(p. 7) agra the top, the summit; an apex; an end or extremity; the front; the front portion; the surface or the portion at the surface (দধির অগ্র); an aim, a purpose (একাগ্র). a. first, foremost, primary, leading; chief; anterior. ̃ক্রয়াধিকার n. the right of pre-emption. ̃গণ্য a. deserving first preference or consideration or mention; foremost; best; principal. ̃গতি, ̃গমন n. forward movement, advancement; progress, promotion, development, increase; (astr.) progressive motion, progression. ̃গামী a. moving forward or to the front; leading; progressive. fem. ̃গামিনী । ̃জ a. born earlier, senior in age, elder, older. n. the eldest or an elder brother. ̃জিহ্বা n. the uvula, the epiglottis. ̃জ্ঞান n. foreknowledge; anticipation. ̃ণী a. leading, chief, best. n. a leader; an inaugurator or initiator; a pioneer. ̃দত্ত n. imprest money. ̃দানী n. a Brahmin (ব্রাহ্মণ) who receives offerings on behalf of a dead person's soul and consequently is socially degraded. ̃দূত n. (mil.) a pioneer; an escort, a guide; a leader; (loos.) a forerunner, a precursor, a harbinger. ̃নেতা n. a leader; an army commander. ̃পশ্চাত্ adv. considering what is before and after; having foresight and hindsight; pro and con; comprehensively. ̃বর্তী a. situated in the front; leading; advanced. fem. ̃বর্তিনী । ভাগ n. the first part or share; top peak; an extremity or end. ̃মহিষী n. the queen-consort. ̃সর, ̃সার a. going first or commencing, leading; moving forward, advancing. ̃সরণ n. advancement. অগ্রসর হওয়া v. to move forward, to advance; to progress. ̃স্হ, ̃স্হিত a. situated in the front, on the top or at end, apical. 14)

(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. 7) agōchāla, agōchālō of a disorderly kind; unsystematic, unmethodical; slovenly, careless, messy, irregular. 4)

(p. 63) abhēda absence of difference or distinction or dissimilarity or discrimination; identity, oneness; similarity; unity. a. identical; similar, like. অভেদাত্মা a. (of two persons) inseparably united, intimate. অভেদী a. making up discrimination; one who or that which accepts philosophical identity. অভেদ্য a. undetachable, inseparable; impenetrable; impervious; impregnable. অভেদ্যতা n. impenetrability; imperviousness. 155)

(p. 17) adhikōṣa a banking establishment, a bank. ̃স্হিতি n. bank balance. 71)

(p. 20) adhōgāmī going downwards, descending; subsiding; downfallen, deteriorating; depraved; miserable, distressed; condemned to hell. 64)

(p. 9) añjali palms of hands folded or cupped together; a present given (esp. to deities) with cupped palms; act of worshipping or serving ('দেবগণ যারে করেন অঞ্জলি'); the amount that may be held in cupped palms, a handful. অঞ্জলি দেওয়া v. to offer a present to a deity with folded palms. ̃পুট n. palms of hands cupped together. ̃বদ্ধ a. having palms of hands folded or cupped togehter. ̃বন্ধ n. act of folding or cupping the palms of hands. 120)

(p. 72) amūlada (alg.) irrational. 6)

(p. 63) abhisaraṇa act of following; a lover's journey to the place of assignation or to the trysting place. 138)

(p. 46) aparicchinna undivided; entire; incessant, non-stop, uninterrupted; continuous. 22)

(p. 46) aparājita undefeated, unbeaten, unconquered. অপরাজিতা a. fem. of অপরাজিত । n. a creeper of the clitoria genus or its flower; (pros.) a Sanskrit metre; an appellation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 8)

(p. 80) aśōbhana unbecoming; unbefitting; improper; lacking in decorum, indecorous; indecent. fem. অশোভনা । ̃তা n. unbecomingness; unbefittingness; impropriety; indecorousness; indecency. অশোভিত a. unadorned, undecorated. 42)

(p. 56) abashā state, condition; temperament, mood (মনের অবস্হা); circumstances (অবস্হা বুঝে ব্যবস্হা); financial condition; position (সংকটাবস্হা).̃গতিকে adv. being compelled by circumstances; in the circumstances. ̃ঘটিত a. dependent on circumstances; circumstantial, incidental. ̃ন্তর n. a different state or condition; change of fortune. ̃পন্ন a. well-to-do; wealthy, rich, in affluent circumstances. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. reduced to a state. ̃প্রাপ্ত হওয়া v. to be reduced to a state, to fall into a state. অবস্হা ফেরানো v. to better one's fortune or circumstances. ̃ভেদে adv. in a different or changed condition, in different or changed circumstances. ̃সংকট n. a critical position, tight corner. ̃হীন a. indigent, poor, impecunious, badly off. 39)

(p. 51) apratirūpa without equal, matchless, incomparable, unique. 5)

(p. 90) asṭrēlaẏēḍa one ethnically belonging to the Australoid group. 33)