(p. 90) astara2 a mixture of slaked lime, sand etc. used for coating walls, ceilings; plaster; material sewn to the inner surface of a garment, lining. 37)

(p. 37) anuśiṣya a disciple's disciple. 3)

(p. 90) ahiṃsa free from malice; nonmalignant; non-violent; inoffensive; harmless. অহিংস অসহযোগ (pol.) non-violent non-cooperation. ̃ক a. free from malice or ferocity; inoffensive; harmless; innocent. অহিংসা n. freedom from malice; (phil.) ahimsa; non-violence. 99)

(p. 72) ambara the sky, the firmament; cloth, loincloth (পীতাম্বর); ambergris. অম্বরী n. a piece of loincloth to be worn by women, a sari; tobacco perfumed with ambergris. a. perfumed with ambergris. 19)

(p. 63) abhirūpa similar, like; pleasing, pleasant; dear, beloved. 117)

(p. 56) abidhi an irregularity; a bad rule; an act or direction contrary to scriptural instructions. 96)

(p. 75) arci, arciḥ a flame; glow; heat. 20)

(p. 47) apariṣkāra uncleanliness, untidiness; impurity. a. unclean, untidy; impure; (fig.) not perspicuous or lucid or explicit. 23)

(p. 51) apratyaẏa lack of belief or conviction; disbelief; diffidence; incredulity; doubt. অপ্রত্যয়ী a. disbelieving; unconvinced; different; incredulous; doubting. 17)

(p. 56) abistṛta not spread out; composed; compact; concise; precise, brief. 131)

(p. 2) akrōdha absence of anger. a. free from anger. অক্রোধন a. not angered or wrought up easily. 84)

(p. 56) abarṣita unshed ('অবর্ষিত অশ্রু'); not cast or thrown (অবর্ষিত শর). 8)

(p. 79) alipāna drinking wine; a drinking bout. 25)

(p. 78) alaṅkāra an ornament; act of dressing or painting; an ornamental dress; anything worn to display physical grace and beauty; a mark of honour, beauty; (fig.) pride, glory; (in lit.) rhetoric. ̃বর্জিত a. (in lit.) simple; unrhetorical; bald. ̃বহুল a. (ভাষা-সম্বন্ধে) florid. অলংকারবহুল ভাষা ornate language. ̃শাস্ত্র n. the art of rhetoric. 15)

(p. 75) aruṣṭa not angry; not annoyed, not displeased. 9)