(p. 97) ān̐dhāra darkness, gloom; absence of light. a. dark, gloomy; deprived of light. আঁধার ঘরের মানিক an object of precious hope and consolation amidst utter misery; silver-lining. মনের আঁধার ignorance; extreme sorrow or dejection. আঁধারি same as আঁধার । 26)

(p. 125) āraśōlā the cockroach, the blackbeetle. 2)

(p. 118) ābaśyika compulsory. 17)

(p. 126) āsaba distilled spirit; alcoholic beverage, wine. আসবিক a. alcoholic. 146)

(p. 102) ācaṣā uncultivated, unploughed. 32)

(p. 107) ādhikya excess; abundance; intemperance; predominance; rifeness. 98)

(p. 106) āṭhā any glutinous or adhesive or viscid substance; gum, glue, paste. 6)

(p. 126) āśruta promised; heard. 131)

(p. 122) āmāra my, mine. 11)

(p. 118) ābrahma starting with or from Brahma (ব্রক্ষ্ম). ̃স্তম্ব n. all creatures and objects starting with Brahma (ব্রহ্ম) or the Supreme Consciousness down to the inanimate straw. 51)

(p. 104) āchilē (poet.) 2nd. per. were. 16)

(p. 115) āpanā one's own self. a. one's own. আপনা-আপনি adv. by or of one's own self; on one's own; without any outward aid; spontaneously. n. pl. one's own people, friends and relatives. আপনা-আপনির মধ্যে among one's own people; among friends and relations. আপনার var. of আপন । আপনা থেকে of or by one's own self; on one's own; of its own; spontaneously. আপনার পায়ে কুড়ল মারা (fig.) to dig one's own grave. 36)

(p. 99) ākṣēpa convulsion (esp. muscular); fits; grief; sorrow; lamentation. 43)

(p. 122) āmāni the water in which cooked rice has been soaked overnight. 9)

(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)