اشٿسدهہ अष्टसिद्धि ash̤ṭa-siddhi S The eight siddhi, the name of a superiour order of beings, a personification of the powers and laws of na- ture. (When they are subjected to the will by holiness and austerities, whatever the fancy de- sires may be obtained; universal sovereignty may be acquired, and implicit obedience to any com- mands enforced; the magnitude, weight, or le- vity of the body may be increased or diminished to an indefinite degree; and, it may be rendered invisible and transported in an instant to any part of the universe).

اکرا akrā H 1. adj. Dear, costly. 2. s. f. A kind of vetch: see انکري ankrī.

آتش مزاج ātash-mizāj P adj. Fiery tempered.

آراستگي ārāsta-gī P s. f. Preparation, decora- tion, ornament, regularity, arrangement, disposi- tion, improvement, refinement, amendment.

امرد amrad A adj. Beardless; handsome (a youth). امردپرست amrad-parast, A sodomite.

اوايل awāʼịl A s. m. f. plur. (of اوّل) Commence- ments, beginning.

انگوري angūr-ī P adj. Of the grape, relating to the grape.

ارداوا ardāwā H s. m. Coarsely ground meal.

ارچنا archanā S̱. 1. (अर्चन) v. a. To worship, adore, honour, treat with ceremony. 2. अर्चना s. f. Worship, the homage paid to deities, &c.

اناسي unāsī उनाशीति S̱. adj. Seventy-nine.