(p. 118) ābiṣkāra, ābiṣkaraṇa, ābiṣkriẏā discovering; a discovery; invention; the thing invented. আবিষ্কার করা v. to discover; to invent. আবিষ্করণীয় a. that which is to be discovered or invented; well worth discovering or inventing. আবিষ্কর্তা, আবিষ্কারক n. a discoverer; an inventor. 35)

(p. 102) āgunakhāki a woman of fiery temper, a highly irritable or irascible woman, virago, a shrew. 4)

(p. 115) āpatika accidental; incidental. 31)

(p. 118) ābila defiled; turbid, muddy; filthy, foul. ̃তা a. defilement; turbidity; filthiness, foulness. 34)

(p. 115) āpakka imperfectly ripened, half-ripe; half-cooked, half-baked, half-roasted, half-boiled. 23)

(p. 114) ānamana1 bending down; bending down or curving slightly. 6)

(p. 126) āryā1 of আর্য । 15)

(p. 126) āśrama a hermitage; a residence (usu. a small one), a cottage (পুণ্যাশ্রম); an asylum or refuge (আতুরাশ্রম, অনাথাশ্রম); a residential institution (esp. an educational or religious one) (বিদ্যাশ্রম); a stage of life (গার্হস্হ্যাশ্রম). ̃ধর্ম n. duties or rites to be performed by inmates of a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution; duties to be performed in each of the stages of life. ̃বাসী a. & n. one who lives in a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution. fem. ˜বাসিনী । ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. fallen from one's religious order. আশ্রমিক, আশ্রমী a. of or living in a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution, or pertaining to the life in it; adopting any of the stages of life. n. an inmate of a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution; one in any of the stages of life. 126)

(p. 125) ārka solar. ̃ফলা n. this sign over Bengali consonant letters to indicate a preceding '-r' sound; sun-ray; (facet.) a tuft of long hair maintained by a conservative Brahman on his crown. 17)

(p. 126) ārṭisṭa an artist; a painter. 3)

(p. 133) āstānā haunt; an abode, a dwellingplace; a hermitage. আস্তানা গাড়া v. to set up an abode (esp. a temporary one); to take shelter (temporarily). আস্তানা গোটানো v. to depart for good; to strike the tent. 19)

(p. 118) ābhōga a kind of concluding note in the Indian musical modes; act of enjoying; completeness, fullness; expansion; expanse.

(p. 126) ālakātarā tar, pitch, coal-tar. 24)

(p. 126) ālō-chāẏā a mixture of light and shade, chiaroscuro. আলো-ছায়ার খেলা light-and-shade play. 93)

(p. 126) ālubōkharā a variety of plum or prune of which jelly is prepared. 75)