(p. 22) anaṭana want; shortage, deficiency; poverty; pecuniary distress or stringency; penury. 40)

(p. 2) agastya a mythological sage of India; (astrol.) the Canopus. ̃যাত্রা n. the first day of the month of Bhadra (ভাদ্র) when the sage Agastya asked the bending Vindhyas to wait till he came back and he never came back (this day has since been regarded by the Hindus as extremely inauspicious to set out on a journey; (cp. a corbie messenger). অগস্ত্যোদয় n. rise of the star Agastya or Canopus (about the 17th or 18th day of Bhadra). 126)

(p. 88) asarala (of lines etc.) not straight, curved; (of human nature etc.) not frank or candid or forthright; tortuous; (of plans, proposals etc.) crooked, deceptive; fishy. ̃তা n. curvedness; tortuosity; crookedness; fishiness. 19)

(p. 9) aṭala (lit.) not reeling; unwavering, unflinching; firm, steady; unmoved; unshaken, constant; unperturbed; stolid, resolute. ̃তা n. firmness, steadiness; stolidness; constancy. ̃ভাবে adv. unwaveringly, firmly, resolutely, steadily. 123)

(p. 22) adhyakṣa manager; a chief executive; a superintendent, an officer in charge; a principal (of a college or institution); a lord or a master (দুর্গাধ্যক্ষ); a president or speaker (of a legislative assembly). ̃তা n. the post or office or function of a chief executive; superintendentship; superintendence; overlordship or mastership; principalship; presidentship; presidency; speakership. 13)

(p. 9) acakṣu eyeless, blind. 36)

(p. 22) anatītabālya of one who has not yet passed his childhood or boyhood. 53)

(p. 1) aṃśābatāra demi-god, partial incarnation (of a god.) 10)

(p. 41) anbēṣaṇa search, research; investigation, inquiry. অন্বেষণ করা v. to search; to research; to investigate; to inquire, to look for. অন্বেষণীয় a. that which is to be searched or sought or researched or investigated. অন্বেষণে থাকা v. to be engaged in search or research or investigation; to be on the look-out for. 24)

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

(p. 2) agaṇana, agaṇanīẏa uncountable; countless, innumerable. 115)

(p. 48) apārthiba unearthly; preternatural, extramundane, celestial; supernatural. 43)

(p. 37) anusandhāẏaka, anusandhāẏī searching; researching, examining, inquiring, investigating. n. a searcher; a researcher, an examiner; an inquirer; an investigator. 15)

(p. 73) ayācanīẏa unworthy of being asked for. 12)

(p. 20) adhīkṣā overseeing, superintendence, supervision. 51)