(p. 107) ādi beginning; origin; source; birth. a. first; original, fundamental, primary. in comp. (used as a sfx.) and the like, et cetera (সুখদুঃখাদি). ̃কবি n. the first poet; Valmiki. ̃কলা n. the fundamental tissue. ̃কলাতন্ত্র n. the fundamental tissue system. ̃কাব্য n. the first epic. ̃কারণ n. the first cause; the Supreme Being; the fundamental cause; the primary cause. ̃কাল n. ancient times. ̃কোষ n. embryonic cell. ̃দেব n. the Supreme Being; any one of the three principal Hindu gods: Brahma (ব্রহ্মা,), Vishnu (বিষ়্ণু) and Maheswara (মহেশ্বর). ̃নাথ n. the Supreme Being; Shiva (শিব). ̃পুরুষ n. the first progenitor or ancestor of a clan or family. ̃বাসী n. the aborigines. ̃বৃত্ত n. equinoctial colure. ̃ভূত a. born or created first, primordial; primary (আদিভূত কারণ). fem. আদিভূতা । ̃রস n. (rhet.) the emotion of love; sex-passion; eroticism. ̃রূপ n. a prototype, an archetype. 66)

(p. 107) ādyā born or created or originated first, primordial. n. fem. Nature; (Hindu theol.) the Supreme Goddess associated with God in the work of creation, Goddes Durga (দুর্গা). ̃শক্তি same as আদ্যা (n.). 85)

(p. 115) āpasē2, āpsē of one's own, spontaneously. 43)

(p. 125) ārōha height, altitude; ascent; boarding (a ship, railway train etc.) entrainment, embarkation; buttock esp. of a woman (বরারোহা); grade; (log.) induction. ̃ণ n. mounting or climbing or riding or placing oneself upon; ascent, ascension, boarding a carriage. আরোহণ করা v. to mount, to climb, to scale; to ascend; to ride; to place oneself upon; to board (a ship, railway train etc.) to embark, to entrain. ̃ণী n. a flight of steps, a stair, a stair-case; a ladder; an escalator. ̃পত্র n. an embarkation permit. ̃প্রণালী n. inductive method. ̃স্হান n. a remount depot. আরোহী a. mounting; climbing; scaling; riding; boarding, embarking; mounted; emplaced; boarded; ascended; (log.) inductive; (mus. of notes) gradually increasing in pitch. n. a climber; a rider; a passenger; (mus.) a note which increases gradually in pitch. fem. আরোহিণী । 16)

(p. 97) ān̐ta intestines, entrails; catgut; vital or inmost part (আঁতে ঘা লাগা); one's secret intention or design or mental disposition (আঁত বোঝা). আঁতে ঘা দেওয়া to grieve or hurt a person by pricking his or her weak point, to cut to the quick. 18)

(p. 107) ādya first, prime; primeval; primitive: primordial; chief; best; primary. ̃কৃত্য n. the work to be done first (also see আদ্যশ্রাদ্ধ). ̃প্রাণী n. the protozoa. ̃প্রান্ত adv. from beginning to end; from top to bottom. ̃শ্রাদ্ধ, ̃কৃত্য n. solemn obsequies performed in memory of the deceased on the day following the period of mourning. 83)

(p. 96) āṃrā burning coal, live coal; charcoal; cinder. 12)

(p. 126) ālōcyamāna what is being discussed, (of a subject) under discussion. 92)

(p. 104) ājānu down to the knees. ̃লম্বিত a. reaching down to the knees. ̃লম্বিতবাহু a. possessing arms that are long enough to reach down to the knees. n. such long arms. 28)

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

(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. 115) āntḥprādēśika inter-provincial; (in a federal state like India) inter-state. 7)

(p. 107) ādēṣṭā & n. one who orders or commands or decrees or enjoins or directs or permits. 81)

(p. 114) ānā2 to fetch, to bring. 16)

(p. 99) ākārānta (of words) ending with the vowel or the vowel-sound আ 13)