(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. 126) ālagā unbound, untied, unfastened; open; unbolted; loose; lax; detached; avoiding company, isolated (আলগা থাকা); uncovered; bare; naked; uncontrolled (আলগা জিভ); insincere or uncalled-for (আলগা সোহাগ); uncareful, unmindful (আলগা লোক). আলগা দেওয়া v. to relax, to become lax; to give indulgence. মুখ-আলগা a. loose-tongued; outspoken. 27)

(p. 99) āgaḍ়ma-bāgaḍ়ma rapid and big but idle talk, chatter. আগড়ম-বাগড়ম বকা v. to chatter. 59)

(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. 133) āhlāda delight, gladness, joy, coddling; indulgence. আহ্লাদ করা v. to express delight; to rejoice; to coddle, to fondle. আহ্লাদ দেওয়া v. to give indulgence. আহ্লাদিত a. delight, gladdened. আহ্লাদি a. fem. one who is spoilt by coddling and over-indulgence; one who likes to be coddled and indulged and feigns innocence. n. such a girl or woman. masc. আহ্লাদে । আহ্লাদে আটখানা beside oneself with joy. আহ্লাদে মাথায় চড়া to become impudent as a result of over-indulgence.

(p. 107) ātmōtkarṣa elevation of one's own self or soul, self-elevation; self-advancement. 42)

(p. 125) ārjaba straightness; upright or vertical position; straightforwardness; candour; uprightness; honesty.

(p. 133) āsēdha (personal) restraint; restriction; an injunction; limitation (কালাসেধ). আসেধক n. a bailiff. আসেধাজ্ঞা n. an injunction. 14)

(p. 107) āḍḍā a dwelling-place, a habitat; a haunt; a (fixed or permanent) meetingplace, a rendezvous; a place or institution for practising anything (গানের আ়ড্ডা); a club; a company of informal and friendly talkers, their meetingplace or talk; a place for assemblage, a station or stand (গাড়ির আ়ড্ডা). আড্ডা গাড়া v. to take up abode (usu. permanently) to settle. আড্ডা দেওয়া, আড্ডা মারা v. to join in an assembly of idle talkers; to indulge in informal and friendly talk with others. ̃ধারী n. the keeper or the chief person of a club; a regular clubgoer. ̃বাজ a. fond of indulging in idle talk with others or of haunting clubs where such talk is indulged in. 3)

(p. 133) āhika a snake-charmer. 48)

(p. 114) ānandōcchbōsa an outburst of joy, an ecstasy of delight. 5)

(p. 99) ākhyēẏa having a specific appellation, named, entitled, designated, denominated; to be narrated. 56)

(p. 133) āskandita the gallop of a horse. 16)

(p. 118) ābaru (usu. a woman's) dignity, honour; chastity, modesty; a screen; a veil, a yashmak. 8)

(p. 96) āōtā (rare) shade, sunshade; care; guardianship, custody; control; reach; jurisdiction; purview. (কারও) আওতায় under one's power or tutelage or guardianship. 3)