(p. 126) āśīrbacana, āśīrbāda blessing, benediction, benison. আশীর্বাদক a. & n. one who blesses. fem. আশীর্বাদিকা । আশীর্বাদী a. benedictory. □ n. an emblem of benediction. 119)

(p. 115) āndōlana agitation; movement; stir; swinging, oscillation; vibration; cogitation, discussion. রাজনীতিক আন্দোলন political agitation or movement. আন্দোলন করা v. to agitate; to stir; to swing, to oscillate; to vibrate; to cogitate, to discuss. মনে আন্দোলন হওয়া v. to have a thing cogitated in one's mind. 16)

(p. 125) ārāba a (high) sound or note; a (great) noise; tumult; a roar. 8)

(p. 107) ānantarya immediacy; adjacency; proximity; contiguity. 123)

(p. 104) ājānu down to the knees. ̃লম্বিত a. reaching down to the knees. ̃লম্বিতবাহু a. possessing arms that are long enough to reach down to the knees. n. such long arms. 28)

(p. 123) āraśa a throne. 42)

(p. 95) āibaḍ়, āibuḍ়ō unmarried. আইবুড়োভাত n. the ceremony of taking the last meal by a Hindu bride or bridegroom on the night immediately preceding their wedding-day. আইবুড়ো মেয়ে a woman who remains single after the conventional age for marrying, a spinster. 8)

(p. 121) āmalaka, āmalaki, āmalakī emblica, the emblic myrobalan. 24)

(p. 96) āṃrā burning coal, live coal; charcoal; cinder. 12)

(p. 99) ākrānta attacked; invaded; oppressed; stricken (শোকে আক্রান্ত); affected. 37)

(p. 104) āñjāma execution, performance; supply টাকার আঞ্জাম; arrangement, provision; (pop.) income and expenditure. 41)

(p. 118) ābharaṇa anything worn for personal embellishment, an ornament. কলঙ্ক তার অঙ্গের আভরণ scandal she wears as a jewel on her person. 52)

(p. 118) ābirbhāba coming into view (esp. for the first time or from hiding); appearance (esp. sudden); advent; arrival; birth; coming into existence; (of a deity) installing oneself somewhere; (of authors, painters, actors etc.) first appearance before the public; (of flowers etc.) coming out or being revealed, manifestation. 32)

(p. 107) ādhunika of present times, modern, current; new. fem. আধুনিকী । (inc. but current) আধুনিকা । ̃তা n. modernism, modernity. 105)

(p. 126) ālajihbā, ālajibha, ālajiba the uvula, the epiglottis. 30)