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aadi = beginning;
aadhyaaya = study;
aamaya = ailment, disease
aahava = battle
aalayam (n) = house.
aap = water;
aaraam = rest;
aarn`avam = Ocean;
aas`rita = take shelter;

Aavees`am(n) = excitement.

Usage: "Naarii stana bhara naabhii dees`am, drisht`vaa maagaa mooha aavees`am" . Sankaracharya in his Bhaja Goovinda verses. Meaning: Do not get excitement of temptation by seeing the navel spot weighted by a woman's breasts.

aatma = soul

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ABH
Abharanam (pr:Aabharan`am) (n) = jewels, ornaments.
Abhayam(n) = Assurance of protection; fearlessness.

Abhiprayam (Abhipraayam)(n): 1. Opinion.

Abhiruci (Abhi ruchi) (n): Aptitude and interest.

Abhyutthanam (Abhyutthaanam) (n): 1. birth and growth;

ABR
abraviit = said (past tense of say).

ADH
Adhikam (n & adj.): 1. Plenty 2. Excess.

Adhikaranam (Adhikaran`am) (n) : 1. Article or Section in a Chapter.
Adhikari (Adhikaari)(n): 1. An authorised person 2. An Officer.

ADY
Adya (adv) : Now (Adverb of time).
Adyaiva (Adya+ eva) : Now itself.

AGN
agni = fire;

aham = I

Usage: Kas tvam, koo aham, kutaha aayaataha. Sankaracharya in his Bhaja Govinda verses. Meaning: Who are you? Who am I? Wherefrom have we come?

ahamkaara = the feeling of I (ego)

AJA
aja (n) = without birth
Ajam (n) : 1. A goat.

ajinam (n) = deer skin;
(Usage: s`ayyaa bhuutalam ajinam vaasaha. In S`ankaracharya's Bhaja Goovinda verses. Meaning: Bed is the earth's surface. Garments are deer skins.)

AKA
Akam (n) = sin. Akadhwamsi = One who destroys sins i.e. the God.
akshara = indelible, not destroyed;

AMA
Amala(n) : A baby name (girls): person without dirt.
Amatya (Amaatya)(n) = ministers, counsellors of a king;

AMB
ambhasa = water;
Amrita, Amruta (n)= Ambrosia, nectar.
amtam = end;
amtah sukhi = person who is happy within;
amtar aaraama = resting within;
amtar jyooti = inner light;

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ANA
anaamayam (n) = health, robust;

Anantam : Endless, infinite.
Usage:
Aneekabaahuudaravaktraneetram; pas`yaami tvaa sarvatoo anamtaruupam. [Bhagavad Gita 11/16]

anasuuya = one without envy.
Antam : End.
antas = within;

ANU
Anubhavam (n) : Experience.
anya = other

ANV
anvahan = day by day. (anu + aham).

Usage: "dvee sahasree tu vadhyetee pas`uunaam anvahan tadaa". Mahabharata 3-199-6. Meaning: (They) kill also two thousand animals everyday.

apaana vaayu = wind moving downward in digestive system and expelled through anus.
api = also, despite;
agni = fire

Araal`a (adj) = curled, (particularly of hair)

Usage: araalaa keesheeshu prakruiti saralaa manda hasitee.
Sankaracharya in Saundarya Lahari, verse 92. Here the Mother Goddess is described as araala keesheeshu = curled haired.
arhati = is entitled to;
arth = money, wealth;
asams'aya = without doubt, hesitation;
asmaakam = us

ASN
asn (tv) = eat, get;

ASU
asuya (pr: asuuya) (n) = 1. envy, jealousy;

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ATH
Athava (conj.) = Or else.

ATI
Atidhi(Atidhi or Atithi), n. : Guest.

AVR
Avritam (pr:Aavrutam) (Adj.): 1. covered by.

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AYO
Ayoodhya = 1. Capital of Rama. Etym: One which cannot be conquered (yoodh = fight a battle).