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

(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. 126) ālāpa conversation; talk, conference, discussion; greeting; acquaintance; (mus.) introductory singing or playing of a tune (esp. a conventional one in Indian classical music) in detail. আলাপ করা v. to converse; to talk, to confer, to discuss; to greet; to make one's acquaintance (with); to cultivate acquaintance (with); (mus.) to sing or play a tune in detail. ̃ন n. conversation, talk, conference. ̃নীয় a. conferrable, discussable. ̃পরিচয়, ̃সালাপ n. (coll.) acquaintance and speaking terms; familiarity, intimacy; discussion. 56)

(p. 121) āma1 mucus; cyst; dysentery. ̃বাত n. nettlerash, urticaria. ̃রক্ত n. blood coming out with the stool of a dysentery patient. ̃রোগ n. dysentery. 3)

(p. 125) ārūḍh় mounted; seated on. আরূঢ় হওয়া v. to mount; to sit on. 11)

(p. 114) ānārasa ananas, pineapple. 24)

(p. 126) ālīḍh় licked; tasted. n. a posture (adopted esp. whilst shooting an arrow) with a knee folded in the front and the other stretched out behind, (cp.) a crouchant position. 68)

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

(p. 118) ābēṣṭaka surrounding, enclosing. n. a fence, a wall; that which encloses, an enclosure. 46)

(p. 107) ādhēẏa that which is worthy of being placed or deposited or produced. n. content. 110)

(p. 102) āṅura grape. ̃খেত n. a vineyard, grapery. আঙুর গাছ, আঙুর লতা n. vine. আঙুরের রস n. grape-juice. 18)

(p. 126) āluni (of cooked food) deficient in salt; salt-free; (fig.) insipid, tasteless. 73)

(p. 123) āraji, ārji a prayer, request; a petition; a plaint. আরজি করা বা দাখিল করা v. to file or submit a petition or plaint. 31)

(p. 122) āmānna uncooked rice. 10)

(p. 121) āma4 the mango. ̃আদা n. the mango ginger, a variety of ginger smelling like the mango. ̃চুর, ̃শি n. dried slices of green mango preserved in salt or in salt and mustard. মুখ শুকিয়ে আমশি হওয়া to look haggard, to have a shrivelled look, to have an emaciated and wizened face. ̃সত্ত্ব n. a thin cake made of the sweet juice of ripe mango by drying it in the sun (used as food), preserved essence of ripe mango. ̃হলুদ same as আম-আদা । বর্ণচোরা আম a variety of mango that looks green and should be sour but is actually ripe and sweet; (fig.) a person concealing his or her merits. 6)