(p. 20) adhibāsa2, adhibāsana ceremonial purification of a person on the eve of a solemn function (বরের অধিবাস); any performance preliminary to any solemn ceremony (পূজার অধিবাস); invocation. 14)

(p. 2) akṣauhiṇī a division of army in ancient India, comprising 1935 foot-soldiers, 6561 cavalrymen, 2187 fighters on elephant-back and 2187 charioteers. 104)

(p. 72) amūrta incorporeal, formless, unembodied. 4)

(p. 63) abhāba non-existence, absence; want, lack; need; dearth, shortage, scarcity; financial want; indigence; deficiency; deficit. ̃গ্রস্ত a. stricken with want, needy; indigent; poverty-stricken, destitute. ̃পূরণ n. meeting or supplying wants or needs; making up for deficiency or deficit. ̃মুক্ত a. relieved of want or poverty. অভাব মেটানো n. v. removing or to remove want. ̃মোচন n. removal of want or need or poverty; making up for deficiency or deficit. ̃মোচন করা v. to remove a want or wants or a need or needs; to make up for deficiency or deficit; to free from poverty or indigence. অভাবে স্বভাব নষ্ট want is at the root of corruption, (cp) necessity knows no law. 40)

(p. 90) astrōpacāra surgical operation. অস্ত্রোপচার করা v. to operate (upon). অস্ত্রোপচার বিভাগ the surgical ward. 49)

(p. 62) abyaktika impersonal. 29)

(p. 51) aprasiddha not famous or renowned or well-known; obscure; unknown, not current. অপ্রসিদ্ধি n. lack of fame or reputation or renown; absence of currency. 43)

(p. 41) apatya a son or a daughter; a child; a young of any creature. ̃নির্বিশেষে adv. making no discrimination between one's own children and those of other people, not treating differently from one's son, just like one's own children. ̃স্নেহ n. love for one's children, parental affection, philoprogenitiveness. ̃হীন a. childless. 69)

(p. 41) anbēṣaṇa search, research; investigation, inquiry. অন্বেষণ করা v. to search; to research; to investigate; to inquire, to look for. অন্বেষণীয় a. that which is to be searched or sought or researched or investigated. অন্বেষণে থাকা v. to be engaged in search or research or investigation; to be on the look-out for. 24)

(p. 26) anarha unfit; unsuitable; not adorable. 21)

(p. 30) anujjbala not bright; dim; dull. 45)

(p. 90) asupta not asleep, awake. 12)

(p. 80) aśēṣa endless, unending; infinite, eternal; unlimited, boundless; numerous and various. ̃জ্ঞ, ̃তত্ত্বজ্ঞ a. all-knowing, omniscient. ̃প্রকার, ̃বিধ a. numerous and various; numerous and various kinds of; adopting numerous and various ways. ̃প্রকারে, রূপে adv. in numerous and various ways, in thousand and one ways. 37)

(p. 63) abhinēẏa that which is to be or can be acted or played; worthy of being played or acted, fit to be staged. 82)

(p. 16) atyāścarya most astonishing; very wonderful; amazing; miraculous. 24)