অশ্বারোহ, অশ্বারোহণ [ aśbārōha, aśbārōhaṇa ] n horse-riding; horse manship. অশ্বারোহী a. mounted on a horse, equestrian, fighting on horse back. ☐ n. a horseman, a rider; a horse soldier. অশ্বারোহী বাহিনী n. the cavalry.

অশ্বিনী [ aśbinī ] n the first of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy; (myth.) the horse-shaped wife of the sun-god; (pop.) the mare. ̃কুমার, ̃নন্দন n. either of the twin brothers who are physicians of heaven.

অশ্বেতকায় [ aśbētakāẏa ] a not white-skinned.

অশ্ম [ aśma ] n stone, rock, bitumen; fossil. ̃পুশ্প n. benzoin. ̃মণ্ডল n. (geol.) lithos phere. ̃ময়, ̃র a. full of stones or rocks, rocky. ̃রী n. (path.) concretion. অশ্মীভবন n. fossilization. অশ্মীভূত a. fos silized. অশ্মীভূত হওয়া v. to fossilize.

অশ্রদ্ধ [ aśraddha ] a without faith or confidence in; irreverent; apathetic, disgusted. অশ্রদ্ধা n. want or loss of faith or confidence; irreverence; apathy, disgust. অশ্রদ্ধা করা v. to treat with contempt; to despise; to refuse to put faith or confidence in; to attach no importance to. অশ্রদ্ধেয় a. not reverend or venerable; not worthy of faith or confidence. অশ্রদ্ধাজনক a. dishonourable; blasphemous.

অশ্রবণীয় [ aśrabaṇīẏa ] a same as অশ্রাব্য ।

অশ্রান্ত [ aśrānta ] a untired; untiring; tireless; inces sant. ☐ adv. incessantly. ̃ভাবে adv. untiringly, unweariedly, indefatigably. অশ্রান্তি n. tirelessness; ceaselessness.

অশ্রাব্য [ aśrābya ] a (of words etc.) unworthy of be ing heard, obscene; indecent; (rare) in audible. অশ্রাব্য ভাষা vulgar or filthy language.

অশ্রু [ aśru ] n tear, tears. ̃গদগদকন্ঠে adv. in a voice choked with tears, in a sobbing voice. ̃জল n. tears. ̃ধারা n. the flow of tears. ̃পাত n. shedding tears, weeping. ̃পাত করা n. to shed tears, to weep. ̃পূর্ণ a. tearful. অশ্রুপূর্ণ চোখে adv. with tearful eyes; tearfully. ̃প্লাবিত, ̃প্লুত a. suffused or flooded with tears. ̃বর্ষণ n. same as অশ্রুপাত । ̃বারি n. same as অশ্রুজল । ̃বিগলিত a. moistened with tears, blubbering; blubbered. ̃বিন্দু n. a tear-drop, a tear. ̃বিমোচন, ̃বিসর্জন n. same as অশ্রুপাত । ̃ভরা a. full of tears, tearful. ̃ভারাক্রান্ত a. (of voice) choked with tears. ̃ময় a. full of tears. ̃মুখ a. having a blubbered face. fem. ̃মুখী । ̃মোচন n. same as অশ্রুপাত । ̃রুদ্ধ a. choked with tears. অশ্রসংবরণ করা v. to check tears, to stop weeping. ̃সিক্ত a. drenched or moistened with tears; moist; blubbering; blubbered.

অশ্রুত [ aśruta ] a unheard; unheard-of; obscure; unheard-of before. ̃চর, ̃পূর্ব a. un heard-of-before.

অশ্রেয় [ aśrēẏa ] a harmful, baleful, evil; inauspi cious, unfavourable, not congenial. ☐ n. harm, bale, evil; disservice; contre temps. ̃স্কর as অশ্রেয় (a.).

অশ্রোত্রিয় [ aśrōtriẏa ] n a Brahman who has not stud ied the Vedas. ☐ a. having no knowl edge of the Vedas.

অশ্লাঘনীয় [ aślāghanīẏa ] a not praiseworthy or com mendable; discreditable.

অশ্লীল [ aślīla ] a obscene; abominable; indecent; lascivious, wanton, অশ্লীল বাক্য obscene or filthy words or talk; bawdy talk. অশ্লীল সাহিত্য obscene or blue literature, pornography. ̃তা n. obscenity; abomi nation; indecency; lasciviousness, wantonness. ̃ভাষী a. & n. one who in dulges in obscene or bawdy talk.

অশ্লেষা [ aślēṣā ] n (astr.) the ninth of the zodiacal stars, a star considered inauspicious by astrologers.

