(p. 56) abarōdha obstruction, hindrance; blockade; a siege; a prison; a covering; a container or case; imprisonment; detention; zenana (অবরোধবাসিনী). ̃ক a. & n. one who or that which obstructs or hinders or blockades or besieges or imprisons or detains. অবরোধ করা v. to obstruct, to hinder; to blockade; to besiege; to imprison; to detain. ̃প্রথা n. the practice of keeping women confined in the zenana so that they cannot be seen by outsiders, the purdah system. ̃বাসিনী a. fem. secluded in the zenana. n. woman living in the zenana. 2)

(p. 29) anibārya unpreventable; irresistible (অনিবার্য বেগ); inevitable, ineluctable, inexorable; unavoidable (অনিবার্য কারণে). 7)

(p. 88) asambhābanā impossibility; unlikelihood, improbability; absurdity. অসম্ভাবনীয়, অসম্ভাব্য a. unlikely to occur, improbable. 12)

(p. 69) amatsara not stricken with envy or malice; unenvious. 25)

(p. 72) amṛtāṃśu the moon. 10)

(p. 48) apahasita laughed at, ridiculed, mocked at; laughed to scorn; derided. 22)

(p. 56) abikṣubdha unperturbed, unruffled, unagitated; calm, composed, collected. 78)

(p. 36) anulikhana similar writing; copying a writing, transcription; transliteration; taking down dictation; a piece of similar writing; a reproduction of written matter, a copy, a transcript; a piece of transliterated or dictated writing. 19)

(p. 9) aṅguṣṭha the thumb. ̃প্রদর্শন, অঙ্গুষ্ঠ দেখানো n. showing one's thumb; (fig.) awkward or point-blank refusal; depriving unpleasantly. 33)

(p. 51) apramēẏa immeasurable; uncountable; countless; unlimited, boundless; immense, profuse; innumerable; incomprehensible (অপ্রমেয় ব্রহ্ম). 33)

(p. 41) anyāyya improper, unseemly, unjust; wrongful; unreasonable; unbecoming. ̃তা n. impropriety; unjustness; wrongfulness; unreasonableness; unbecomingness. 30)

(p. 56) abismaẏa absence of astonishment. অবিস্মিত a. not astonished or surprised, not taken by surprise. 132)

(p. 53) abakṣēpa, abakṣēpaṇa scattering; casting downwards; depositing, deposition; ridicule, jeer, taunt. 9)

(p. 80) aśikṣā lack of education or training or instruction; bad or improper or harmful education or training or instruction; (loos.) ill-breeding. অশিক্ষিত a. uneducated; untrained; uninstructed; illiterate. fem. অশিক্ষিতা । 29)

(p. 9) ajānā unknown; unfamiliar; strange. n. an unknown person or place ('কত অজানারে', 'কোন অজানায়' 94)