(p. 126) āśrita adopted, resorted to; sheltered, supported, protected; dependent (esp. for maintenance). fem. আশ্রিতা । আশ্রিত ব্যক্তি a person who has been given help and protection, a protege. ̃পালক, ̃রক্ষক n. & a. one who maintains or protects those who ask for maintenance or shelter or aid or support or protection. ˜বত্সল a. affectionate and kind to those who seek shelter and protection. ̃বাত্সল্য n. kindness and affection to a dependant or a person under one's protection. ̃রাজ্য n. a protectorate. 130)

(p. 126) ālaṅkārika figurative; rhetorical; relating to ornament; decorative. n. a rhetorician; an author of a treatise on rhetoric or poetics. 22)

(p. 102) ācārya one who teaches the Vedas; a scriptural teachers; a teacher; a tutor. fem. আচার্যা a woman teacher of the Vedas or scriptures; a woman teacher, a tutoress. fem. আচার্যানী the wife of an acharya (আচার্য) 36)

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

(p. 126) āsakta greatly enamoured (of); addicted to; having a deep love (for); devoted (to); attached (to); deeply or profoundly attached to (worldly) pleasures and interests. আসক্তি n. deep love; attention; addiction; devotion; attachment; attachment to (worldly) pleasures and interests; (worldly) pleasures and interests; cohabitation. 138)

(p. 126) āsakē variety of pancake made of a thin paste of liquefied rice-powder. 137)

(p. 99) āgānō to proceed, to go forward; to go ahead; to progress. 76)

(p. 126) āsaṅga sexual intercourse; company, fellowship, social intercourse; union; desire to enjoy; love, attachment; profound attention. ̃লিপ্সা n. desire for sexual intercourse; desire for company or union. ̃লিপ্সু a. desirous of sexual intercourse or of company or union. 139)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭō tight; close-fitting. 17)

(p. 123) āẏatana area or its measure; volume or its measure; extension; breadth; width; a house, an abode; an institution (অচলায়তন); an altar. ̃স্হাপকতা n. bulkelasticity. আয়তনাঙ্ক n. bulk-modulus. 4)

(p. 99) āgata one who or that which has come, arrived. ̃প্রায় a. about to arrive shortly; imminent, impending. 60)

(p. 115) āpatti objection; dissent; protest, expostulation, remonstrance. ̃কর, ̃জনক a. objectionable, open to exception. আপত্তি করা v. to object; to dissent; to protest, to expostulate, to remonstrate. আপত্তি তোলা v. to raise an objection. 33)

(p. 114) ānamana1 bending down; bending down or curving slightly. 6)

(p. 126) āśī2 a serpent's fang. ̃বিষ n. that which has venom in its fang; a venomous snake; the snake. 118)

(p. 115) āpiṅgala brownish, slightly copper-coloured. 51)