(p. 104) āṭakē, āṭakiẏā a fixed quantity of food offered daily to Lord Jagannath at Puri and then distributed amongst his votaries. আটকে বাঁধা v. to contribute such an amount of money to the temple of Jagannath at Puri as will be sufficient to provide food for one votary. 47)

(p. 107) ādau (ori. & lit.) in the beginning, at first; (pop. and current) at all, in the least. 82)

(p. 133) āhnika daily, diurnal. n. prescribed daily prayer of God. আহ্নিক করা v. to say the prescribed daily prayer to God. ̃গতি diurnal rotation of the earth. আহ্নিকে বসা v. to sit for saying the prescribed daily prayer to God. 57)

(p. 99) ākāra-parimāpa contour survey. 10)

(p. 115) āpila (in law) a prayer for retrial; an appeal. আপিল করা v. to prefer an appeal, to appeal. ̃-আদালত n. an appellate court. ̃কারী n. an appellant. আপিলে খালাস acquitted or released on appeal. 52)

(p. 126) āśbāsa heartening with hope or promise or assurance or consolation or confidence etc. ̃ন n. heartening with hope or promise or assurance or consolation or confidence etc. ̃বাণী n. words that hearten with hope or promise or assurance or consolation or confidence etc. 124)

(p. 126) ālatā lac-dye esp. as used by Hindu women to paint the borders of their feet. 33)

(p. 118) ābāda cultivation, tillage; cultivated land; land developed for agriculture; a human habitation; a settlement. আবাদি a. arable; fit for or developed for cultivation; cultivated. 23)

(p. 126) āśrama a hermitage; a residence (usu. a small one), a cottage (পুণ্যাশ্রম); an asylum or refuge (আতুরাশ্রম, অনাথাশ্রম); a residential institution (esp. an educational or religious one) (বিদ্যাশ্রম); a stage of life (গার্হস্হ্যাশ্রম). ̃ধর্ম n. duties or rites to be performed by inmates of a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution; duties to be performed in each of the stages of life. ̃বাসী a. & n. one who lives in a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution. fem. ˜বাসিনী । ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. fallen from one's religious order. আশ্রমিক, আশ্রমী a. of or living in a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution, or pertaining to the life in it; adopting any of the stages of life. n. an inmate of a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution; one in any of the stages of life. 126)

(p. 126) ālōkana seeing; casting a glance; observation; showing, demonstration. আলোকনীয় a. worth seeing; sightly. 84)

(p. 107) ādhipatya mastery; overlordship; predominance; supremacy; rule, government; suzerainty. আধিপত্য করা v. to dominate; to lord (it) over; to rule, to govern. 100)

(p. 126) ālōcanā, ālōcana discussion; deliberation, consideration. আলোচনা করা v. to discuss; to deliberate, to consider. আলোচনা হওয়া v. to be discussed or deliberated or considered. 86)

(p. 126) ālapanā painting on the floors or walls of a house or temple usu. with liquefied pigment of rice-powder, zinc oxide etc. 37)

(p. 107) ādēkhalā, ādēkhalē inordinately covetous about some object as if he or she has not seen anything like it before; inordinately greedy. ̃পনা n. greediness; indecently or indecorously greedy. 78)

(p. 102) ācaṣā uncultivated, unploughed. 32)