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 ්.

අබ්භූත ධම්ම, n. (අප් or අබ් priv., භූත existing, ධම්ම P. of ධර්‍ම), non-existent law or event, unprecedented occurrence, wonder, miracle, අද්භූතය, විස්මයක; B. a work on the miraculous powers of the disciples of Buddha.

ආශ්චර්‍ය්‍ය, n. pl. or a. miracles; wonderful, miraculous.

ආශ්චර්‍ය්‍යය, n. a marvel, miracle, හාස්කම.

ඇසිරිය, n. marvel, wonder, miracle, හාස්කම.

ප්‍රාති·භාර්‍ය්‍යය, n. magic, jugglery, මායම; marvel පුදුමය; miracle, ආශ්චර්‍ය්‍යය. E. පෙළහර.

පෙළහර, n. miracle, හාස්කම, ප්‍රාතිහාර්‍ය්‍ය; procession: see පෙරහර.

මනෝමය·සෘඬිය, n. lit. mental strength or supernatural power, power to work even miracles by mere exertion of thought.

යමක·ප්‍රාතිහාර්‍ය්‍යය, n. twin or double miracle, දෙයාකාර ආශ්චර්‍ය්‍යය: a power said to have been possessed by Buddha to cause a stream of fire to issue from one pore of his body (ලෝම සිදුරකින්), and a stream of water from another at one and the same time, and that to prove his miraculous power to the නිගණ්ඨ or naked mendicants be caused such streams to issue together from his eyes, ears and nostrils. The power to work these miracles was the result of his having accomplished තේජෝකසීණ and අපෝකසිණ.

හාස්කම, n. miracle, අශ්චර්‍ය්‍යය; pl. හාස්කම්.

හාස්කම්කරනවා, v. to perform miracles, අශ්චර්‍ය්‍ය වල් කරනවා.