آلنگن आलिंगन ālingan S s. m. Embracing, the clasping any one in the arms.

ادهومکهہ अधोमुख अधस् Down, and मुख Face adho-mukh S. adj. With the head down- wards (as the Hindūs practise in the tapasyā), looking downwards, drooping the head (from grief or shame), headlong.

آتش فگن ātash-figan P adj. Throwing fire.

آکار आकार ā-kār S and corruptly akār, s. m. Form, appearance.

آتش انگیز ātash-angez P adj. Kindling, spreading or stirring up fire. s. Fire-kindler, an incen- diary, a seditious person.

استسقا istisḳā A (inf. x. of سقي Heb. Was watered) s. m. The dropsy. استسقاي زقي is- tisḳā-i-ziḳḳī, Anasarca. استسقاي طبلي istisḳā- i-t̤ablī, Tympany. استسقاي لحمي istisḳā-i-laḥmī, A dropsy pervading all the members of the body.

اعتکاف iﻌtikāf A (inf. viii. of عکف) s. m. 1. Continuing in the temple or mosque (especially at Mecca). 2. Restraining, curbing the pas- sions from religious motives, as in lent.

ارچا अर्चा archā S s. f. 1. Worship, adoration. 2. An image.

استهي अस्थि asthi S s. m. A bone. S. اسي असत्यी (from अ and सत्य True) a-satyī, adj. Liar, untrue. ¶ असती (from अ and सती Virtuous wife) a-satī, adj. Disloyal or unchaste (a wife).

اصول uṣūl A s. plur. (of اصل) Roots, causes; a musical mode or tone. اصول وفروغ uṣūl wa furūﻌ, f. Roots and branches, causes and effects.