অষ্ট [ aṣṭa ] n. & a eight. ̃ক n. any collection of eight, an octave; a book containing eight chapters; a verse containing eight couplets. ☐ a. eight. ̃আশি see অষ্টাশি । ̃কোণ n. (geom.) an octagon. ☐ a. oc tagonal ̃কোণী a. octagonal. ̃গুণ a. multiplied by eight, eightfold. ☐ n. eight times. ̃চত্বারিংশ a. forty-eighth. ̃চত্বারিংশত্ n. & a. forty-eight. ˜চত্বারিংশত্তম a. forty-eighth. fem. ̃চত্বারিংশত্তমী । ̃দিকপাল n. the eight guardian deities of the eight points of the earth. ̃ধা adv. & a. eight times; eightfold; in eight ways. ̃ধাতু n. the eight metals; gold, silver, copper, bronze, bell-metal, zinc, lead and iron. ̃নবতি n. & a. ninety-eight. ˜নবতিতম a. ninety-eighth. fem. ̃নবতিতমী । ̃নাগ n. (myth.) the eight chief snakes. ̃নায়িকা n. the eight minor goddesses; the eight manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); (lit.) eight moods of the heroine or the sweetheart (namely, going to as signation, expecting her lover to come to her bed-chamber, worried owing to sudden absence of her lover, deceived by her lover, stricken with anger and jealousy on observing on the person of her lover signs indicating that he had been to another woman, feeling miser able for having quarrelled with and sent back her lover, enjoying domi neering control over her lover, and separated from her lover as he has gone abroad). ̃পঞ্চাশত্ n. & a. fifty-eight. ˜পঞ্চাশত্তম a. fifty-eighth. fem. ̃পঞ্চাশত্তমী । ̃পাদ a. octopod. ☐ n. an octopod; the spider; a mythological oc topod said to be even stronger than the lion (cp. octopus, শরভ). ̃প্রহর n. a whole day and night, twenty-four hours, a form of collective religious chanting by the Hindus continuing for twenty-four hours at a stretch. ☐ adv. throughout the whole day and night; always; ceaselessly. ̃বজ্র n. the eight infallible weapons of the eight princi pal gods. ̃বজ্রমিলন n. simultaneous hurling of অষ্টবজ্র,, which causes the de struction of the universe; precipitation of a highly explosive condition. ̃বসু n. the eight demi-gods (see বসু). ̃বিধ a. of eight kinds. ̃ভুজ a. eight-handed, octagonal. ☐ n. an octagon. ̃ভুজা a. & n. fem. of অষ্টভুজ । □ n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃ভৈরব n. the eight terrible manifestations of Shiva (শিব). অষ্টম a. eighth. ̃মঙ্গলা n. a mani festation of Durga (দুর্গা); the custom according to which the newly-wed groom comes back to the father-in-law's house with his wife on the eighth day of marriage. অষ্টমবর্ষীয় a. of or in the eighth year; eight years old. অষ্টমবাত্সরিক, অষ্টমবার্ষিক a. of the eighth year. ̃মাংশ n. one-eighth; the eighth part. ̃মী n. fem. the eighth day of either fortnight of a lunar month. ☐ a. fem. eighth; eight years old. ̃মূর্তি n. the eight manifestations of Shiva (শিব). ̃রম্ভা n. (pop.) a mere nothing, a hoax, a mare's nest; a fiasco. ̃ষষ্টি n. & a. sixty-eight. ˜ষষ্টিতম a. sixty-eighth. ̃সপ্ততি n. & a. seventy-eight. ˜সপ্ততিতম a. seventy-eighth. ̃সিদ্ধি n. the eight superhuman qualities attainable by ascetical or austere practice.

অষ্টাংশিত [ aṣṭāṃśita ] a divided into eight; (of a sheet of paper) octavo.

অষ্টাঙ্গ [ aṣṭāṅga ] n the eight limbs of the body (namely, two hands, the breast or bo som, the forehead, two eyes, the throat or speech, and the backbone; or alter natively, two great toes, two knees, two hands, the breast and the nose); the eight systems of yoga. ☐ a. having eight branches or departments (অষ্টাঙ্গ আয়ুর্বেদ).

অষ্টাত্রিংশ [ aṣṭātriṃśa ] n. & a thirty-eight. অষ্টাত্রিংশত্ n. & a. thirty-eight. ˜ত্তম a. thirty-eight. fem. ̃ত্তমী ।

অষ্টাদশ [ aṣṭādaśa ] n. & a eighteen. অষ্টাদশী a. fem. eighteen years old.

অষ্টাধিক [ aṣṭādhika ] a more than eight; exceeding by eight.

অষ্টাপদ [ aṣṭāpada ] n (obs.) gold.

অষ্টাবক্র [ aṣṭābakra ] n an ancient sage whose body was ridiculously misshapen at eight places; (facet.) a ridiculously deformed person.

অষ্টাবিংশ [ aṣṭābiṃśa ] a twenty-eighth. ̃তি n. & a. twenty-eight. অষ্টাবিংশতিতম a. twenty-eighth. fem. অষ্টাবিংশতিতমী ।

অষ্টাশি, অষ্টআশি, অষ্টাশীতি [ aṣṭāśi, aṣṭāśi, aṣṭāśīti ] n. & a eighty-eight. অষ্টাশীতিতম a. eighty-eighth. fem. অষ্টাশীতিতমী ।

অষ্টাশ্র [ aṣṭāśra ] a octagonal. ☐ n. an octagon.

অষ্টাশ্রি [ aṣṭāśri ] a octagonal; eight-angled.

অষ্টাহ [ aṣṭāha ] n eight days.

অষ্টোত্তরশত [ aṣṭōttaraśata ] a one hundred and eight.

অসংকীর্ণ [ asaṅkīrṇa ] a not narrow, wide; not lacking in breadth.