(p. 2) akulīna not born of a high family; not a high-born; not a man of noble birth (opp. কুলীন); (facet.) of mixed breed, hybrid (অকুলীন কুকুর). 55)

(p. 9) aṅkura a sprout, a shoot; a sapling; blossom (চূতাঙ্কুর); germ; origination, birth, germination (ভাবের অঙ্কুর); anything newly born or commenced; a beginning; an end or tip (তৃণাঙ্কুর, ভগ্নাঙ্কুর) অঙ্কুরে বিনাশ করা v. to nip in the bud. অঙ্কুরিত a. sprouted; germinated; published, revealed. অঙ্কুরিত হওয়া v. to sprout; to germinate. অঙ্কুরোদয়, অঙ্কুরোদ্গম n. germination, sprouting, blossoming; commencement, beginning. 11)

(p. 9) ajē1 without birth; existing without being born, self-born. n. the governing soul of any individual creature (cp. জীবাত্মা). 78)

(p. 17) adhijanana birth; procreation; production. 79)

(p. 40) antarbirōdha internal feud or dissension, domestic quarrel or strife. 35)

(p. 53) abataraṇa going or coming downwards, descending, descent; alighting or climbing down or dismounting; getting out of a vehicle; disembarkment; (of birds etc.) flying down to or towards the ground; stepping down (from position etc.); relegation to a lower class, position, status etc.; degradation. অবতরণ করা v. to come or go downwards, to get down, to descend; to alight, to climb down, to dismount; to get out of any vehicle, to disembark; (of birds etc.) to fly down to or towards the ground; to step down (from a position, etc.); to be relegated to a lower class. অবতরণিকা n. (of books etc.) a preface, an introduction, a preamble, a prologue, a prelude; a flight of steps, a staircase; a ladder, an escalator. 24)

(p. 53) abatīrṇa one who or that which has come down or gone down or descended or alighted or climbed down or dismounted; flown down to or towards the ground; one who has got out of any vehicle, disembarked; (of a celestial being) incarnated ('অবতীর্ণ এ ধরায়'); one who or that which has appeared or arrived. অবতীর্ণ হওয়া v. to come or go down, to get down, to descend, to alight, to climb down, to dismount; to get out of any vehicle, to disembark; (of birds etc.) to fly down to or towards the ground; to step down (from a position etc.); (of a celestial being) to become incarnated, to take one's birth upon the earth; to appear or arrive; (rare) to pass over or come through. ভূমিকায় অবতীর্ণ হওয়া to appear in the role of, to act as (in a play). 28)

(p. 56) abirata ceaseless, incessant, unremitting, non-stop; continual; continuous; constant. adv. ceaselessly, incessantly, unremittingly, without stopping; continually; continuously; constantly; always. 113)

(p. 56) abirala compact, dense; incessant, nonstop; continual; continuous; profuse, adundant. adv. incessantly; continually; continuously; profusely, abundantly. ̃ধারে adv. in a ceaseless or endless stream; incessantly. 114)

(p. 56) abirāma non-stop, ceaseless, incessant, having no respite or pause, unremitting; continuous, continual; remittent (অবিরাম জ্বর). adv. incessantly; without respite or pause, unremittingly; continuously; continually; always. 115)

(p. 56) abiruddha unopposed; not contrary or hostile or antagonistic; compatible, congruous, conforming, accordant; favourable, friendly. 116)

(p. 56) abirōdha absence of opposition or hostility; accord, agreement, harmony; friendliness, amicability, amity; peace. অবিরোধী a. unopposed; unopposing; not hostile or antagonistic or contrary; compatible, congruous, conforming, accordant; favourable, friendly; peaceloving; peaceful. অবিরোধে adv. without opposition or hostility or dispute; in a friendly manner; in peace, peacefully. 117)

(p. 63) abhijāta high-born, of noble birth; aristocrat; learned; wise; gentlemanly, mannerly; aristocratic. ̃তন্ত্র n. government by the aristocracy. অভিজাত সম্প্রদায় n. the aristocratic class, the aristocracy. 61)

(p. 63) abhaẏāraṇya a sanctuary, esp. for birds and animals. 36)

(p. 73) ayōni one who has no birth, agenetic. ̃জ, ̃সম্ভব, ̃সম্ভূত a. not born of a womb; born spontaneously. (cp.) abiogenetic. fem. ̃জা, ̃সম্ভবা, ̃সম্ভূতা । 24)

(p. 80) aśōka free from grief. n. a kind of flower or its tree, the flamboyant; the great Maurya emperor of India. ̃কানন n. a flamboyant-grove (esp. one in which Sita in the Ramayana was kept as a captive). ̃চক্র n. the symbolic wheel introduced by King Ashoka illustrating the stages of birth prior to salvation (it is the emblem of the official flag of India). ̃বন n. same as ̃কানন । ̃লিপি n. any of the religious and moral edicts of Ashoka inscribed on stone-pillars, an inscription of Ashoka. ̃স্তম্ভ n. any of the stone-pillars of Ashoka on which his edicts are inscribed, an Ashoka pillar (it is the official emblem of India). 38)

(p. 80) aśauca uncleanness; impurity; profanity; (scriptural) impurity of one's person owing to the birth or death of a relative, the period of duration of this personal impurity. অশৌচান্ত n. termination or end of the period of personal impurity. 44)

(p. 97) ān̐tuḍ় a lying-in room, a labour-room (আঁতুড় ঘর); confinement of a woman at childbirth. 23)

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

(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. 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. 107) ātmārāma the soul; life; the mind; life as imagined as a bird enclosed by the prison of a body; a term of endearment with which a pet parrot, or parakeet, or magpie is addressed (বলো বাবা আত্মারাম). আত্মারাম খাঁচাছাড়া হওয়া v. to die. আত্মারাম শুকিয়ে যাওয়া v. to cower. 37)

(p. 107) ādi beginning; origin; source; birth. a. first; original, fundamental, primary. in comp. (used as a sfx.) and the like, et cetera (সুখদুঃখাদি). ̃কবি n. the first poet; Valmiki. ̃কলা n. the fundamental tissue. ̃কলাতন্ত্র n. the fundamental tissue system. ̃কাব্য n. the first epic. ̃কারণ n. the first cause; the Supreme Being; the fundamental cause; the primary cause. ̃কাল n. ancient times. ̃কোষ n. embryonic cell. ̃দেব n. the Supreme Being; any one of the three principal Hindu gods: Brahma (ব্রহ্মা,), Vishnu (বিষ়্ণু) and Maheswara (মহেশ্বর). ̃নাথ n. the Supreme Being; Shiva (শিব). ̃পুরুষ n. the first progenitor or ancestor of a clan or family. ̃বাসী n. the aborigines. ̃বৃত্ত n. equinoctial colure. ̃ভূত a. born or created first, primordial; primary (আদিভূত কারণ). fem. আদিভূতা । ̃রস n. (rhet.) the emotion of love; sex-passion; eroticism. ̃রূপ n. a prototype, an archetype. 66)

(p. 107) ādhāra2 food (esp. of birds); a nest. 95)

(p. 118) ābira a kind of perfumed and coloured powder that the Hindus sprinkle over one another esp. during the Holi (হোলি) festival. 31)