(p. 83) aśbārōha, aśbārōhaṇa horse-riding; horsemanship. অশ্বারোহী a. mounted on a horse, equestrian, fighting on horseback. n. a horseman, a rider; a horsesoldier. অশ্বারোহী বাহিনী n. the cavalry. 2)

(p. 53) abaddha united, unfastened, unbound; unbolted, unlocked; unconfirmed; unobstructed, unprevented; unrestrained; loose. 34)

(p. 63) abhiṣēcana drenching; ablution, ceremonial washing; immersion, bathing. 133)

(p. 41) andha blind, sightless; extremely dark or gloomy. ('অন্ধ তামস'); utterly ignorant. n. a blind person. ̃কূপ n. a dark pit; a black hole. ̃কূপহত্যা n. (hist.) the Blackhole Tragedy. ̃তম a. darkest; extremely dark. ̃তমস n. utter darkness; blinding darkness. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. blindness; utter ignorance. ̃তামিস্র n. utter darkness. a. utterly dark. ̃প্রায় a. almost blind; like a blind; like a blind person. ̃বিশ্বাস n. blind faith. ̃ভাবে adv. blindly; rashly; heedlessly, indiscreetly. অন্ধের কিবা দিন কিবা রাত a blind person cannot distinguish between day and night or between brightness and gloom. অন্ধের নড়ি বা যষ্টি (lit.) a stick by the help of which a blind person moves; a blind man's prop; (fig.) a prop for a helpless or incapable person. 14)

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

(p. 7) agauṇa absence of delay; promptness; celerity; hurry. a. not minor or secondary; primary; chief, principal. অগৌণে adv. without delay; immediately; quickly. অগৌণ-পত্রী n. immediate slip. 6)

(p. 78) ala a sting (esp. of a scorpion). 12)

(p. 30) anukīrtana publicity or eulogy or praise or glorification at a subsequent time. 17)

(p. 89) asādha unwillingness; disinclination; aversion, apathy. আমার কি অসাধ do I not feel the urge for it, do I not conceive a desire for it, am I unwilling ? 7)

(p. 83) aśraddha without faith or confidence in; irreverent; apathetic, disgusted. অশ্রদ্ধা n. want or loss of faith or confidence; irreverence; apathy, disgust. অশ্রদ্ধা করা v. to treat with contempt; to despise; to refuse to put faith or confidence in; to attach no importance to. অশ্রদ্ধেয় a. not reverend or venerable; not worthy of faith or confidence. অশ্রদ্ধাজনক a. dishonourable; blasphemous. 6)

(p. 50) apēraṇa (astr.) aberration. 2)

(p. 56) abiṣahya unbearable; insufferable; intolerable; hard to bear or suffer or tolerate. 128)

(p. 34) anumānabākya (log.) a syllogism. 33)

(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. 47) apariṣkāra uncleanliness, untidiness; impurity. a. unclean, untidy; impure; (fig.) not perspicuous or lucid or explicit. 23)