(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. 9) aṅkita marked; drawn or painted; (geom.) plotted; bedecked, decorated; carved; delineated, described, portrayed (অঙ্কিত চরিত্র); imprinted (মানসপটে অঙ্কিত). অঙ্কিত করা v. to mark; to draw; to paint; (geom.) to plot; to bedeck, to decorate; to carve; to delineate, to describe, to portray; to imprint. 9)

(p. 9) aju (Mus.) act of washing hands and feet before prayer; ablution. 104)

(p. 36) anurōdha a request; a prayer; solicitation, entreaty, imploration; a thing asked for; sake, account. অনুরোধ করা v. to request, to solicit, to entreat, to implore. অনুরোধে adv. at the request of; at the instance of; for the sake of, on account of (কার্যানুরোধে). 15)

(p. 41) andhakāra darkness, gloom; absence of light. a. dark, gloomy; darkened with gloom, dejection etc. (অন্ধকার মুখ); deprived of hope, delight, etc. (অন্ধকার জীবন). অন্ধকার করা v. to make (something) dark, to darken. অন্ধকার দেখা v. (fig.) to be at one's wit's end to find a means of escape from danger; to be stunned. অন্ধকার দেখানো v. (fig.) to overwhelm or bewilder (a person), to knock senseless. অন্ধকার হওয়া v. to become dark, to darken. অন্ধকারে ঢিল মারা (fig.) to make a stray or random attempt to hit, to take an off-chance; to beat about the bush. অন্ধকারে থাকা v. (fig.) to be quite ignorant (of), to be in the dark (about). অন্ধকারে হাতড়ানো v. (lit. & fig.) to grope in the dark. ˜ময় a. full of darkness or gloom; completely dark. অন্ধকারাচ্ছন্ন, অন্ধকারাবৃত a. enveloped in or overcast with darkness; utterly dark; (fig.) utterly ignorant, distressed, depressed or obsessed. 15)

(p. 41) apacāra straying from one's own religion; taking bad or faulty or prohibited diet; pernicious conduct or behaviour; a fault; corruption. ̃-নিরোধ n. curbing corruption. ̃-নিরোধ বিভাগ the anti-corruption department. 55)

(p. 51) aprayatna lack of effort or endeavour or enthusiasm or assiduity; laxity; neglect. 34)

(p. 51) aprayukta inapplicable, unsuitable, inapposite, inapt (অপ্রযুক্ত শব্দ); (loos.) misapplied; (loos.) unused. ̃তা n. inapplicability, inappositeness, inaptness, inaptitude. 35)

(p. 51) aprayōjya not applicable, inapplicable. 36)

(p. 56) abicyuta undetached; unseparated; unstrayed; undeviated; not violating, conforming to, abiding; firm. 85)

(p. 56) abinyasta not laid or placed in an orderly manner; in disarray, ill-arranged, disarranged, confused. অবিন্যাস n. lack of order; disorder. 102)

(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) abhiyācana a prayer for grant of something; a request; solicitation. 105)

(p. 63) abhiyācita prayed for; requested; solicited. 106)

(p. 75) arka the sun; crystal; a ray or beam of light; sunrays; light; the sun-plant, the swallow-wort (অর্কপত্র). ̃প্রিয়া n. a kind of china rose. ̃বর্ষ n. the solar year. ̃বৃক্ষ n. the margosa-tree. 12)

(p. 77) arthī one who is asking or praying for, solicitous (ধনার্থী); desirous of (বিদ্যার্থী); one who accuses or complains; rich, wealthy. n. such a person; a petitioner, an applicant; a candidate, a desirer; an accuser, a complainant, a plaintiff; a rich man. 4)

(p. 73) aẏana a path, a route, a course; a passage through a military array or a battle order; scriptures; the ground; the earth; a homestead, a dwelling; (astr.) the sun's movement or course. ̃কাল n. (astr.) the interval between the two solstices. ̃চলন n. (astr.) precession. ̃বৃত্ত, ̃মণ্ডল n. the ecliptic. অয়নাংশ n. (astr.) a part or measure thereof of the ecliptic esp. the distance between the vernal equinoctial point and the first point in the Aries. অয়নান্ত n. (astr.) solstice. অয়নান্তবৃত্ত n. any of the two tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. 27)

(p. 99) ākiñcana indigence, utter poverty; humble prayer or desire, craving; zeal, earnestness; endeavour, effort. 18)

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

(p. 104) ājāna a call to Muslims to attend prayer-meeting in a mosque. আজান দেওয়া v. to announce this call formally. 27)

(p. 115) āntarayantra (anat.) viscera. আন্তরযন্ত্রীয় a. visceral. 9)

(p. 115) āpatita arrived or come by chance or accident; fallen (down); alighted. আপতিত রশ্মি (phys.) an incident ray. 32)

(p. 115) āpila (in law) a prayer for retrial; an appeal. আপিল করা v. to prefer an appeal, to appeal. ̃-আদালত n. an appellate court. ̃কারী n. an appellant. আপিলে খালাস acquitted or released on appeal. 52)

(p. 118) ābēdana representation, prayer, solicitation; an application; a petition; a plaint; appeal (কবিতার আবেদন হৃদয়ের কাছে) আবেদন করা v. to represent, to pray, to solicit; to put in an application, to apply; to petition; to lodge a complaint; to appeal. ̃কারী same as আবেদক । fem. ̃কারিণী । ̃পত্র n. an application; a petition. আবেদনীয় a. fit to be solicited or entreated. 42)

(p. 121) ābhyudaẏika pertaining to progress or promotion in life; pertaining to or causing well-being; causing prosperity. n. a ceremony performed on the eve of wedding etc. praying to the spirits of one's forefathers to bless the present occasion. 2)