(p. 133) āshāẏī the first line of a song or its music. 30)

(p. 107) ādyōpānta from beginning to end, from first to last; from top to bottom; all over; all through. 87)

(p. 107) ātaṅka terror, great fear, dread; panic. ̃গ্রস্ত, আতঙ্কিত a. frightened, terrified; panicstricken; panicky. 8)

(p. 98) ākampa, ākampana a slight trembling or thrill or throbbing or vibration. 18)

(p. 104) āṭa eight. আটই, আটুই n. the eighth day of a month. a. (of the days of a month) eighth. ̃কড়াই, ̃কৌড়ে n. the Hindu ceremony of distributing eight kinds of fried snacks on the eighth day of a child's birth. ̃খানা করা v. to break or tear into pieces. ̃খানা হওয়া v. to be beside oneself (with joy). ̃চল্লিশ a. & n. forty-eight. ˜চালা n. a thatched room with eight roofs and no wall. ̃ত্রিশ a. & n. thirty-eight. ˜পহর, (dial.) ̃পর n. & adv. whole day and night. ˜পৌরে a. worn or used all day round or ordinarily; (fig.) commonplace, hackneyed. ̃ষট্টি a. & n. sixty-eight. 43)

(p. 99) ākulā2 of আকুল । 25)

(p. 126) āsañjana adhesion. 141)

(p. 118) ābarjana casting off or giving up thoroughly; forcing to bend down; controlling or regulating. 9)

(p. 99) ākārānta (of words) ending with the vowel or the vowel-sound আ 13)

(p. 123) ārati2 greeting a deity by waving a lamp, thurible, incenser etc. before his or her face. 35)

(p. 115) āpōśa compromise. আপোশ করা v. to compromise, to strike out a compromise; to settle amicably. ̃রফা, ̃মীমাংসা n. amicable settlement, compromise. আপোশে adv. amicably; by arrangement. 60)

(p. 126) āli1 a ridge of earth set up around a piece of agricultural land, a dyke, a dam. 62)

(p. 106) āṭhā any glutinous or adhesive or viscid substance; gum, glue, paste. 6)

(p. 121) āmaḍ়ā the hog-plum. ̃গাছি n. flattering with some end in view, coaxing, cajolement. আমড়াগাছি করা v. to flatter with some motive or design, to coax, to cajole. 7)

(p. 107) ādhyāna recollection; meditation; anxiety. 114)