(p. 133) āhbāna invitation; a call; a summons; address; invocation. আহ্বান করা v. to invite; to call; to summon; to ask to come; to address; to invoke. 58)

(p. 133) āhuta invited; called; asked to come; summoned; invoked. আহুতি n. invitation; a call; a summons; invocation. 53)

(p. 107) ātmā (Hindu theol.) the conscious immortal independent and active guide of every being which is present in theA body but is not an inseparable part of it; the soul, the atman; the Supreme Being, God; a guardian deity; one's own likeness, self-identify, selfhood, the body; the heart, the mind; natural disposition, nature. 29)

(p. 126) ālōcanī a subject or subjects for discussion; a place or an institution where discussions are held. 87)

(p. 115) ābagāra a manufacturer of or dealer in alcoholic spirits and other intoxicating drugs; a distiller. আবগারি n. sale or manufacture of alcoholic spirits and other intoxicating drugs; a tax or duty imposed on this manufacture or sale, excise duty (also আবগারি কর, আবগারি শুল্ক); the public department entrusted with the charge of collecting this tax or duty, the excise department (also আবগারি বিভাগ). a. relating to alcoholic spirits and other intoxicating drugs or to their manufacture and sale; relating to excise tax or the excise department.

(p. 126) ālagōcha detached, not touching. আলগোছে adv. (of hands, eating and drinking vessels etc.) not bringing into contact with the mouth (whilst eating or drinking); not touching, avoiding contact (আলগোছে ডিঙানো); aloof (আলগোছে থাকা); carefully and softly (আলগোছে যাওয়া); lightly (আলগোছে মারা). 29)

(p. 99) ākuñcana slight contraction or shrivelling or wrinkle or curl or contortion. 20)

(p. 114) ānā1 an anna, four pice; one-sixteenth part or share. 15)

(p. 118) ābrahma starting with or from Brahma (ব্রক্ষ্ম). ̃স্তম্ব n. all creatures and objects starting with Brahma (ব্রহ্ম) or the Supreme Consciousness down to the inanimate straw. 51)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭakuḍ়, ān̐ṭakuḍ়ā, ān̐ṭakuḍ়iẏā, ān̐ṭakuḍ়ē childess. fem. আঁটকুড়ি । আঁটকুড়ের বেটা a barren woman's son, a monstrosity (a term of abuse). fem. আঁটকুড়ের বেটি । 10)

(p. 104) āñjani a sty or stye on the eyelid; a small lizard akin to the iguana. 39)

(p. 99) ākhēṭaka, ākhēṭika a hunter (esp. by profession or birth). 52)

(p. 99) ākṣēpa convulsion (esp. muscular); fits; grief; sorrow; lamentation. 43)

(p. 115) ābōẏāba any of the conventional and usually illegal payments exacted by landowners from tenants. 75)

(p. 126) āluni (of cooked food) deficient in salt; salt-free; (fig.) insipid, tasteless. 73)