(p. 20) adhunā in recent times, at present, nowadays. ̃তন a. of recent times, present-day; modern. ̃লুপ্ত a. now-extinct. 57)

(p. 40) antarbartī lying or situated within or in between; included or comprised in; intermediate; interim (অন্তর্বর্তী সরকার). 26)

(p. 30) anujñā an order, a command, an injunction; permission, consent, sanction; commission, employment. ̃ত a. ordered, commanded, enjoined; permitted, allowed; licensed. ̃ধারী n. a licensee. ̃পত্র n. a permit, a licence. ̃পত্র আধিকারিক licensing officer. ̃সূচক ক্রিয়াভাব (gr.) the imperative mood. 46)

(p. 24) ananukaraṇīẏa incapable of being imitated; inimitable. 6)

(p. 62) abṛṣṭi scanty rainfall, absence of rain, drought. 8)

(p. 73) ayōdhya not combatable; too strong to be fought with; unconquerable. 23)

(p. 90) ahaṅkṛta self-conceited; proud; haughty, arrogant, insolent; vainglorious. 92)

(p. 83) aṣṭāṅga the eight limbs of the body (namely, two hands, the breast or bosom, the forehead, two eyes, the throat or speech, and the backbone; or alternatively, two great toes, two knees, two hands, the breast and the nose); the eight systems of yoga. a. having eight branches or departments (অষ্টাঙ্গ আয়ুর্বেদ). 19)

(p. 63) abhirāma pleasing, pleasant; beautiful, handsome; entertaining, gratifying (নয়নাভিরাম). 115)

(p. 2) akaitaba not false; not deceitful. 73)

(p. 34) anubhūta realized; felt; perceived by sense. অনুভূতি n. realization; feeling; intuition; sense-perception. ̃হীন a. unthinking, not feeling, without intuition or sense. 26)

(p. 53) abatīrṇa one who or that which has come down or gone down or descended or alighted or climbed down or dismounted; flown down to or towards the ground; one who has got out of any vehicle, disembarked; (of a celestial being) incarnated ('অবতীর্ণ এ ধরায়'); one who or that which has appeared or arrived. অবতীর্ণ হওয়া v. to come or go down, 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.); (of a celestial being) to become incarnated, to take one's birth upon the earth; to appear or arrive; (rare) to pass over or come through. ভূমিকায় অবতীর্ণ হওয়া to appear in the role of, to act as (in a play). 28)

(p. 56) abalīlā dalliance; absence of strain or effort; carefree manner or state; ease; absence of hesitation; promptness, readiness. ̃ক্রমে, ̃ভরে, ̃য় adv. playfully; without strain or effort, without toil and trouble, effortlessly; easily; in a carefree manner; unhesitatingly, promptly, readily. 14)

(p. 69) abhrāntacittē confidently; unmistakeably, unerringly. 22)

(p. 63) abhiṣēcana drenching; ablution, ceremonial washing; immersion, bathing. 133)