Asura;  demigod;  anti-god;  titan;  demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
 Asura;  demigod;  anti-god;  titan;  demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
 Amitabha (Buddha);  Amida;  ghostleg lottery;  ladder lottery;  wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
 first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things)
 elder brother;  my dear brother
 the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)
(arch.)  father-in-law (of a woman);  grandfather
 gambir;  gambier;  catechu;  cutch
 asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
 Om;  Aun;  syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma;  inspiration and expiration;  respiration;  alpha and omega
 Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
 Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)
 Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)
 Samoan mullet goby (Mugilogobius abei)
 Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)