(p. 2) akathana bad or abusive language; obscene words. a. unspeakable; indescribable. 6)

(p. 2) akṣara any of the letters of the alphabet; a syllable; (fig.) a symbolic letter. ̃জীবী, ̃জীবক n. a scribe; a copyist; a printer or compositor, a writer. ̃পরিচয় n. acquaintance with the alphabet; commencement of education; literacy; (fig.) elementary knowledge. ̃বিন্যাস n. the characteristic style of handwriting. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of versification in which the number of letters and not the sounds in a line is taken into account. ̃মালা n. the alphabet. ̃যোজক n. a compositor. অক্ষরীকরণ n. transliteration. অক্ষরে অক্ষরে to the letter, word for word. verbatim; (fig.) with strict exactitude, rigorously. 95)

(p. 7) agauraba dishonour, disgrace; discredit, disrepute. 7)

(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. 17) adbhuta strange, queer, quaint, odd; uncouth; extraordinary; astonishing. n. (rhet.) a description that strikes the reader with its extraordinary strangeness or queerness (also অদ্ভুতরস). ̃কর্মা a. endowed with extraordinary capabilities; one who is capable of performing miraculous deeds. ̃দর্শন a. odd-looking. 41)

(p. 17) adharma any act in contravention of scriptural or moral laws; a sinful act, a sin; irreligiousness; an unrighteous act; unrighteousness. a. sinful; unrighteous. অধর্ম করা to do or commit an unrighteous or sinful act, to do an immoral act. ̃চারী, অধর্মাচারী a. irreligious; ungodly. ̃পরায়ণ a. unrighteous; sinful. অধর্মাচরণ n. committing sins; sinful practice; unrighteous practice. অধর্মী a. sinful; unrighteous; unreligious; impious; (loos.) treacherous. 55)

(p. 22) adhyārōpa (rhet.) transference of epithet; (phil.) imaginary ascription of foreign qualities to a person of a thing; illusion. 23)

(p. 22) adhyāsa1 ascription, attribution; (phil.) imaginary ascription of foreign qualities to a person or a thing, illusion. 24)

(p. 26) anācāra unscriptural or unholy practice; uncultured or indecent practice; an immoral or abominable practice. অনাচারী a. abandoned; given to unscriptural or indecent or abominable practice. n. such a man. 40)

(p. 29) anirbacanīẏa indescribable; ineffable, inexpressible. ̃তা n. indescribability; ineffability. অনির্বাচ্য same as অনির্বচনীয় । 23)

(p. 36) anulikhana similar writing; copying a writing, transcription; transliteration; taking down dictation; a piece of similar writing; a reproduction of written matter, a copy, a transcript; a piece of transliterated or dictated writing. 19)

(p. 36) anulipi a piece of similar writing, a facsimile or duplicate copy of written matter, a transcript, a copy; a piece of transliterated or dictated writing. 20)

(p. 36) anulēkha same as অনুলিপি । ̃ক n. an amanuensis; a copyist; a scribe. 22)

(p. 9) anḍa egg; either of the two scrotal glands, a testicle; anything round or oval-shaped. ̃কোষ n. the scrotum. ̃কোষ বৃদ্ধি, ̃বৃদ্ধি n. the swelling of the scrotum, hydrocele. অণ্ডজ a. born of an egg, oviparous. n. an oviparous creature. ̃লালা n. the white of an egg; albumen. অণ্ডাকার, অণ্ডাকৃতি a. egg-shaped, oval; round. অণ্ডাশয় n. the ovary of any oviparous creature. 131)

(p. 38) antarāla a place screened from the view; a hiding; concealment; distance; a point beyond the range of (দৃষ্টির অন্তরালে) ̃বর্তী a. stationed or lying or living behind the screen or in a hiding; hidden from the view. fem. ̃বর্তিনী । 64)

(p. 40) antarē at heart; inside; within; in the depth of, in the heart of; amidst, amongst, between; at a distance, removed or screened from; at an interval of. 3)

(p. 40) antarlikhita (geom.) inscribed; engraved.

(p. 41) andha blind, sightless; extremely dark or gloomy. ('অন্ধ তামস'); utterly ignorant. n. a blind person. ̃কূপ n. a dark pit; a black hole. ̃কূপহত্যা n. (hist.) the Blackhole Tragedy. ̃তম a. darkest; extremely dark. ̃তমস n. utter darkness; blinding darkness. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. blindness; utter ignorance. ̃তামিস্র n. utter darkness. a. utterly dark. ̃প্রায় a. almost blind; like a blind; like a blind person. ̃বিশ্বাস n. blind faith. ̃ভাবে adv. blindly; rashly; heedlessly, indiscreetly. অন্ধের কিবা দিন কিবা রাত a blind person cannot distinguish between day and night or between brightness and gloom. অন্ধের নড়ি বা যষ্টি (lit.) a stick by the help of which a blind person moves; a blind man's prop; (fig.) a prop for a helpless or incapable person. 14)

(p. 41) apakarma a misdeed; a mischief; a wrongful or harmful act; a scandalous act; a crime. অপকর্ম করা v. to do a misdeed; to make some mischief; to commit a crime. অপকর্মা a. doing mischiefs or wrongful acts. n. a misdoer; a mischief-maker; a wrong-doer; a criminal, a miscreant. 36)

(p. 41) apaṇḍita lacking in erudition or learning; unlearned; not versed in scriptures etc.; not specialized in, inexpert; uneducated; unlettered. 66)

(p. 41) apatya a son or a daughter; a child; a young of any creature. ̃নির্বিশেষে adv. making no discrimination between one's own children and those of other people, not treating differently from one's son, just like one's own children. ̃স্নেহ n. love for one's children, parental affection, philoprogenitiveness. ̃হীন a. childless. 69)

(p. 46) apayaśa ill-repute, bad name, infamy; disgrace. ̃স্কর a. disgraceful; scandalous; discreditable. 3)

(p. 50) apauruṣa unmanliness; cowardice; infamy; discredit; shame. 6)

(p. 55) ababhāsa manifestation, exposition; illusion; (usu. false) ascription; a pretence. 19)

(p. 56) abarṇanīẏa indescribable; ineffable, beyond expression. 6)