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 කනිඨ, අ කනිෂ්ඨ, a. not inferior or younger, elder, eldest, superior.

අ ගූඪ ඥානය, n. superficial knowledge, smattering, අල්ප දැනගැන්ම.

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

අ ප්‍රති නාථයා, n. one without a superior, supreme or peerless one, මහෝත්තමයා.

අංජනයා, n. elephant supporting the west corner of the world.

අංජනාවතී, n. female of the elephant which supports the north-east corner of the world.

අක්ෂි කූපෝඬ්වස්ථ, a. (කූ‍‍‍පෝඬ්වස්ථ), supra-orbital. E. S.

අග දෙවියෝ, n. supreme god, Indra, ඉන්ද්‍ර.

අග මග, n, E. of අග්‍රමාර්‍ගය: the supreme path, path to Nirvana, අග්‍රමාර්‍ගය.

අග රජ, අග රජ්ජුරුවෝ, n. supreme king, emperor, autocrat.

අග රාජිනී, n. supreme queen, empress; pl. අග රාජිනීවර.

අගවත්, අගවන්, a. precious, excellent, supreme, අනර්‍ඝ, ඉතා උතුම්.

අග්නි ගර්‍භය, n. lit. fire-womb, viz., crystal, පළිඟු; the sun-stone, supposed to contain solar heat, සූර්‍ය්‍යකාන්තය.

අග්නි·ජිහ්වා, a medicinal plant, Gloriosa superba (Lili.), නියඟලා.