අ, n. The first letter of the Alphabet. It varies bightly in pronunciation, depending sometimes on the meaning or derivation and sometimes on the consonants with which it is combined. It is (1) the clear, distinct sound obtained by shortening ආ ah; (2) the sound of a in negative or miracle. In initial syllables the sound is generally the first of these; the second arises from the dropping of the voice in the unaccented syllables. It is written only when it is the initial letter of a word, but is pronounced after every consonant to which no other vowel is attached, or where it is not suppressed by the sign ්, as කරනවා, karanavā, the final vowel අ, which is long, alone being written;කරන් karan, the vowel අ after න being suppressed by the sign ්.

අ චේලකයා, n. naked religious mendicant, නග්න සන්නාසියා..

අ ජීවකයා, n. one who has killed (his passions), viz. naked H. mendicant. whose nakedness is supposed to prove it.

අ නත, a. unbent, erect, unbending, rigorous, වකුටුනැති, නැමිනැති, නොනැමෙන.

අ නිභූතමාන, අ නිහතමනී, a. unbending, නොනැ ‍මෙන, rigid, තද, uncondescending, යටත් පහත් නොවන, haughty, ආඩම්බර.

අ ප්‍රණම, a. unbending, inductile, නොනැමෙන.

අක්ෂ මාලාව, n. rosary made of the seeds or nuts of the Elœcarpus and used by H. mendicants, ජපමාලාව.

අක්ෂි ගත, a. affecting the eyes; offending the eyes, odious, වෙෂ්‍ය, ඉතා අප්‍රිය.

අගාර දාහය, n. burning of houses, incendiarism. E. S.

අජින වර්‍මය, අජිනය, n. (අජින deer), deer-skin, used by H. mendicants, &c., as a seat or cloak.

අත්‍යලංකාර, a. (අති අලංකාර), extremely beautiful, superb, splendid, ඉතා ලක්ෂණ.

අධ්‍යක්ෂ, a. (අධි over, pervading, අක්ෂ organ of sense), perceptible, visible, ප්‍රකට; superintending, supervisory, පරිපාලක, බලාගන්න.

අධෝ ලම්බ, a. hanging down. perpendicular, normal, අවලම්බ. E.S.

අධෝ ලම්බය, අධෝ ලම්බ රේඛාව, n. perpendicular, perpendicular line, geom. normal.

අනමතග්ග, අනමතාග්‍ර, a. (අ, අමෘත, අග්ග, not ending in Nirvāna), without beginning or end.