*වි·නාශක, වි·නාශකර, වි·නාශදායක, a. (වි emp.), destroying, destructive, consuming, noxious, ruinous, causing or bringing destruction, නාස්තිකරන, නාස්තික.

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 කාමතාව, n. passionlessness, freedom from all passions, කෙලෙස් නැතිකම.

අ කැප, a. not dedicated, unconsecrated, improper, කැපනැති.

අ කිටන, a. (කිටන something), destitute, necessitous, කිසිත් නැති, poor, දිළිඳු; free from all passions, කෙලෙස් නැති.

අ කෘතානුකූල, අකෘතානුකූල්‍ය, a. (අනුකූල), irresponsive, unaccommodating, not compliant.

අ ගති, n. pl. or a. evil dispositions; evil, ill-natured, surly, morose, resentful, perverse.

අ චින්තිත. a. unthought of, unconsidered, කල්පනානූණ.

අ චේතන, අ චේතනික, අ චේතසික, අ චේතසක, a. destitute of mind or thought, සිහිබුද්ධි නැති; unconscious, දැනීමනැති; inanimate, lifeless, පණනැති; involuntary, involitive (mood, &c.), ඉබේ වෙන්නාවූ, අකර්‍මක.

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

අ තිර, a E. of අස්ථිර: unstable, inconstant, ස්ථිරනැති, චපල.

අ නිමිෂ ලෝචනය‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍, n. never-closing eye. constant gaze, නොපියන ඇස.

අ පරික්ෂාකාර, -කාරී, a. uninvestigating, inconsiderate, incautious, heedless, rash, පරීක්ෂා නොකරන, අප්‍රවේසම්.

අ ප්‍ර සමීක්ෂණ, අ ප්‍ර සමීක්ෂණාකාර, a. (ප්‍ර emp., සම් with, ඊක්ෂ to see), not looking carefully, incautions, inconsiderate, imprudent, reckless, අප්‍රවේසම්, අනුවණ.

අ ප්‍රසිඬ, a, not public, not notable, inconspicuous, obscure, ප්‍රසිඬනැති.