(p. 41) apapāṭha wrong or distorted reading, misreading. 81)

(p. 73) arandhana the Hindu festival of abstaining from cooking observed on the last day of Bhadra (ভাদ্র); abstaining from cooking. 45)

(p. 9) aṭṭa excessive or loud. অট্ট-অট্ট n. a very loud or roaring laughter. a. loud and horrible. ̃নাদ, ̃নিনাদ, ̃রব, ̃রোল n. a very loud noise; an uproar. ̃হাস, ̃হাসি, ̃হাস্য n. a very loud or roaring laughter. 125)

(p. 16) atyādara over-indulgence. 21)

(p. 80) aśauca uncleanness; impurity; profanity; (scriptural) impurity of one's person owing to the birth or death of a relative, the period of duration of this personal impurity. অশৌচান্ত n. termination or end of the period of personal impurity. 44)

(p. 34) anubidhi a proviso; a clause. 17)

(p. 17) adhikōṣa a banking establishment, a bank. ̃স্হিতি n. bank balance. 71)

(p. 80) aśōka free from grief. n. a kind of flower or its tree, the flamboyant; the great Maurya emperor of India. ̃কানন n. a flamboyant-grove (esp. one in which Sita in the Ramayana was kept as a captive). ̃চক্র n. the symbolic wheel introduced by King Ashoka illustrating the stages of birth prior to salvation (it is the emblem of the official flag of India). ̃বন n. same as ̃কানন । ̃লিপি n. any of the religious and moral edicts of Ashoka inscribed on stone-pillars, an inscription of Ashoka. ̃স্তম্ভ n. any of the stone-pillars of Ashoka on which his edicts are inscribed, an Ashoka pillar (it is the official emblem of India). 38)

(p. 7) aghaṭana an awkward or unexpected incident; non-occurrence. ̃ঘটন n. unusual occurrence. অঘটনঘটন-পটীয়সী a. fem. skilled in bringing about what is impossible. 24)

(p. 80) aśālīna indecorous, indecent; in bad taste; not courteous. ̃তা n. indecency, indecorum, lack of decorum or decency. 25)

(p. 50) apraṇidhāna inattention; neglect; carelessness. 20)

(p. 47) aparṇā a woman who has not eaten even a tree-leaf during her penance; an appellation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা).

(p. 69) amāṃsala not fleshy.

(p. 53) abaguṇa absence of virtue or good qualities; a fault or a blemish; a defect. 13)

(p. 87) asamakakṣa unequal (esp. in strength); no match for. 2)