(p. 126) āsamudra & adv. extending up to the ocean. ˜হিমাচল a. & adv. extending from the ocean to the Himalayas. 148)

(p. 102) ācāra1 sauce; pickle. আমের আচার pickled slices of mango, mango pickles or preserves. 34)

(p. 126) ālubōkharā a variety of plum or prune of which jelly is prepared. 75)

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

(p. 96) āōẏāji a small window in the upper part of the wall, (cp.) a bay-window, (cp.) a skylight. 5)

(p. 126) ālōcāla rice obtained by sunning paddy and not by boiling it, sunned rice. 89)

(p. 99) ākṛṣyamāṇa that which is being attracted or drawn or pulled. 32)

(p. 107) āḍhya wealthy, rich, affluent; in possession of, rich in (ধনাঢ্য). 5)

(p. 107) ātāntara distress, misery; danger. আতান্তরে পড়া v. to get into or to be in distress. 18)

(p. 96) āōlāta, āōlāda fruit-trees and other immovable property; offspring, progeny. 8)

(p. 114) ānanda joy, delight; happiness; gladness, cheerfulness; pleasure; merriment. আনন্দ করা v. to rejoice; to make merry. ̃কর a. delightful; pleasant; gladdening. ̃কানন n. a delightful woodland or grove; a pleasure-grove. ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক a. causing joy; delightful; pleasant. ̃ন n. producing joy, delight etc. ̃বিহ্বল a. beside oneself with joy, overwhelmed with joy. ̃ময় a. full of joy, joyful; delightful; happy; cheerful; pleasant; merry. ̃ময়ী a. fem. of আনন্দময় । n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃লহরী n. a wave of delight; a musical instrument with one string held in one hand and played with a plectrum by the other. 2)

(p. 107) āduḍ় uncovered bare; naked, unclothed; undressed; untied. ̃-গা n. bare body. ̃চুলি a. fem. one whose hair is undressed or untied or dishevelled; a woman having no veil over her head. 74)

(p. 107) ātmāhuti self-immolation, self-sacrifice. 39)

(p. 126) ālā3 illuminated; brightened up. n. light ('আলার ভিতরে কালাটি'). 50)

(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)