(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. 9) acarbita not chewed or masticated. অচর্ব্য a. not fit to be chewed, unchewable. 43)

(p. 9) ajñāna lacking in knowledge; ignorant; foolish; uneducated; unconscious, fainted; infatuated. n. lack of knowledge; ignorance; (phil.) illusion, maya. ̃কৃত a. done by mistake or owing to ignorance. ̃জনিত a. caused by ignorance, owing to ignorance. ̃তা n. lack of knowledge, ignorance. ̃তিমির n. gloom of ignorance, infatuated condition. ̃বাদ, অজ্ঞাবাদ n. (phil.) agnosticism. ̃বাদী, অজ্ঞাবাদী a. agnostic. n. an agnostic. অজ্ঞানী a. unwise; lacking in knowledge, ignorant. অজ্ঞানে adv. unknowingly; unconsciously; owing to ignorance or foolishness. 112)

(p. 17) adṛṣṭa not seen, unseen. n. fate, luck, fortune; destiny. ̃ক্রমে adv. as ordained by destiny; as luck would have it; by chance; fortunately. ̃দোষে adv. unluckily, unfortunately, as bad luck would have it. ̃পরীক্ষা n. act of telling or learning one's fortune by means of divination, palmistry, etc., act of trying one's luck (esp. in a game of chance) অদৃষ্ট পরীক্ষা করা v. to tell one's fortune. to try one's luck. অদৃষ্ট পরীক্ষা করানো v. to have one's fortune told. ̃পুরুষ n. masc. Destiny; God. ̃পূর্ব a. not seen before; novel, new. ̃বশত adv. as luck would have it; by chance. ̃বাদ n. fatalism. ̃বাদী n. a fatalist. a. fatalistic. ̃লিপি n. the unseen writing of one's fate; one's destiny. অদৃষ্টের পরিহাস irony of fate. 35)

(p. 17) adbaita (theo.) having no second or diversity, monistical; unitarian, nondual, absolute. n. Brahma (ব্রক্ষ্ম); God. ̃বাদ n. non-dualism, monism, monotheism, unitarianism. ̃বাদী n. a nondualist, a monist, a monotheist, a unitarian. 40)

(p. 17) adbaẏa Brahma (ব্রহ্ম); Buddha. a. having no second or parallel, absolute. ̃বাদ n. monism; Buddhism. ̃বাদী n. a monist; a Buddhist. a. monistic; Buddhistic. 38)

(p. 17) adya today. অদ্যাকার, অদ্যতন a. of today, today's. অদ্যভক্ষ্যোধনুর্গণঃ n. (fig.) over-optimistic calculation; (inc. but pop.) state of having nothing to eat today, abject poverty. অদ্যাপি adv. even today; even now; even at present; as yet. অদ্যাবধি adv. from today; hereafter; till today; till now. 42)

(p. 17) adhikaraṇa anything that holds or contains; a container; a place; a vehicle or medium; proximity; a court of justice (ধর্মাধিকরণ); domination; possession or occupation; (gr.) the locative case. 64)

(p. 20) adhiprāṇabāda (phil.) the vitalistic theory. 9)

(p. 20) adhiyantrabāda (phil.) the mechanistic theory. 32)

(p. 20) adhisañcāra atavism. অধিসঞ্চারী a. atavistic. 48)

(p. 22) adhbara an ecclesiastical sacrifice (esp. in accordance with the যজুর্বেদ). 11)

(p. 22) adhyātma pertaining to the Supreme Being; pertaining to the individual soul; spiritual; metaphysical; physical. ̃চেতনা n. spirituality; spiritualism. ̃তত্ত্ব n. knowledge about God; knowledge about the soul; metaphysics. ̃তত্ত্ববিত্ n. one who has knowledge about God or the soul; a metaphysician. ̃বাদ n. subjectivism; spiritualism. ̃বাদী a. subjectivistic; spiritualistic. n. a subjectivist; a spiritualist. অধ্যাত্মিক var. of আধ্যাত্মিক । অধ্যাত্মীয় a. subjective. 17)

(p. 30) anīśbara godless, atheistic. ̃বাদ n. atheism. ̃বাদী n. an atheist, an unbeliever. a. atheistic. 9)

(p. 30) anudyōgī unenterprising, lacking in drive and initiative; unenthusiastic. 77)

(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. 40) antarbigraha, antarbiplaba an internal feud; a domestic quarrel; a civil war. 31)

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

(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) anyāẏa impropriety; injustice; an unjust act; a wrong; a misdeed; an unreasonable act. a. unjust; improper; unreasonable (অন্যায় অনুরোধ); wrongful. অন্যায় করা v. to do injustice; to act improperly or unjustly or unreasonably or wrongfully; to do a wrong. ̃ত adv. improperly; injustly; unreasonably; wrongfully. অন্যায়াচরণ n. an unjust or improper or unreasonable or wrongful act; a wrong; a wrong-doing. অন্যায়াচারী a. acting unjustly or improperly or unreasonably or wrongfully. n. a wrong-doer. অন্যায়োপজীবী a. & n. one who lives by unfair means or wrong-doing. 29)

(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) apakṣapāta impartiality; neutrality, nonalignment; freedom from prejudice or bias; justness; even-handed justice. a. impartial; neutral, non-aligned; unprejudiced, unbiased; just. অপক্ষপাতী a. same as অপক্ষপাত (a.) অপক্ষপাতিতা, অপক্ষপাতিত্ব n. same as অপক্ষপাত (n.) 46)

(p. 47) apariśīlana lack of study or practice, non-cultivation. অপরিশীলিত a. uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined; unsophisticated. 18)

(p. 50) apratikūla not unfavourable or antagonistic; favourable; friendly; helpful. 24)

(p. 51) aprasanna displeased, dissatisfied; unfavourable, antagonistic (অপ্রসন্ন ভাগ্য); gloomy, morose, melancholy, saddened, sad, offended, vexed. ̃তা n. displeasure, dissatisfaction; antagonism; gloom, melancholy, sadness; offended state. অপ্রসন্ন হয়ে adv. with a bad grace. অপ্রসন্ন চিত্তে adv. with a discontented or heavy heart. 42)