(p. 115) āṇḍila very rich. n. a heap; a bundle. 6)

(p. 126) āsā1 a stick (usu. a thick one), a staff; a mace; a sceptre. 152)

(p. 99) ākhaḍ়ā a gymnasium; a place or institution where people assemble to practise anything esp. music, play-acting, etc.; a place where the Vaishnavas assemble for religious worship; (facet.) a club or society; (dero.) a haunt of vice, a den. ̃ই n. dramatic rehearsal. ̃ধারী n. the headman or the keeper of a place where the Vaishnavas assemble for religious worship. 45)

(p. 104) āṭa eight. আটই, আটুই n. the eighth day of a month. a. (of the days of a month) eighth. ̃কড়াই, ̃কৌড়ে n. the Hindu ceremony of distributing eight kinds of fried snacks on the eighth day of a child's birth. ̃খানা করা v. to break or tear into pieces. ̃খানা হওয়া v. to be beside oneself (with joy). ̃চল্লিশ a. & n. forty-eight. ˜চালা n. a thatched room with eight roofs and no wall. ̃ত্রিশ a. & n. thirty-eight. ˜পহর, (dial.) ̃পর n. & adv. whole day and night. ˜পৌরে a. worn or used all day round or ordinarily; (fig.) commonplace, hackneyed. ̃ষট্টি a. & n. sixty-eight. 43)

(p. 99) ākrōśa grudge; malice; anger, wrath. ̃বশে adv. maliciously or grudgingly, owing to malice or grudge. 39)

(p. 126) āślēṣa an embrace; pervasion, diffusion; attachment; amalgamation; union; a sarcasm, a pun. 133)

(p. 107) ādhṛta caught hold of; held; taken, received; arrested; seized, captured; accepted. 108)

(p. 102) ācakā not measured or counted. adv. suddenly, unexpectedly. 24)

(p. 106) āḍ় a central market-place; a wholesale market; a storehouse, an entrepot; a fair. ̃ঘাটা n. a place on the river-bank for getting into or alighting from a boat. ̃ছাঁটা a. (of rice etc.) imperfectly husked. আড়ং ধোলাই n. thorough washing and bleaching of clothes; (coll.) beating someone black and blue. 14)

(p. 126) ālōẏa ālōẏa whilst there is light or daylight, by light or day-light. 98)

(p. 133) āstēsushē leisurely; with no haste or flutter. 26)

(p. 121) ābhyudaẏika pertaining to progress or promotion in life; pertaining to or causing well-being; causing prosperity. n. a ceremony performed on the eve of wedding etc. praying to the spirits of one's forefathers to bless the present occasion. 2)

(p. 126) āliṅgita embraced; hugged. 64)

(p. 121) āmari, ā mari indicating: praise, taunt, ridicule, sorrow etc.; now I'II die happily; I'II rather die. 19)

(p. 123) āẏatī a married woman whose husband is alive. 7)