(p. 222) ?E0 The Sunna, anuswaram, or circle used for ణ, న, మ: as అండము aṇḍamu, an egg: సంతానము santānamu. Offspring: కంబు kambu, a shell. The half nasal 'ఁ' or semi circle is not used in modern Telugu, though some Pundits have made many efforts to introduce it.

(p. 1) a a.1. The first letter of the Telugu alphabet as of many others. Hence the phrase అ ఆలు formed like the word 'alphabet' from the first two letters in the series, means the whole of the Tel. alphabet. See ఓనమాలు and వర్ణమాల. అకారము is the letter or sound of a, the term కారము being added to each letter in naming it. అకారాదిగా beginning with the letter అ seriatim, i.e., in alphabetical order. The letter అ has the same shape as the Eng. 'A' reversed. but is quite rounded off, and represents like its Semitic prototype 'the horns of an ox' (Taylor.) The stroke / called తలకట్టు tala-kaṭṭu and placed over many consonants is popularly, though by mistake as pointed out by Burnell, taken to be the secondary form of అ. The letter అ has the same sound as the Eng. a in 'around.' 'delta','Victoria. ' It is the 'low-back-wide vowel formed by the jaws, pharynx and lips wide open' and is supposed to be inherent in consonants -- e. g., in బ b, ల l, జ j.

(p. 2) aṅkaṇamu ankanamu. [Tel. related to అంగ and అడుగు, the foot; borrowed by Skt. from Dravidian languages. Cf. Kittel and Gundert.] n. The act of branding or marking. Intercolumniation. Apartment. The space between any two beams, or pillars. రెండు దూలముల, లేక, స్తంభముల నడిమి ప్రదేశము. నలుచదరపుచోటు; తొట్టికట్టు. అంకణమునకు రూపాయి బాడిగ' the rent of each apartment is one rupee. మీదెన్ని అంకణముల యిల్లు how many apartments are there in your house? how big is it?

(p. 3) aṅkiṇīlu ankiṇīlu. [Tel.] n. Trappings, ornaments of a saddle. See పట్టాభిరామాయణము.

(p. 4) aṅgadēśamu angadēṣamu. [Skt.] n. An ancient name for the country near the junction of the river Sarayu with the Ganges.

(p. 5) aṅgamardanamu anga-mardanamu. [Skt.] n. Rubbing or squeezing the body. Shampooing.

(p. 5) aṅgahīnamu anga-hīnamu. [Skt.] a. Mutilated, maimed. అంగహీనుడు [Skt.] n. He who is maimed or lame.

(p. 7) añjanamu anjanamu. [Skt.] n. Lamp-black, collyrium, eyesalve, the magic ointment used for the purpose of discovering anything that is concealed. కాటుక. అంజనకాడు a conjurer, he who finds that which is concealed by putting this ointment on his hand or on his eyelashes. అంజనమువేసి చూచు to search for hidden things.

(p. 10) antḥparidhānamu antaḥ-paridhānamu. [Skt.] n. The innermost garment.

(p. 10) antakuḍu antakuḍu. [Skt.] n. A name of Yama, the god of death. యముడు, మృత్యువు నరాంతకుడు a homicide. శ్లేష్మాంతకము a remedy against phlegm. In compounds like this అంతకము denotes 'anti,' as a remedy against.

(p. 11) antardhyānamu antardhyānamu. [Skt.] n. Inward meditation.

(p. 12) antasthalu antasthalu. [Skt.] n. A name given in grammar to the four consonants y,r,l,v,య, ర, ల, వ, which are considered by the Sanskrit Grammarians to be semi-vowels, and 'to be intermediate between vowels and consonants, or because they stand between the consonants and the sibilants in the alphabet.' Wms. అంతస్థమద్గరము in anat. the malleus of the ear.

(p. 15) anthramu or ఆంధ్రము andhramu. [Skt.] n. A Sanscrit name for the Telugu language. తెలుగు. ఆంధ్రదేశము the Telugu country తెలుగుదేశము. 'ఆంధ్రమధుమథనుని.' A pref. 12 'ఆంధ్రజలజాక్షుడిట్టులని యానతిచ్చె.' ib pre. 14.

(p. 13) andagimpu andagimpu. [Tel.] n. Adorning, ornamenting, beauty. సొగసు.

(p. 14) andahīnamu andahīnamu. [Tel.] n. adj. Ugly, deformed. వికారమైన.