(p. 133) āsphōṭa, āsphōṭana collision, clash; sound of clashing or thrashing; (in wrestling) slapping on one's own arms etc. as an indication of preparing to attack. 35)

(p. 121) āmarśa, āmarśana touch, contact; counsel, advice, consultation; weighing something in the mind, deliberation. 21)

(p. 126) āsatti union, amalgamation; proximity, adjacency, acquisition, acquirement; profit; (gr.) proximity of related words within a sentence (cp. collocation). 143)

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

(p. 106) āḍ়ṣṭa benumbed; inert; hesitant. ̃তা n. inertness, sluggishness; hesitation due to shyness. 18)

(p. 107) ātmārāma the soul; life; the mind; life as imagined as a bird enclosed by the prison of a body; a term of endearment with which a pet parrot, or parakeet, or magpie is addressed (বলো বাবা আত্মারাম). আত্মারাম খাঁচাছাড়া হওয়া v. to die. আত্মারাম শুকিয়ে যাওয়া v. to cower. 37)

(p. 126) ālanā a rack or stand for clothes, hats etc. 36)

(p. 126) ālōḍ়ka one who or that which stirs or churns; an exciter; an agitator; one who recollects; a deliberator; a pestle for churning with. 94)

(p. 118) ābēśa confounded state of mind; mental confusion, perplexity; tremendous excitement of passion ('আবেশে হিয়ার মাঝারে লই'); attachment, love ('আবেশে অবশ তনু'); entrance; infiltration, taking possession (ভূতাবেশ); rapt attention; trance; engrossment; rapture; obsession. 43)

(p. 125) ārādhita worshipped; adored. 6)

(p. 126) āśaiśaba since infancy or childhood or boyhood. 121)

(p. 115) āpāna a place for drinking (wine esp. in a party); a public-house, a bar; a wineshop, an alehouse. 49)

(p. 133) āsēcana watering or wetting thoroughly. 13)

(p. 133) āharita but pop. form of আহৃত । 44)

(p. 118) ābṛta covered; encircled, surrounded (মেখলাবৃত); overcast or pervaded with (মেঘাবৃত). আবৃত করা v. to cover; to encircle, to surround; to overcast; to pervade. আবৃতি n. state of being covered or encircled or pervaded; covering; a cover; encirclement; pervasion; a wall; a fence; an enclosure. 38)