(p. 77) ardhōdaẏa an auspicious annual conjunction of stars in Paus (পৌষ) or Magh (মাঘ) considered a holy occasion for the Hindus for ceremonial bathing in the Ganges. 19)

(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. 2) agā, agākānta, agācaṇḍī (coll.) grossly stupid or ignorant; good-for-nothing. n. such a person. 127)

(p. 24) ananuṣṭhita unperformed, unexecuted; unaccomplished; outstanding. 15)

(p. 85) asannamya (phys.) incompressible. ̃তা n. incompressibility. 6)

(p. 30) anupada at every step; immediately following; in the wake of; hereafter, afterwards, later on, then. a. following, pursuing. 94)

(p. 90) aharaha every day, daily; day in and day out; always; incessantly. 95)

(p. 51) apradīpa black-out. a. having no lamps burning; destitute of light or lamps. 21)

(p. 51) aprāmāṇya not provable; unproved. 52)

(p. 88) asammata unwilling, reluctant, dissenting, disagreeing, declining. অসম্মত হওয়া v. to be unwilling or reluctant; to disagree; to refuse to give consent, to dissent; to decline. অসম্মতি n. unwillingness, reluctance, dissent, act of disagreeing or declining. অসম্মতিসূচক a. dissentient; dissident. 17)

(p. 51) apratīti incredulity; doubt; lack of belief or conviction; non-comprehension, non-perception, non-realization. অপ্রতীত a. not believed, disbelieved; doubted. 13)

(p. 50) apratipatti lack of influence or power. 26)

(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. 22) adhyāẏa a chapter, a section, a canto, etc. (of a book). 21)

(p. 41) antaścarma dermis. 3)