(p. 80) alpa small in number or amount; a few; a little, a bit; short; of short duration, short-lived (অল্পজীবী); (gr.) unaspirated (অল্পপ্রাণ); illiberal, narrow (অল্পমতি); delicate (অল্পতনু); less than what is necessary or usual, insufficient, inadequate, scanty, poor. pro. a small number of persons or things. ̃ই adv. only a few, a little; but little; rarely, scarcely, seldom; insufficiently. অল্প অল্প করে adv. little by little, bit by bit; by degrees; gradually; slowly. ̃কাল, ̃ক্ষণ n. a short time, a short while. ̃কাল পরে, ̃কাল মধ্যে adv. shortly after, in a short time; before long. ̃চেতা a. narrow-minded; illiberal. ̃জীবী a. short lived. ̃জ্ঞ a. imperfectly educated, not knowledgeable; not erudite. ̃তম a. minimum. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. smallness in number or quantity; shortness; shortness of duration; illiberality, narrowness; insufficiency, inadequacy, shortage. ̃দর্শী a. lacking in foresight, short-sighted; imprudent; lacking in experience, inexperienced; narrow in outlook. ̃দর্শিতা n. want of foresight, short-sightedness; imprudence; want of experience,; narrowness of outlook. ̃ধী a. dull-witted, unintelligent. ̃প্রাণ a. short-lived; narrow-minded, illiberal, mean-minded; (gr.) unaspirated. ̃বয়সী, ̃বয়স্ক a. of tender age, young, minor. ̃বিদ্য a. possessing but a little learning; imperfectly educated. ̃বিদ্যা n. a little learning; imperfect education. অল্পবিদ্যা ভয়ংকরী a little learning is a dangerous thing. ̃বিস্তর adv. & a. more or less. ˜বুদ্ধি same as অল্পধী । ̃ভাষী a. of few words; reserved in speech; taciturn; reticent. ̃ভাষীতা n. taciturnity; reticence. ̃মতি a. meanminded. ̃মাত্র a. just a little. ̃মাত্রা n. a small dose or quantity. ̃মূল্য a. cheap. ̃মূল্যে adv. at a low price, cheaply. ̃শ adv. same as অল্প অল্প করে । ̃সংখ্যক a. a few, small in number. ̃স্বল্প a. a little, a bit; a few; not much or many; not frequent; temperate; moderate. 9)

(p. 75) arcana, arcanā worship; cult; adoration; homage. অর্চনা করা v. to worship; to adore; to pay homage to. অর্চনীয় a. one who or that which should be or is to be worshipped; worshipful; adorable; honourable; venerable, reverend. 18)

(p. 63) abhāgya luckless, unlucky, unfortunate. n. a luckless person; ill luck. 38)

(p. 2) akalpita not imaginary or fanciful; real; unthought-of, unimagined. ̃পূর্ব a. unpremeditated; unthought-of; not thought-of before. 28)

(p. 48) apahasita laughed at, ridiculed, mocked at; laughed to scorn; derided. 22)

(p. 41) apakīrti disrepute, ill-fame; notoriety; a wrongful or disgraceful act, a misdeed; a mischief; a crime. 40)

(p. 24) ananuśīlana lack or absence of systematic practice or training. অননুশীলিত a. not practised; without systematic training; uncultivated. 14)

(p. 2) agastya a mythological sage of India; (astrol.) the Canopus. ̃যাত্রা n. the first day of the month of Bhadra (ভাদ্র) when the sage Agastya asked the bending Vindhyas to wait till he came back and he never came back (this day has since been regarded by the Hindus as extremely inauspicious to set out on a journey; (cp. a corbie messenger). অগস্ত্যোদয় n. rise of the star Agastya or Canopus (about the 17th or 18th day of Bhadra). 126)

(p. 75) arthāntara difference in interpretation; a different interpretation; another or a different meaning or significance. ̃ন্যাস n. (rhet.) a figure of speech which corroborates the general by the particular or the particular by the general or the cause by the effect or the effect by the cause, corroboration. 34)

(p. 37) anusiddhānta (geom.) a corollary. 20)

(p. 48) apūraṇa non-fulfilment; shortage, want. 58)

(p. 16) atyāhita harm, injury; great fear. 27)

(p. 90) asārthaka unsuccessful; failed; unrealized, unfulfilled. 3)

(p. 2) akṛtāparādha not guilty; guiltless. 62)

(p. 36) anulipi a piece of similar writing, a facsimile or duplicate copy of written matter, a transcript, a copy; a piece of transliterated or dictated writing. 20)