(p. 41) andhakāra darkness, gloom; absence of light. a. dark, gloomy; darkened with gloom, dejection etc. (অন্ধকার মুখ); deprived of hope, delight, etc. (অন্ধকার জীবন). অন্ধকার করা v. to make (something) dark, to darken. অন্ধকার দেখা v. (fig.) to be at one's wit's end to find a means of escape from danger; to be stunned. অন্ধকার দেখানো v. (fig.) to overwhelm or bewilder (a person), to knock senseless. অন্ধকার হওয়া v. to become dark, to darken. অন্ধকারে ঢিল মারা (fig.) to make a stray or random attempt to hit, to take an off-chance; to beat about the bush. অন্ধকারে থাকা v. (fig.) to be quite ignorant (of), to be in the dark (about). অন্ধকারে হাতড়ানো v. (lit. & fig.) to grope in the dark. ˜ময় a. full of darkness or gloom; completely dark. অন্ধকারাচ্ছন্ন, অন্ধকারাবৃত a. enveloped in or overcast with darkness; utterly dark; (fig.) utterly ignorant, distressed, depressed or obsessed. 15)

(p. 9) acalāẏatana an incorrigibly reactionary or conservative institution. 47)

(p. 26) anāhāra state of going without food; fasting, starvation. অনাহারী a. going without food; fasting. অনাহারে adv. going without food; on fast. অনাহারে থাকা v. to go without food; to starve, to fast. 89)

(p. 80) alpāẏu shortlived; doomed to die early. 11)

(p. 83) aṣṭāha eight days. 29)

(p. 2) agā, agākānta, agācaṇḍī (coll.) grossly stupid or ignorant; good-for-nothing. n. such a person. 127)

(p. 41) apaṇḍita lacking in erudition or learning; unlearned; not versed in scriptures etc.; not specialized in, inexpert; uneducated; unlettered. 66)

(p. 56) abahita attentive, heedful; entirely occupied, absorbed; careful, watchful, alert; aware. ̃চিত্তে adv. attentively; absorbedly. 49)

(p. 41) apañjarī an invertebrate. 62)

(p. 46) aparā of অপর । a. fem. (phil.) other than the absolute or supreme; illusory; worldly, mundane. 6)

(p. 75) arjaka one who earns or acquires or attains. 24)

(p. 2) akutōbhaẏa not stricken with fear from any quarter; undaunted. ̃তা n. fearlessness. 52)

(p. 20) adhibāsa1 a dwelling-place, a home, an abode. 13)

(p. 77) ardhēndu the crescent moon; the halfrisen moon. ̃শেখর, ̃মৌলি n. one who has the crescent moon on one's forehead; appellations of Shiva (শিব). 16)

(p. 48) apuruṣa, apuruṣōcita unmanly; cowardly. 52)