(p. 1) a1 the first vowel of the Bengali alphabet. অ আ (বা অ আ ক খ) elementary knowledge; rudiments of any subject (সংগীতের অ আ ক খ); the alphabet (অ আ শিখছে); A B C. 2)

(p. 63) abhidhāna a dictionary, a lexicon. ̃কার n. the compiler of a dictionary, a lexicographer. 70)

(p. 41) apabarga salvation; liberation. 83)

(p. 17) athāntara (lit.) change of fortune for the worse; distress, worry, anxiety; danger or hazard; difficulty. 14)

(p. 63) abhōjya that which cannot be or should not be eaten; uneatable, inedible. 159)

(p. 9) aṅkōpari on the lap. 14)

(p. 16) atyāścarya most astonishing; very wonderful; amazing; miraculous. 24)

(p. 9) aṅguli, aṅgula a finger or a toe, a digit. 30)

(p. 24) ananyōpāẏa having no means or resource other than; having no alternative; desperate. 20)

(p. 83) aṣṭāśra octagonal. n. an octagon. 27)

(p. 63) abhadrā (dial.) hindrance or an ill omen. 33)

(p. 41) apacīẏamāna that which is being decayed or ill-spent or wasted or diminished; on the wane; waning. 58)

(p. 40) antarbibāha marriage within one's own group, endogamy. 33)

(p. 85) asaṅgata unreasonable, unjustifiable; irrelevant; incoherent; impertinent; improper; unjust, unfair. অসংগতি n. unreasonableness; unjustifiability; irrelevance; incoherence; impertinence; impropriety; unjustness. 5)

(p. 89) asāmaẏika untimely; unseasonal; inopportune. 15)