiva. 21)

(p. 78) alakānandā a celestial river; an Indian river which is actually a part of the Ganges. 21)

(p. 72) amēdhya unholy; impure; unfit for use in a scriptural sacrifice or as altarage. n. impurities; excrement. 14)