(p. 125) ārādhaka one who worships. n. a worshipper, a devotee. 4)

(p. 99) āgaḍ়ma-bāgaḍ়ma rapid and big but idle talk, chatter. আগড়ম-বাগড়ম বকা v. to chatter. 59)

(p. 121) āmantraṇa invitation; a call to come; a greeting. আমন্ত্রণ করা v. to invite; to call; to greet. 11)

(p. 107) ātmā (Hindu theol.) the conscious immortal independent and active guide of every being which is present in theA body but is not an inseparable part of it; the soul, the atman; the Supreme Being, God; a guardian deity; one's own likeness, self-identify, selfhood, the body; the heart, the mind; natural disposition, nature. 29)

(p. 104) āṭaka a bar, obstruction, hindrance; detention, confinement; restraint. a. confined, detained; imprisoned; enclosed. আটক করা v. to obstruct or confine or detain. আটক প়ড়া বা হওয়া v. to become obstructed or confined or detained. আটকবন্দি n. a detenu. 44)

(p. 104) āñjani a sty or stye on the eyelid; a small lizard akin to the iguana. 39)

(p. 106) āḍ়ṣa5 squint, oblique (আড় চোখ); half (আড়পাগলা). আড় ভাঙা v. to straighten. আড় হওয়া v. to lie down obliquely; to recline. ̃চোখে চাহনি, ̃চাহনি sidelong look or glance. ̃বাঁশি n. a kind of flute usu. made of bamboo or reed. ̃ভাবে adv. crosswise; obliquely. ̃মোড়া, আড়ামোড়া n. straightening or stretching one's body and removing inertia or lethargy or weariness. 13)

(p. 104) āchāḍ় a throw or fall to the ground with force. আছাড় খাওয়া v. to fall to the ground with force; to tumble. আছাড় দেওয়া, আছাড় মারা v. to throw or fling to the ground violently. 11)

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

(p. 126) ālāpita talked or spoken to; greeted; acquainted. fem. আলাপিতা । 58)

(p. 107) ādhirājya imperiality; overlordship; suzerainty. 103)

(p. 99) āgāchā weed. 75)

(p. 115) āpakhōrāki in the state when one has to pay for one's own food. 24)

(p. 115) ānūpa watery; marshy. n. any of the terrestrial animals fond of bathing in water such as the buffalo, the rhinoceros etc. 2)

(p. 123) āẏati1 state of a married woman whose husband is alive; any of the symbols (usu. borne on the person of the wife) indicating this marital state. 5)