(p. 56) abināśa not subjected to decay; nondestructible; non-perishable. n. one who is not subject to decay or destruction. 100)

(p. 90) asāra unsubstantial, vapoury; negligible; worthless; false; pithless, marrowless, sapless (অসার কাঠ); futile, pointless (অসার যুক্তি). ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. unsubstantiality; vaporiness; negligibility; worthlessness; falseness, falsity; lack of pith or marrow or sap; futility; pointlessness. অসার সংসার the inane and unmeaning world, the insubstantial world. 2)

(p. 73) ayaśa disrepute; discredit. অযশস্কর a. disreputable; discreditable; damaging; disgraceful; inglorious. অযশস্বী a. not famous. fem. অযশস্বিনী । 28)

(p. 48) apalāpa suppression or concealment (তথ্যের অপলাপ); denial (সত্যের বা উক্তির অপলাপ); a false statement, suggestio falsi. 5)

(p. 30) anupama incomparable, peerless, unequalled; best, excellent. fem. অনুপমা । অনুপমেয় a. incomparable. 98)

(p. 63) abhiṣaṅga embrace; attachment; envy; calumny, scandal, disparagement, vilification, defamation; misfortune, disaster; grief. 129)

(p. 9) aghōra2 not terrible; calm. n. God Shiva (শিব). ̃পন্হী n. one of a religious community practsing dreadful and abominable rites. ̃মন্ত্র n. incantation to invoke Shiva. 4)

(p. 73) arajaska, arajā, arajāḥ (of a girl) whose menstruation has not yet started; who has not yet attained her puberty. 41)

(p. 17) athabā or. 12)

(p. 88) asampūrṇa incomplete, unfinished; outstanding; not full; imperfect. ̃তা n. incompletion, incompleteness, unfinished state, state of not being full; imperfection. 5)

(p. 20) adhīkṣaka a superintendent; a supervisor, an overseer. 50)

(p. 77) ardhōdaẏa an auspicious annual conjunction of stars in Paus (পৌষ) or Magh (মাঘ) considered a holy occasion for the Hindus for ceremonial bathing in the Ganges. 19)

(p. 30) anupūraka complementary; supplementary. n. a complement; a supplement. 109)

(p. 2) akapaṭa frank, candid, sincere, aboveboard; straightforward; unreserved. ̃তা n. frankness; candour, sincerity, ̃চিত্তে, অকপটে adv. open-heartedly, frankly, sincerely, candidly. 10)

(p. 71) amitrākṣara unrhymed. অমিত্রাক্ষর ছন্দ blank verse. 17)