(p. 98) ākāṅkṣī desirous; wishing for. fem. আকাঙ্ক্ষিণী ।

(p. 114) ānīta brought; fetched. 25)

(p. 126) āśaraphi a gold coin. 114)

(p. 107) ādhāra1 container; a receptacle; a vessel, a case; a store; a haunt, a dwellingplace, a source; a cause. 94)

(p. 115) āpluta flooded; inundated; bathed; drenched; (fig.) overwhelmed or begone (ভাবে আপ্লুত). 67)

(p. 126) ālakuśi cowhage, cowage, cowitch. 25)

(p. 97) ān̐cila a wart, a mole, a blotch. 6)

(p. 98) ām̐stākuḍ়, āstākun̐ḍ় a place for depositing household and other rubbish, a dump, a dustbin. আঁস্তাকুড়ের পাতা বা পাত any large tree-leaf used for a dinnerplate and then thrown into the dustbin; (fig.) an ignoble or base person. আঁস্তাকুড়ের পাত কখনো স্বর্গে যায় না an ignoble person can never continue in a noble company. 8)

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

(p. 99) āgāmika incoming. 79)

(p. 107) ātura sick; afflicted, distressed; agonized. n. a lying-in room (also আতুরঘর). আতুরাশ্রম n. a refuge for the sick and the distressed. আতুরে নিয়মো নাস্তি necessity knows no law. 25)

(p. 106) āṭānabbi ninety-eight. 3)

(p. 102) ācamana washing one's mouth and hands (esp. after meals); formal purification of one's body with water before religious worship as prescribed in the Hindu scriptures. আচমন করা v. to rinse and wash. আচমনীয় n. water for such washing or purification. 28)

(p. 126) āśraẏī one who adopts or takes shelter; sheltered. 129)

(p. 133) āhuta sacrificed as burnt-offering. আহুতি n. a burnt-offering; an oblation. 52)