(p. 118) ābaśyika compulsory. 17)

(p. 126) āśamāna the sky, the firmament; the heavens. ̃জমিন ফারাক n. great difference. a. pole apart; vastly different. আশমানি n. the sky colour. a. of the sky; of sky-blue colour, sky-blue; azure. 112)

(p. 104) āṭaghāṭa all sides; ins and outs. আটঘাট বাঁধা v. to arrange for safeguarding all sides. 48)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭubān̐ṭu effort in spite of incapability, fumbling. adv. fumblingly. 16)

(p. 102) ācālā (of wheat, rice, pulses etc.) unsifted. 37)

(p. 97) ān̐cā to surmise, to sense, to guess, to conjecture; to anticipate. 4)

(p. 102) āghāta a blow, a stroke, a hit; a shock; a wound, an injury; act of beating. ̃ক a. & n. one who or that which deals a blow or strikes or hits or gives a shock or wounds or injures or beats. ˜ন n. act of dealing a blow or striking or hitting or giving a shock or wounding or injuring or beating. ̃সহ a. capable of withstanding or resisting. আঘাত করা v. to deal a blow, to strike, to hit; to give a shock, to shock; to wound, to injure; to beat. আঘাত পাওয়া v. to receive or sustain a blow, to be struck or hit; to receive or sustain a shock, to be shocked; to be wounded or injured; to be beaten. 13)

(p. 133) āsāsōn̐ṭā a sceptre; (loos.) staffs and maces. 8)

(p. 107) ātmābhimāna self-conceit, vanity, egotism, amour-propre. আত্মাভিমানী a. selfconceited, vain, egotistic. fem. আত্মাভিমানিনী । 36)

(p. 126) ālō-ān̐dhāri a mixture of light and shade; chiaroscuro. আলো-আঁধারের খেলা interplay of light-and-shade. 82)

(p. 118) ābhimukhya state of being towards; state of being in front or face to face of; confrontation; assistance, help. 64)

(p. 96) ān̐kābān̐kā zigzag, winding, meandering; tortuous. 23)

(p. 104) āji, ājimā of আজা । 29)

(p. 102) āguna fire. আগুন ধরা বা লাগা v. to take or catch fire. আগুন ধরানো বা লাগানো v. to set fire to. আগুন হওয়া v. to become inflamed; (fig.) to be heated or enraged. কপালে আগুন (fig.) extremely unfortunate, wretched; extremely scarce (মাছের কপালে আগুন). পেটে আগুন intolerable hunger. (তার) মুখে আগুন (in imprecation) may the Devil take (him). রেগে আগুন burning with rage, in a towering rage, furiously angry. 3)

(p. 99) āgantuka a visitor; a guest; a caller; a newcomer, a stranger. a. adventitious. 61)