(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. 83) aṣṭāṃśita divided into eight; (of a sheet of paper) octavo. 18)

(p. 90) ahamikā (psy.) egoism, egotism, pride; self-conceit, vanity. 94)

(p. 56) abidyamāna not present, absent; not existing, inexistent. ̃তা n. absence; inexistence. 92)

(p. 90) asbaccha not transparent, opaque; not clear; turbid. ̃তা n. lack of transparency, opacity, opaqueness; turbidity. 72)

(p. 26) anāghrāta . unsmelt; pure and untouched. fem. অনাঘ্রাতা । 39)

(p. 79) aligali lanes and bye-lanes; an extremely narrow path; nook and corner. 21)

(p. 29) aniṣṭa harm, injury; mischief; anything harmful or injurious. ̃কর a. harmful, injurious; mischievous. অনিষ্ট করা v. to harm; to do mischief. ̃কারী a. & n. one who causes harm or mischief, an evildoer, a wrongdoer. ˜চিন্তা n. mental act or thought of devising harm (to.). malevolence. ̃চিন্তা করা v. to devise harm (to). ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক same as অনিষ্টকর । ̃পাত n. occurrence of harm or injury. ̃সাধন n. act of causing harm. অনিষ্টসাধন করা v. to cause harm (to), to harm. অনিষ্ট হওয়া v. to be harmed. অনিষ্টাচরণ same as অনিষ্টসাধন । অনিষ্টাশঙ্কা n. apprehension of harm, premonition or presentiment (of evil); foreboding.

(p. 9) aja2 the ram; the billy-goat, (astrol.) the Ram. fem. অজা the ewe; the nanny-goat. 79)

(p. 1) aṃśānkana graduation, marking (a scale). 7)

(p. 71) amiẏa, amiẏā (poet.) nectar, ambrosia. a. as sweet or delicious as nectar, ambrosial (অমিয় বাণী). 18)

(p. 69) abhraka talc; mica; the sky. 19)

(p. 41) anna boiled rice; rice; food. ̃কষ্ট n. distress caused by scarcity of food; famine; (fig.) sufferance caused by extreme poverty, indigent circumstances. ̃কূট n. a stupendous heap of boiled rice. ̃ক্ষেত্র var. of অন্নসত্র । ̃গতপ্রাণ a. (absolutely) depending on food or boiled rice for subsistence; (loos.) riceeating. ̃চিন্তা n. thinking out means of procuring food or earning one's livelihood; food-problem, bread-problem. ̃চিন্তা চমত্কারা the effort to earn one's livelihood is all-absorbing; bread-problem is the chief problem; thought of one's daily bread preys heavily on the mind or weighs heavily on the spirits. ̃জল n. food and drink; the Hindu rite of providing food and drink for the soul of the dead. ̃দা a. fem. one who supplies or gives food. n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) ̃দাতা a. & n. one who supplies or gives food; one who maintains. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃দান n. charitable or gratuitous supply of food. ̃দাস n. one who has enslaved himself to another for one's food or maintenance. ̃নালী n. the aesophagus, the gullet, the food passage. ̃পূর্ণা a. fem. full of food or rice. n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা).̃পথ্য n. rice-meal as diet. ̃পান n. food and drink. ̃প্রাশন n. the Hindu rite of a child's tasting rice for the first time. ̃বস্ত্র n. food and clothing. ̃ব্যঞ্জন n. rice and curry. ̃ভোজী a. rice-eating. n. rice-eater. ̃ময় a. full of food; built up or nourished by food (অন্নময় কোষ) ̃রস n. chyle. ̃সংস্হান n. provision for maintenance; procuring food or earning one's livelihood. ̃সত্র n. a place or institution for charitable supply of rice or food. ̃সমস্যা n. food-problem, bread-problem. ̃হীন a. without food; foodless; starving. 17)

(p. 30) anupala a measure of time (=⅙ বিপল = &frac115 part of a second); an instant, a jiffy, a trice. 100)

(p. 26) anārōgya state of ill-health; lack of cure. a. incurable; irremediable. 75)