(p. 114) ānuṣṭhānika ritual, ceremonial; formal.

(p. 98) ākarṣa attraction; pull; any object by which something is drawn or pulled; magnet; a tendril. আকর্ষক, আকর্ষিক, আকর্ষী a. that which attracts or draws or pulls. n. lodestone. 22)

(p. 133) āstē slowly; carefully; lightly, mildly, gently (আস্তে মারা); stepping lightly or noiselessly (আস্তে আসা); in an undertone (আস্তে কথা বলো); noiselessly. 24)

(p. 126) ālā2 first; highest; best. 49)

(p. 102) ācābhuẏā very strange, queer; queerly shaped. 33)

(p. 118) ābhōga a kind of concluding note in the Indian musical modes; act of enjoying; completeness, fullness; expansion; expanse.

(p. 114) ānandāśru tears of joy. 3)

(p. 118) ābbā (Mus.) father; dad. 50)

(p. 102) āgraha eagerness; zeal, earnestness, intentness, an intent desire; an inclination; wistfulness. আগ্রহাতিশয় n. excessive eagerness or zeal or affection or wistfulness. আগ্রহান্বিত a. eager; zealous; intent; intently desirous; inclined (to); wistful. 10)

(p. 99) ākuli form of আকুলা । 26)

(p. 123) āẏurbēda the traditional Hindu science of medicine as taught in the Atharva Veda. আয়ুর্বেদীয় a. relating or pertaining to this science; according to this science. 20)

(p. 106) āḍ়āla a device or a thing that intercepts the view; a screen, a cover; a position or place intercepted from the view, hiding, concealment. আড়াল করা v. to put out of view; to hide, to conceal. আড়াল হওয়া v. to go out of view; to go behind the screen; to go in hiding, to hide. আড়াল আবডাল n. secrecy; cover; hiding. আড়ালে আবডালে adv. secretly, confidentially, in camera; in a hidden place, in concealment.

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

(p. 121) āmala region, rule, regime; possession, control; age, time, period; attention, heed, indulgence (আমল দেওয়া). আমল না দেওয়া to attach no importance to, to pay no heed to, to refuse to consider; to overlook. মান্ধাতার আমল see মান্ধাতা । 23)

(p. 115) ānbīkṣikī the science and art of reasoning, logic. 19)