(p. 26) anādikāla time immemorial, very old or ancient time. 49)

(p. 90) ashi bone; skeleton. ̃চর্মসার a. lean, skinny, skin-and-bone, gaunt. অস্হি দেওয়া v. to deposit in or commit to the Ganges (or other holy waters) the bone or bone-ash of a deceased person (as the final part of the obsequies). ̃পঞ্জর n. bones and ribs; skeleton. ̃বত্ a. bone-like, bony. ̃বিজ্ঞান, ̃বিদ্যা n. osteology. ̃বিজ্ঞানী n. an osteologist. ̃বিদ্যাগত a. osteological. ̃সার a. having little flesh; bony, lean, gaunt. 55)

(p. 9) acēṣṭa unendeavouring, effortless; not zealous; inactive; (rare) insensible, benumbed. অচেষ্টিত a. unattempted; untried. 65)

(p. 9) aṅguṣṭhānā, aṅgustānā a thimble, a thumbstall. 34)

(p. 83) aṣṭāśi, aṣṭāśi, aṣṭāśīti eighty-eight. অষ্টাশীতিতম a. eighty-eighth. fem. অষ্টাশীতিতমী । 26)

(p. 48) apasriẏamāṇa receding, retreating; withdrawing. 17)

(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. 90) a-starībhūta unstratified. 38)

(p. 40) antarbarga a sub-order. 25)

(p. 90) asi a sword. ̃ক্রিড়া n. a sword-play; a sword-fight. ̃চর্ম n. the sword and the buckler. ̃চর্মসহযোগে দ্বন্দ্ব a sword-and-buckler duel. ̃চর্যা, ̃চালনা n. learning or practising swordcraft; wielding the sword in a fight; swordcraft, swordsmanship, fencing. ̃চলনা করা v. to wield the sword in a fight. ̃ধারা n. the edge of a sword. ̃ধারী n. one armed with a sword, a swordsman. ̃নৃত্য n. a sword-dance. ̃পত্র n. the sugar-cane (for its leaves resemble swordblades); the scabbard of a sword. ̃পুচ্ছ n. a dolphin, a porpoise. ̃ফলক n. the blade of a sword. ̃ফলকাকার a. (bot.) ensiform. ̃যুদ্ধ n. a sword-fight, a sword-play. ̃যোদ্ধা n. a swordsman; a swordplayer. 4)

(p. 72) amuṇḍita unshaven. 2)

(p. 40) antarbibhāgīẏa inter-departmental. 34)

(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. 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. 2) akāra the letter and the vowel sound অ; অকারাদি a. (of words) beginning with the letter অ. n. অ and other vowels. অকারাদিক্রমে adv. in the alphabetical order. অকারান্ত a. (of words) ending with the vowel sound অ. 37)