(p. 123) ārabdha that which has been undertaken or begun. আরব্ধ কার্য n. a task undertaken or commenced. 38)

(p. 96) ā expressing: dismay, pain etc. 15)

(p. 122) āmānna uncooked rice. 10)

(p. 97) ān̐ta intestines, entrails; catgut; vital or inmost part (আঁতে ঘা লাগা); one's secret intention or design or mental disposition (আঁত বোঝা). আঁতে ঘা দেওয়া to grieve or hurt a person by pricking his or her weak point, to cut to the quick. 18)

(p. 122) āmūla to the root; radically; thoroughly, completely, root-and-branch. a. extended to the root; radical (আমূল সংস্কার); thorough. 20)

(p. 125) ārādhya worshipped; deserving to be worshipped; worshipful; adorable. ̃মান a. being worshipped or in the state of being worshipped. 7)

(p. 118) ābālya from childhood or infancy; ever since one's childhood. 28)

(p. 114) ānaẏana bringing or fetching. আনয়ন করা v. to bring, to fetch. 13)

(p. 115) āntarjātika, antarjātīẏa international. 12)

(p. 98) ākacā-ākaci mutual envy or jealousy; unhealthy competition (over trifling things). 10)

(p. 133) āstika having faith in God and in life beyond death and in the scriptures, theistic. n. a person having such faith, a theist. ̃তা, আস্তিক্য n. theism. 21)

(p. 107) ādi beginning; origin; source; birth. a. first; original, fundamental, primary. in comp. (used as a sfx.) and the like, et cetera (সুখদুঃখাদি). ̃কবি n. the first poet; Valmiki. ̃কলা n. the fundamental tissue. ̃কলাতন্ত্র n. the fundamental tissue system. ̃কাব্য n. the first epic. ̃কারণ n. the first cause; the Supreme Being; the fundamental cause; the primary cause. ̃কাল n. ancient times. ̃কোষ n. embryonic cell. ̃দেব n. the Supreme Being; any one of the three principal Hindu gods: Brahma (ব্রহ্মা,), Vishnu (বিষ়্ণু) and Maheswara (মহেশ্বর). ̃নাথ n. the Supreme Being; Shiva (শিব). ̃পুরুষ n. the first progenitor or ancestor of a clan or family. ̃বাসী n. the aborigines. ̃বৃত্ত n. equinoctial colure. ̃ভূত a. born or created first, primordial; primary (আদিভূত কারণ). fem. আদিভূতা । ̃রস n. (rhet.) the emotion of love; sex-passion; eroticism. ̃রূপ n. a prototype, an archetype. 66)

(p. 102) āghrāṇa smelling or sniffing. 15)

(p. 121) āmaḍ়ā the hog-plum. ̃গাছি n. flattering with some end in view, coaxing, cajolement. আমড়াগাছি করা v. to flatter with some motive or design, to coax, to cajole. 7)

(p. 123) āẏā a nurse-maid or waiting-maid, an ayah. 13)