(p. 123) āẏanā a mirror, a looking-glass, a speculum. 10)

(p. 99) āgalā2, āgalānō to restrain; to guard; to keep watch over; to manage or protect (সম্পত্তি আলগানো). 69)

(p. 114) ānāra pomegranate. 23)

(p. 122) āmīkṣā posset. 18)

(p. 126) āśruta promised; heard. 131)

(p. 99) ākṣarika relating to a letter or letters of the alphabet; literal (আক্ষরিক অর্থ); accurately faithful; to the letter or literal (আক্ষরিক অনুবাদ). 41)

(p. 126) āśaẏa (mostly used as a sfx.) a receptacle, a container (জলাশয়); a heart or character; an intention, a purpose, an aim. 113)

(p. 99) ākuti, ākūti ardour; fervidity; a fervent prayer, eager solicitation; entreaty. 22)

(p. 104) ājanma & a. since one's birth; ever since one's birth. ̃কাল adv. during the whole of one's life, for life. 22)

(p. 118) ābāsa a dwelling-place, a habitation, a home, an abode; a residence; a house. আবাসিক n. a caretaker (chiefly of a Buddhist monastery). a. resident (আবাসিক শল্য-চিকিত্সক); (of a student) living in a students' hostel. আবাসিক বিদ্যালয় residential school. 29)

(p. 126) āsā1 a stick (usu. a thick one), a staff; a mace; a sceptre. 152)

(p. 126) āśbina the sixth month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of September to the middle of October). আশ্বিনে a. of or grown or produced in Aswin (আশ্বিন), occurring in Aswin (আশ্বিনে ঝড়). 125)

(p. 118) ābadāra a childish or capricious insistence on having or doing something; an unreasonable demand or claim; a fanciful claim preferred to an affectionate person. আবদার করা v. to insist childishly or capriciously on having or doing something; to demand or claim unreasonably. আবদারে, আবদেরে a. insisting childishly or capriciously on having or doing something. 3)

(p. 102) ācamana washing one's mouth and hands (esp. after meals); formal purification of one's body with water before religious worship as prescribed in the Hindu scriptures. আচমন করা v. to rinse and wash. আচমনীয় n. water for such washing or purification. 28)

(p. 118) ābhijana noble birth; aristocracy; surname. 60)