(p. 1) aṃśu ray, a narrow beam of light (from a small or distant source). ̃ক n. fine cotton fabric; silk cloth. ̃মান, ̃মতী a. luminous; radiant. ̃মালা n. a stream of rays. ̃মালী n. the sun; the sun-god. ̃ল a. having rays; full of rays; radiant. 15)

(p. 7) agra the top, the summit; an apex; an end or extremity; the front; the front portion; the surface or the portion at the surface (দধির অগ্র); an aim, a purpose (একাগ্র). a. first, foremost, primary, leading; chief; anterior. ̃ক্রয়াধিকার n. the right of pre-emption. ̃গণ্য a. deserving first preference or consideration or mention; foremost; best; principal. ̃গতি, ̃গমন n. forward movement, advancement; progress, promotion, development, increase; (astr.) progressive motion, progression. ̃গামী a. moving forward or to the front; leading; progressive. fem. ̃গামিনী । ̃জ a. born earlier, senior in age, elder, older. n. the eldest or an elder brother. ̃জিহ্বা n. the uvula, the epiglottis. ̃জ্ঞান n. foreknowledge; anticipation. ̃ণী a. leading, chief, best. n. a leader; an inaugurator or initiator; a pioneer. ̃দত্ত n. imprest money. ̃দানী n. a Brahmin (ব্রাহ্মণ) who receives offerings on behalf of a dead person's soul and consequently is socially degraded. ̃দূত n. (mil.) a pioneer; an escort, a guide; a leader; (loos.) a forerunner, a precursor, a harbinger. ̃নেতা n. a leader; an army commander. ̃পশ্চাত্ adv. considering what is before and after; having foresight and hindsight; pro and con; comprehensively. ̃বর্তী a. situated in the front; leading; advanced. fem. ̃বর্তিনী । ভাগ n. the first part or share; top peak; an extremity or end. ̃মহিষী n. the queen-consort. ̃সর, ̃সার a. going first or commencing, leading; moving forward, advancing. ̃সরণ n. advancement. অগ্রসর হওয়া v. to move forward, to advance; to progress. ̃স্হ, ̃স্হিত a. situated in the front, on the top or at end, apical. 14)

(p. 9) acāñcalya absence of restlessness, calm; firmness; steadiness. 50)

(p. 9) aṭala (lit.) not reeling; unwavering, unflinching; firm, steady; unmoved; unshaken, constant; unperturbed; stolid, resolute. ̃তা n. firmness, steadiness; stolidness; constancy. ̃ভাবে adv. unwaveringly, firmly, resolutely, steadily. 123)

(p. 17) atyujjbala extremely bright or radiant or shining; extremely brilliant (অত্যুজ্জ্বলচরিত্র). 3)

(p. 17) aditi (myth.) the mother of gods. ̃নন্দন n. a son of Aditi; a god. 27)

(p. 17) adina an inauspicious day; hard times, difficult days. অদিনে পড়া to fall on evil times or days. 28)

(p. 17) adṛḍh় not firm or strong; not steady; wavering; loose. ̃তা n. infirmity, unsteadiness; looseness. 33)

(p. 20) adhīta read, studied, perused. অধীত বিষয় n. a subject that has been studied. অধীতি n. study, act of reading, perusal. অধীতী a. engaged in studying or reading or perusing; learned, erudite, wellstudied. 52)

(p. 22) adhōbindu the nadir. 6)

(p. 22) adhyaẏana reading; study; perusal. ̃রত, ̃নিরত a. engaged in studying or reading (esp. absorbedly). ̃শীল a. studious; studying or reading (esp. absorbedly). ̃শীলতা n. studiousness. অধ্যয়নীয় a. readable; worth reading. 15)

(p. 26) anala fire. ̃প্রভ a. as radiant or lustrous as fire. ̃বর্ষণ n. raining of fire; showering or emitting of fire. ̃বর্ষী a. raining fire; showering or emitting fire. ̃শিলা n. a meteor. 22)

(p. 30) anupadiṣṭa unadvised, not instructed or briefed; untaught; untutored. 95)

(p. 37) anuśīrṣa (chiefly in book-keeping) a minor head or heading; a sub-heading. 4)

(p. 41) anyōnya mutual, reciprocal. ̃জীবী n. (bot.) a symbion, a symbiont. a. symbiotic. ̃জীবিত্ব n. symbiosis. ̃তা n. mutuality, reciprocity. ̃বিরুদ্ধ, ̃বিরোধী a. opposed to each other or one another; contradictory, antagonistic. ̃সাপেক্ষ a. depending on one another or each other, interdependent; correlative; reciprocal. অন্যোন্যভাব n. relative difference, reciprocal absence or negation. অন্যোন্যাশ্রয় n. interdependence, mutual dependence. 34)

(p. 41) apapāṭha wrong or distorted reading, misreading. 81)

(p. 47) aparimlāna fadeless, never-fading; amaranthine; unfaded; tireless; untiring; unwearied; unfatigued; cheerful; lively. 17)

(p. 48) apāṭhya (of books etc.) not suitable for reading; not worth reading; hard-reading; indecent, obscene. 32)

(p. 51) aprastuta not made or prepared; unready, unprepared; embarrassed, out of countenance; inexistent, absent; not related to the subject-matter, irrelevant (অপ্রস্তুত বিষয়ের বর্ণনা) অপ্রস্তুত প্রশংসা n. (rhet.) allegory. অপ্রস্তুত হওয়া v. to become embarrassed, to be disconcerted; to be put out of countenance. অপ্রস্তুতি n. lack of preparation or readiness. 44)

(p. 55) abarmada, abamardana oppression; eradication; extermination, extirpation. 23)

(p. 56) abalīlā dalliance; absence of strain or effort; carefree manner or state; ease; absence of hesitation; promptness, readiness. ̃ক্রমে, ̃ভরে, ̃য় adv. playfully; without strain or effort, without toil and trouble, effortlessly; easily; in a carefree manner; unhesitatingly, promptly, readily. 14)

(p. 63) abyabhicāra absence of laxity or straying; absence of depravity; absence of exception; absence of change; constancy, steadiness. অব্যভিচারী a. not lax or straying; undepraved; without exception; unchanging; constant, steady. 9)

(p. 63) abhimukha the direction leading to, approach (গৃহাভিমুখ). a. facing; moving towards; bound for. fem. অভিমুখী । অভিমুখীন a. var. of অভিমুখ (a.). অভিমুখে adv. in the direction of, towards, to. 104)

(p. 69) amalina free from dirt, untarnished, unstained; free from gloom; undecayed or undecaying (অমলিন খ্যাতি); unblemished; unfaded or unfading, (cp.) amaranthine (অমলিন পুষ্প). 50)

(p. 73) amlāna unfaded; unfading; not withered (অম্লানকুসুম); not soiled or tarnished; not saddened or gloomy; unhesitating, unperturbed, expressionless (অম্লানমুখ, অম্লানবদন). ̃বদনে adv. glibly, without hesitation. 3)