(p. 36) anurādhā the seventeenth of the twenty-seven zodiacal stars in Hindu astronomy. 12)

(p. 53) abakṣaẏa depreciation; dilapidation; decadence; ruin; loss; erosion, waste. 7)

(p. 56) abimṛśya indiscreet, injudicious, imprudent; thoughtless, rash; (dero.) undoubting, over-sure. ̃কারী a. & n. one who acts indiscreetly or injudiciously or imprudently or rashly; one who is (indiscreetly) undoubting. ̃কারিতা n. indiscretion. injudiciousness, imprudence; thoughtlessness. 111)

(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. 90) asta (myth.) an imaginary mountain behind which the sun goes down whilst setting (also অস্তগিরি, অস্তাচল); the setting of the sun, moon etc., going below the horizon; decline; end; fall. ̃গত, ̃মিত a. (of the sun, moon etc.) that which has set or gone below the horizon, declined. ̃গমন, ̃মন n. setting or going below the horizon, decline. ̃গামী, অস্তাচলগামী a. going to set, setting. অস্তোদয় n. the rising and setting (of the sun). adv. throughout the day; from dawn to dusk. 36)

(p. 88) asambhaba impossible; unlikely, improbable; absurd; uncommon and astonishing. n. an impossible or uncommon incident, the impossible. ̃পর a. same as অসম্ভব (a.). 11)

(p. 9) aṅgāṅgi mutual attraction of different limbs of a body; correlation; preferential treatment of or partiality towards a member of one's own party. ̃ভাব, ̃সম্বন্ধ n. intimate friendship; inseparable relation; (phil.) the relation between the whole and its parts; interdependence of parts, relation between form and content; the relation between what is primary and what is secondary. ̃ভাবে adv. in the relation of the part to the whole or of what is secondary to what is primary; inseparably. 19)

(p. 90) aspṛha having no desire or longing, not desirous; not covetous or avaricious; indifferent. অস্পৃহা n. absence of desire or longing; indifference or unconcern. 69)

(p. 48) apāṭhya (of books etc.) not suitable for reading; not worth reading; hard-reading; indecent, obscene. 32)

(p. 22) adhōnamana degradation; going down; getting down. অধোনমিত a. brought down; degraded. 2)

(p. 75) arundhatī (astr.) a dim star in the Ursa Major; (myth.) the devoted wife of sage Vasistha (বশিষ্ঠ). 8)

(p. 26) anāmnī of অনামা1 । 69)

(p. 75) artha1 meaning, import, significance; interpretation. অর্থ করা v. to give the meaning of; to interpret; to explain, to expound. ̃গৌরব n. weight or weightiness of significance; richness of import. ̃পূর্ণ a. meaningful, significant; signifying. ̃প্রদ a. conveying meaning; signifying. ̃বহ a. bearing some meaning, significant; suggestive. ̃বিচার n. consideration or determination of meaning. ̃বিদ a. conversant with the meaning of words; one who has insight into reality. n. such a person; a metaphysician, a philosopher. ̃বোধ n. realization of meaning. ̃ভেদ n. difference in interpretations; different interpretations; interpretation or explanation ('কৃপার শাস্ত্রের অর্থভেদ'). শূন্য a. meaningless, nonsense. অর্থশূন্য দৃষ্টি n. vacant look. ̃সংগতি n. consistency in meanings; appropriateness of meaning. ̃হানি n. misinterpretation; meaninglessness. ̃হীন a. same as অর্থশূন্য । 31)

(p. 1) aṃśu ray, a narrow beam of light (from a small or distant source). ̃ক n. fine cotton fabric; silk cloth. ̃মান, ̃মতী a. luminous; radiant. ̃মালা n. a stream of rays. ̃মালী n. the sun; the sun-god. ̃ল a. having rays; full of rays; radiant. 15)

(p. 79) ali1 the bumble-bee; the scorpion; wine (অলিপান). 16)