| anitya | chad pa, mi rtag pa | impermanent, impermanence | |
| animitta | mtshan ma med pa | signless | |
| anirodha | 'gag pa med pa | ceaseless, unceasing | |
| anukampā | [thugs] brtse ba | kindness | 17b, 19b, 46a, 32b |
| anucarī | rjes su spyod pa | attendant | |
| anuccārya | brjod du med pa | unutterable | |
| anujñā | rjes su gnang ba | permission | |
| anuttara | bla na med pa | unexcelled | |
| anutpanna | skye ba med pa | unarisen | |
| anutpāda | skye ba med pa | birthless, unproduced | |
| anubhava | rjes su myong ba, myong | perceptiveness, experience | |
| anubheda | rjes su gzhig pa, gzhig pa | `dissolving' [process] | 5b, 47a, 65b |
| anumāna | rjes su dpag pa | inference | |
| anuśaya | proclivity | ||
| antaḥpura | btsun mo'i tshogs | harem | 63b |
| antarābhava | srid pa bar ma pa | between-being | 42a |
| apavarga | ~ngan 'gro | emancipation | |
| apāna | thur du sel ba | evacuative [air] | |
| apāya | ngan 'gro, ngan song | lower rebirth | |
| apratarkya | brtag tu med pa | undeducible | |
| apratiṣṭhita | gnas [pa] med pa | unlocated | |
| apratiṣṭhita-nirvāṇa | mi gnas pa'i mya ngan las 'das pa | unlocated nirvāṇa | 53a, 61b |
| abdhātu | chu'i khams | water element | 9a |
| abhāva | med, med pa, yod ma yin, dngos po med pa | unreal, unreality | 12a, 40b, 43a, 52a |
| abhicāruka | mngon spyod | destruction | 17a |