(p. 2) akēśara parāgakōṣa (bot.) sessile anther. 72)

(p. 9) atirōmaśa (zool.) villose; very hairy. 156)

(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. 80) aśubha a harm or bale; an evil; a contretemps; a sin. a. harmful, baleful, evil, sinister; imauspicious; ominous. ̃কর, অশুভংকর a. doing harm (to); evil, sinister. ̃কামনা n. illwishing. ̃ক্ষণ n. an inauspicious moment or time. ̃সূচক a. foreboding evil, ominous, portentous; sinister. ̃সূচনা n. a bad start. 36)

(p. 30) anuttara that which or one who has nothing or none to follow, final; supreme, best; not responding or answering, unresponsive; silent; not northern. 54)

(p. 90) ahindu a non-Hindu, one who is not a Hindu. 101)

(p. 9) aṇimā tenuity, subtlety, extreme thinness or fineness or transparency (which is almost invisible); the supernal power of assuming an extremely thin (and almost invisible) form by means of which gods and demi-gods can move everywhere invisibly. 129)

(p. 73) aritra (নৌকার হাল) helm, rudder. 53)

(p. 55) abadhauta1 washed or cleansed (carefully). 5)

(p. 26) analasa not lazy or indolent; diligent, industrious; untiring; given to action, active; lively and energetic. 24)

(p. 37) anuśāsana instruction; teaching; advice; an order, a command, an injunction, an edict, a canon. 2)

(p. 77) ardhāṃśa one of two equal parts, a share, half, a moiety. 11)

(p. 63) abhisrabaṇa osmosis. 142)

(p. 34) anubaddha byāsa (geom.) a conjugate diameter. 7)

(p. 51) apratiṣēdhya that which cannot be prevented. 7)