(p. 114) ānartha, ānarthya, ānarthakya futility; ineffectualness. 14)

(p. 106) āḍ়ā2 a measure of grain (= about 75 kgs). 20)

(p. 99) ākulā1 (poet.) to become or make distressed or anxious or worried or eager or nonplussed or overflowing. 24)

(p. 99) āgaḍ় an unfixed door usually made of straw, bamboo, wattles etc.; a hurdle. 58)

(p. 126) ālōḍ়na stirring or churning; excitation; agitation; recollection; deliberation. আলোড়ন করা v. to stir; to churn; to excite; to agitate; to revolve in mind; to ponder; to deliberate. 95)

(p. 104) āchāḍ়i-pichāḍ়i writhing or wriggling violently (in pain or grief); flouncing. 12)

(p. 102) āghūrṇana act of being turned or rolled or whirled round; circling or whirling; revolving. আঘূর্ণিত a. turned; whirled round; rolling. 14)

(p. 133) āhata hurt, struck; beaten, smitten; wounded; injured; thrashed, treaded (পদাহত); (of stringed musical instruments) played or sounded. আহতি n. a blow, a stroke; a beating; a hurt, a wound; injury; thrashing; playing or sounding. 39)

(p. 115) ānbaẏika relating to concord or syntax, relating to agreement. 18)

(p. 114) ānanda joy, delight; happiness; gladness, cheerfulness; pleasure; merriment. আনন্দ করা v. to rejoice; to make merry. ̃কর a. delightful; pleasant; gladdening. ̃কানন n. a delightful woodland or grove; a pleasure-grove. ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক a. causing joy; delightful; pleasant. ̃ন n. producing joy, delight etc. ̃বিহ্বল a. beside oneself with joy, overwhelmed with joy. ̃ময় a. full of joy, joyful; delightful; happy; cheerful; pleasant; merry. ̃ময়ী a. fem. of আনন্দময় । n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃লহরী n. a wave of delight; a musical instrument with one string held in one hand and played with a plectrum by the other. 2)

(p. 97) ān̐cā to surmise, to sense, to guess, to conjecture; to anticipate. 4)

(p. 98) ākāṅkṣā a desire; a wish, a longing; (gr.) necessity for a word to complete a sentence. আকাঙ্ক্ষা করা v. to desire; to wish, to long for. 29)

(p. 107) ānaka a large drum; a wardrum; thunder-cloud. a. thunderous; sounding. 116)

(p. 107) ātāmra slightly copper-coloured; slightly dull red. 19)

(p. 99) ākhaḍ়ā a gymnasium; a place or institution where people assemble to practise anything esp. music, play-acting, etc.; a place where the Vaishnavas assemble for religious worship; (facet.) a club or society; (dero.) a haunt of vice, a den. ̃ই n. dramatic rehearsal. ̃ধারী n. the headman or the keeper of a place where the Vaishnavas assemble for religious worship. 45)