(p. 133) āsphōṭa, āsphōṭana collision, clash; sound of clashing or thrashing; (in wrestling) slapping on one's own arms etc. as an indication of preparing to attack. 35)

(p. 126) āsañjita adhered or adhering to. 142)

(p. 102) āguna fire. আগুন ধরা বা লাগা v. to take or catch fire. আগুন ধরানো বা লাগানো v. to set fire to. আগুন হওয়া v. to become inflamed; (fig.) to be heated or enraged. কপালে আগুন (fig.) extremely unfortunate, wretched; extremely scarce (মাছের কপালে আগুন). পেটে আগুন intolerable hunger. (তার) মুখে আগুন (in imprecation) may the Devil take (him). রেগে আগুন burning with rage, in a towering rage, furiously angry. 3)

(p. 118) ābēṣṭita surrounded, enclosed, encircled. 48)

(p. 102) āghrāṇa smelling or sniffing. 15)

(p. 95) āiẏō a woman whose husband is alive. 10)

(p. 104) āṭakē, āṭakiẏā a fixed quantity of food offered daily to Lord Jagannath at Puri and then distributed amongst his votaries. আটকে বাঁধা v. to contribute such an amount of money to the temple of Jagannath at Puri as will be sufficient to provide food for one votary. 47)

(p. 106) āṭhārō eighteen. ̃ই n. the eighteenth day of a month. a. (of the days of a month) eighteenth. আঠারো মাসে বছর intolerable procrastination. 7)

(p. 97) ān̐tuḍ় a lying-in room, a labour-room (আঁতুড় ঘর); confinement of a woman at childbirth. 23)

(p. 95) ā1 the second vowel of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 114) ānamana2 unmindful, absentminded. 7)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭā to fasten tightly, to tighten; to wear, to put on (পাগড়ি আঁটা); to bolt (দরজায় খিল আঁটা); to fix (স্ক্রু আঁটা); to affix (খামে টিকিট আঁটা); to shut, to close (দরজা আঁটা, লেফাফা আঁটা); to (be able to) contain or hold, to have capacity or room for (বালতিতে দুধ আঁটা), to contend with (usu. equally); to be equal to; to contrive (ফন্দি আঁটা); to be equal to, to cope with (বুদ্ধিতে আঁটা). a. closed, shut. আঁটাআঁটি, আঁটিসাঁটি n. excessive tightness; excessive strictness or rigour; firmness; higgling; excessive attention to (usu. one's own) interests (নিজের বেলা আঁটিসাঁটি). ̃নো v. to cause or force to contain or hold. 12)

(p. 133) āspardhā effrontery, impudence, impertinence, audacity; arrogance, haughtiness; boasting. 32)

(p. 122) āmra (for. High.) the mango. ̃কানন, ̃কুঞ্জ, ̃বন n. a mango-grove. 26)

(p. 126) ālō-ān̐dhāri a mixture of light and shade; chiaroscuro. আলো-আঁধারের খেলা interplay of light-and-shade. 82)