(p. 121) āmantraṇa invitation; a call to come; a greeting. আমন্ত্রণ করা v. to invite; to call; to greet. 11)

(p. 107) ātmōpama like one's own self, equal to one's own-self, selflike. 44)

(p. 114) ānamana1 bending down; bending down or curving slightly. 6)

(p. 97) ān̐disān̐di loopholes; tricks and stratagems; (sing.) due arrangement, order, system. 25)

(p. 123) ārabhamāṇa in a state of being commenced or undertaken; about to commence. 39)

(p. 95) āi mother; one's mother's mother or aunt. 5)

(p. 126) ālulāẏita, ālulita (of hair) loosened and spread out, dishevelled, unkempt. আলুলায়িত করা v. to untie and spread out, to dishevel, to ruffle. 76)

(p. 107) ātmāpahāraka, ātmāpahārī guilty of false personification; dissimulating. 35)

(p. 104) ājñā an order; a command; a decree; an injunction; permission. int. indicating: response; willingness, consent etc. (whilst talking to superiors), yes sir, right sir. আজ্ঞা করা v. to order, to command; to permit. আজ্ঞা দেওয়া v. to give an order or command or permission. ̃কারী a. & n. one who orders or commands or permits. fem. ˜কারিনী । ̃কারী হওয়া v. to carry out or obey an order or command. ̃ক্রমে, আজ্ঞানুক্রমে adv. in obedience to or in accordance with an order. ̃ধীন, আজ্ঞানুবর্তী n. subservient; subordinate, bound to carry out one's orders; subject to one's orders, obedient. আজ্ঞানুবর্তিতা n. subordination, subjection; obedience. আজ্ঞানুযায়ী, আজ্ঞানুসারে same as আজ্ঞাক্রমে । ̃পক a. & n. one who orders or commands. ˜পত্র n. a writ of command, a written order; a permit. ̃পন n. act of ordering or commanding. ̃পালক a. (also n.) one who carries out or obeys an order or command; subservient or subordinate (person). ̃পালন n. act of carrying out or complying with an order; obedience. ̃পিত a. ordered, commanded. বহ same as আজ্ঞাধীন । ̃মতো same as আজ্ঞাক্রমে । ̃লঙ্ঘন n. act of disobeying an order. ̃লিপি same as আজ্ঞাপত্র । ̃লেখ n. a writ. আজ্ঞে int. indicating: a polite response, acknowledgment, inquiry etc. (whilst talking to superiors); yes, sir; what's your pleasure, sir? যে আজ্ঞা as you please, sir. 34)

(p. 106) āḍ়2 a kind of salt-water fish. 10)

(p. 118) ābāsa a dwelling-place, a habitation, a home, an abode; a residence; a house. আবাসিক n. a caretaker (chiefly of a Buddhist monastery). a. resident (আবাসিক শল্য-চিকিত্সক); (of a student) living in a students' hostel. আবাসিক বিদ্যালয় residential school. 29)

(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. 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. 126) ālaṅkārika figurative; rhetorical; relating to ornament; decorative. n. a rhetorician; an author of a treatise on rhetoric or poetics. 22)

(p. 115) āpana one's own, own. ̃জন n. one's own man, a friend or relative. ̃পর a. one's near and far ones. n. friend and foe. ̃ভোলা a. careless about one's own interests; absent-minded, absorbed. 35)