(p. 118) ābira a kind of perfumed and coloured powder that the Hindus sprinkle over one another esp. during the Holi (হোলি) festival. 31)

(p. 118) ābāgā, ābāgē ill-fated, unfortunate. fem. আবাগি । 22)

(p. 107) ātaśikāca flint-glass, burning-glass. 16)

(p. 122) āmīkṣā posset. 18)

(p. 118) ābarita (poet.) covered; screened; veiled. 7)

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

(p. 115) āphalōdaẏa till fructuation; till attainment or realization (of aim, desires etc.). ̃কর্মা n. a worker who works till he succeeds. 69)

(p. 115) āpta1 obtained, attained, realized, gratified (আপ্তকাম); free from errors; authoritative (আপ্তবাক্য); closely related as friends and relatives (আপ্তজন). ̃করণিক n. confidential clerk. ̃কাম a. one whose desires have been gratified. ̃কারী a. reliable; trustworthy. ̃জন n. one's own relative or friend. ̃বচন same as আপ্তবাক্য । ̃বন্ধু same as আপ্তজন । ̃বাক্য n. a revealed truth, revelation; (phil.) a source of knowledge; advice of one's own friends and relatives; a presumptive truth, an a priori truth. 61)

(p. 126) ālēkuma (Mus.) a word forming a part of the return salute. 77)

(p. 115) āndāja guess, conjecture. a. approximate or conjectural. adv. more or less, approximately (আন্দাজ একশো গ্রাম). আন্দাজি a. depending on or deduced by guessing; uncertain. আন্দাজে adv. by guess, by surmise or conjecture. 15)

(p. 126) ālakāṭā barbed; grooved. 23)

(p. 99) ākhēṭaka, ākhēṭika a hunter (esp. by profession or birth). 52)

(p. 133) āhṛta procured; collected; accumulated, amassed; compiled; earned; obtained; prepared. 54)

(p. 107) ādṛta received cordially, well-received; treated with cordiality, welcome; wellappreciated; esteemed, honoured. 77)

(p. 126) āśābari an Indian musical mode. 116)