අග්‍ර ගස්‍ය, n. the best corn (either ගොයම් or ධාන්‍ය); first-fruits, See අගස්.

අඩු තරම, n. deficient or inferior degree either in size, rank, quality or quantity, inferiority.

අධිත්‍ය සමුත්පත්තිය, n. insuspicious re-birth, miserable re-existence, either in one of the four hells or blind or lame, &c., in this world, අහේතුක උත්පත්තිය.

අනාගාමියා, n. non-returner, viz, one who does not re-incarnate either in this or a divine world, but attains a Brahma world.

අෂ්ට දුෂ්ට ක්ෂණ, n. pl. the eight evil moments or occasions, viz. to be born 1 in hell, 2 as an animal, 3 as a goblin, 4 in the two Brahma worlds where neither body nor mind exists, 5 in outer or distant countries where Buddhism is not, 6 with the five senses perverted or confused, 7 as a pagan, 8 in a Buddhaless age.

එක්කෝ, conj. or; එක්කෝ...එක්කෝ, නැත්තම් either...or.

කැට වෙනවා, v. i. to become pieces (either by breaking or conglomeration).

ජයා, n ap. of Durgā, wife of Siva; flag, කො ඩිය; hemp, හණ; the third, eighth and thirteenth day of either the waxing or waning half of the moon.

ඤ, n. The tenth consonant of the Sanskrit and Pali alphabets and nasal of the palatal or second class. It is often written by the shorter from [ං], as in ආරංචි, වංචා, by [`], චචා. In Sansorit and its derivatives it never stands as an initial or alone, but joined to the following consonant either in its full or shortened form, as වඤ්වා, වංචා, වචා.

තිලකය, n. round mark made with ashes &c., on the forehead of a Hindu, either for ornament or sectarian distinction; unguent.

දස්‍ර, a. either of the twin sons of Asvini, who were physicians of heaven.

දෙපා·වේල්ල, n. the embankment on either side of the water-course.

නි·ෂද්‍යා·දෝෂය, n. lit. error in taking a seat, viz. violation of etiquette when taking a seat in the presence of a superior, which must neither be behind nor in front &c.

නේවඤ්ඤනාසඤ්ඤයතනය, n. the fourth formless Brahma world, which is so intangible or subtile that there is neither consciousness or unconsciousness.

පංච·කල්‍යාණ, n.pl. the five excellences (of the human body): of the hair, curly and beek, කේශකල්‍යාණය; of the teeth, regular and fine, දන්ත...; of the flesh, neither too fat nor thin, මාංස...; of the skin, clear and shining, ඡවී...; of age, youthfulness, වය:කල්‍යාණය.