(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. 51) apratyāśita unexpected; not anticipated; unhoped-for; unlooked-for; unthoughtof; sudden, accidental. ̃ভাবে adv. unexpectedly; suddenly, accidentally, by chance. 19)

(p. 73) ayōga lack of contact or relation or union; disunion, separation; unsuitability; (astr.) any inauspicious conjunction of stars, an inauspicious time. 20)

(p. 20) adhihāra a rate above par. অধিহারে adv. above par; at a premium. 49)

(p. 53) abataraṇa going or coming downwards, descending, descent; alighting or climbing down or dismounting; getting out of a vehicle; disembarkment; (of birds etc.) flying down to or towards the ground; stepping down (from position etc.); relegation to a lower class, position, status etc.; degradation. অবতরণ করা v. to come or go downwards, to get down, to descend; to alight, to climb down, to dismount; to get out of any vehicle, to disembark; (of birds etc.) to fly down to or towards the ground; to step down (from a position, etc.); to be relegated to a lower class. অবতরণিকা n. (of books etc.) a preface, an introduction, a preamble, a prologue, a prelude; a flight of steps, a staircase; a ladder, an escalator. 24)

(p. 56) abināśa not subjected to decay; nondestructible; non-perishable. n. one who is not subject to decay or destruction. 100)

(p. 63) abhiyācana a prayer for grant of something; a request; solicitation. 105)

(p. 88) asamprīti absence or lack of amity or friendliness. 7)

(p. 9) ajuradāra a labourer; a day-labourer. 105)

(p. 88) asambhrama indignity, dishonour, disrespect; insult. 15)

(p. 37) anuṣaṅga love, amour; kindness; affection; connection; context; attachment, adherence; relation; association, company. অনুষঙ্গী a. connected; related; associated; accompained. 7)

(p. 7) agrahāẏaṇa the eighth month of the Hindu calendar (from the middle of November to the middle of December). 16)

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

(p. 53) abaghāta a fatal blow; unnatural death. ̃ন n. dealing one a fatal blow; (arith.) evolution. অবঘাতী a. one who or that which deals one a fatal blow or causes unnatural death. 15)

(p. 2) akāla an inauspicious time; hard times; an unusual time (অকালের বর্ষা); premature time (অকালপক্ব); inappropriate time; (loos.) scarcity, famine. ̃কুষ্মাণ্ড n. a gourd grown at an unusual time; (fig.) a useless or stupid person. ̃জ, ̃জাত a. born at an unusual time; untimely or prematurely born. ̃জলদোদয় untimely gathering of clouds. ̃পক্ক a. (of fruits) prematurely ripened; (of persons) precocious, pert. ̃পক্কতা n. premature ripeness; precocity, pertness. ̃বর্ষণ n. untimely rain. ̃বার্ধক্য n. premature ageing. ̃বৃদ্ধ a. gone old prematurely. ̃বোধন n. (myth.) untimely awakening of Goddess Durga by Ramachandra; (fig.) any untimely performance. ̃মরণ, ̃মৃত্যু n. premature death. 41)