(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. 2) akṣāralabaṇa rock-salt. 97)

(p. 75) arciṣmāna glowing, beaming. n. the sun. 22)

(p. 16) atyahita great harm or injury. 18)

(p. 90) asusha unwell, indisposed; sick; ill; diseased, ailing; uneasy, troubled, distressed. ̃তা n. indisposition, sickness; illness; ailment, uneasiness, distress. 17)

(p. 38) antarīkṣa the intervening region between any two planets or stars; the sky. ̃চারী a. (capable of or used to) moving or dwelling in the sky; aerial. 68)

(p. 56) abiśaṅkita not afraid or scared; undaunted; not alarmed. 119)

(p. 56) abaśīkṛta one who or that which has not been tamed or brought under control; unsubdued, unsubjugated. 25)

(p. 79) alakṣya invisible; unseen; undiscernible; imperceptible. n. a place screened from the view, an invisible place (অলক্ষ্য থেকে); the sky or heaven ('অলক্ষ্যের পানে'). অলক্ষ্যে adv. invisibly, unseen; undiscernibly; imperceptibly; furtively, stealthily. 3)

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

(p. 17) adrisāra iron. 47)

(p. 51) apratyāśā lack or absence of expectation. 18)

(p. 79) alappēẏē (in raillery) one who is not to live long. 7)

(p. 53) aba2 (obs. & poet.) now ('সখি অব কি করব উপদেশ'). 3)

(p. 51) aprayukta inapplicable, unsuitable, inapposite, inapt (অপ্রযুক্ত শব্দ); (loos.) misapplied; (loos.) unused. ̃তা n. inapplicability, inappositeness, inaptness, inaptitude. 35)