(p. 83) aṣṭāśri octagonal; eight-angled. 28)

(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. 22) adhyāpana, adhyāpanā act of teaching, or advising or instructing; readership. অধ্যাপনা করা v. to teach, to instruct, to advise; (usu.) to work as a professor or lecturer (in a college etc.). অধ্যাপিত a. taught, instructed. 20)

(p. 9) ajānita unknown. ̃ভাবে adv. unknowingly, unwittingly; unawares. 95)

(p. 62) abyabasāẏa lack of practice or training; lack of enterprise; incompetence. অব্যবসায়ী a. lacking knack in business enterprise; unpractical, unbusinesslike; not having any practice or training; unenterprising; inexperienced; incompetent.

(p. 80) aśaṅka fearless; undaunted; brave; intrepid; unshaken, unworried. অশঙ্কনীয় a. that which or one who is not to be feared, not alarming. অশঙ্কিত a. unafraid, fearless, undaunted; intrepid; unshaken, unworried. 17)

(p. 40) antardarśana (psy.) introspection. অন্তর্দর্শী a. introspective. 15)

(p. 30) anujaṅghāshi (physio.) tibia; (zoo.) fibula. 42)

(p. 90) asundara not beautiful; ugly; ungraceful; ungainly; uncouth. 11)

(p. 63) abhijana aristocracy; (rare) a family; a high or noble family. 60)

(p. 26) anamanīẏa unbending, inflexible; unyielding; indomitable; tough, hard, rigid; obstinate. ̃তা n. inflexibility; unbendingness; rigidity. 13)

(p. 2) akrūra not crooked; not cruel or merciless; simple, straightforward. n. (myth.) uncle of Krishna. 82)

(p. 85) asatatā same as অসাধুতা । 30)

(p. 63) abhibyakti thorough manifestation or expression or development; gradual manifestation or development, evolution. ̃বাদ n. the theory of evolution. 94)

(p. 9) ata so much or so many; that much. pro. so or that much amount of anything; such a large number of anything; so much, so many. 132)