(p. 126) ālasya idleness, laziness, sloth; procrastination; dilatoriness; lethargy, indolence. আলস্য ত্যাগ করা v. to give up idleness; to be up and doing; to shake off lethargy by moving one's limbs; to yawn. ̃পরায়ণ a. lazy; lethargic; given to idleness; slothful. আলস্য ভাঙা v. to shake off lethargy by moving or stretching one's limbs; to yawn. 48)

(p. 99) ākiñcana indigence, utter poverty; humble prayer or desire, craving; zeal, earnestness; endeavour, effort. 18)

(p. 121) āmalā an office-clerk; a government office. ̃তন্ত্র n. bureaucracy. ̃তান্ত্রিক a. bureaucratic.

(p. 118) ābrahma starting with or from Brahma (ব্রক্ষ্ম). ̃স্তম্ব n. all creatures and objects starting with Brahma (ব্রহ্ম) or the Supreme Consciousness down to the inanimate straw. 51)

(p. 115) āpōśa compromise. আপোশ করা v. to compromise, to strike out a compromise; to settle amicably. ̃রফা, ̃মীমাংসা n. amicable settlement, compromise. আপোশে adv. amicably; by arrangement. 60)

(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. 107) ānantya infiniteness, infinitude; endlessness; interminableness.

(p. 115) āpīḍ়na pressing or squeezing or hugging or oppressing thoroughly. আপীড়িত a. pressed or squeezed or hugged or oppressed thoroughly. 54)

(p. 99) āgānō to proceed, to go forward; to go ahead; to progress. 76)

(p. 95) ā2 expressing: surprise, bewilderment, delight, relief, regret, vexation, aversion, anxiety, suspense, fright, consternation; ah, oh. 3)

(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. 114) ānuṣṭhānika ritual, ceremonial; formal.

(p. 125) āraśōlā the cockroach, the blackbeetle. 2)

(p. 126) ālasē2 idle, lazy, slothful, sluggish, indolent. আলসেমি n. idleness, sloth; procrastination. 47)

(p. 133) āsānaḍ়i a thick stick; a staff. 4)