(p. 721) bān̐ka curvature; a curve; a bend, a turn (as of a road or river); a piece of long and bent pole borne on one's shoulder for carrying loads fastened to its ends. ̃নল n. a blowpipe; a u-tube; (bot.) a bent tube. ̃মল n. a kind of twisted bangle for the ankle. 257)

(p. 794) byabashā arrangement; preparation; procurement (মূলধনের ব্যবস্হা); provision (ভবিষ্যতের ব্যবস্হা); prescription or direction (শাস্ত্রীয় ব্যবস্হা); a law, a statute, a rule; legislation; order, system (এ সংসারে কোনো ব্যবস্হা নেই); settlement (ঝগড়ার ব্যবস্হা). ব্যবস্হা করা. v. to arrange (for); to make preparations for; to procure; to provide for; to prescribe or direct; to settle. ব্যবস্হা দেওয়া v. to prescribe; to direct; to enjoin. ব্যবস্হা হওয়া v. to be arranged or prepared for or procured or provided for or prescribed or directed; to be settled. ̃পক islative; law-giving; regulative; prescribing or directing, prescriptive; arranging for; preparative; founding, instituting. n. a legislator; a law-giver; a regulator; a prescriber or director; one who makes arrangements or preparations (for); a founder. ব্যবস্হাপক পরিষত্ a legislative council. ব্যবস্হাপক সভা a legislative assembly. ̃পত্র n. a prescription; a prescript; a directive. ̃পন n. legislation; enactment; law-making; regulation; arrangement; preparation; prescription or direction; founding, institution. ̃পনা n. arrangement; preparation; organisation. ব্যবস্হা-পরিষত্ n. a legislative council. ̃পিত a. legislated; enacted; regulated; prescribed or directed; arranged (for); founded, instituted. ̃শাস্ত্র n. jurisprudence, the law; a law-book; the Smriti (স্মৃতি) or the code of ancient Hindu laws. ব্যবস্হিত same as ব্যবস্হাপিত । ব্যবস্হিত-চিত্ত a. of settled mind, calm and composed, of unruffled temperament; determined. 40)

(p. 721) bahuta much or many. বহুত আচ্ছা int. very good, excellent. 226)

(p. 721) baẏōbṛddha advanced in age, aged, old; older. fem. বয়োবৃদ্ধা । বয়োবৃদ্ধি n. increase of age. বয়োবৃদ্ধির সঙ্গে সঙ্গে with the increase of age, as one grows old. 44)

(p. 738) bāṭa1 (usu. poet.) a path, a road. 37)

(p. 713) baṃśīẏa born of a particular family or race; pertaining to a family or race; familial. 20)

(p. 738) bāchāi choosing, choice, selection; picking and choosing; sorting or separating; elimination of unwanted elements. a. same as বাছা2 (a). বাছাই করা same as বাছা2 । 10)

(p. 738) bāchā1 (in affectionate address) a son or a daughter or a person deserving to be treated as such (cp. My child.) 8)

(p. 738) bāṭana turning into paste by rolling something on a flat mortar with a pestle. বাটনা n. spices turned thus into paste; a quantity of spices to be rolled thus. 40)

(p. 758) bidyut lightning; electricity. ̃গর্ভ a. impregnated with electricity; charged with electricity. ̃প্রবাহ n. an electric current. ̃প্রভ a. as dazzlingly bright as a flash of lightning. fem. ̃প্রভা । ̃স্পন্দন, ̃স্ফুরণ n. electric vibration. ̃স্পৃষ্ট a. struck by lightning. ̃স্ফুলিঙ্গ n. an electric spark. বিদ্যুদ্দাম n. a flash of lightning; a garland-like series of lightning flashes. বিদ্যুদ্বর্ষী a. discharging electricity. বিদ্যুদ্বেগ n. lightning speed. বিদ্যুদ্বেগে adv. as speedily as lightning. বিদ্যুন্মালা same as বিদ্যুদ্দাম । বিদ্যুল্লতা n. a streak of lightning. 18)

(p. 785) bēcārā, bēcāri a helpless or wretched or pitiable person; a harmless or innocent person. 5)

(p. 751) bikṛta perverted; corrupted, vitiated; decomposed (বিকৃত শব); morbid (বিকৃত মন); deranged; deformed (বিকৃত অঙ্গ); disfigured (বিকৃত চেহারা); monstrous or revolting (বিকৃত মূর্তি). বিকৃত করা v. to pervert; to corrupt, to vitiate; to deprave; to decompose; to affect with morbidity; to derange; to disfigure; to make unnatural (as voice). ̃কন্ঠ n. unnatural or affected voice; hoarse voice; gruff voice. a. speaking in an unnatural or affected voice (esp. to conceal one's natural voice); speaking in a hoarse or in a gruff voice. ̃চরিত্র a. corrupted or vitiated in character, depraved. ̃বুদ্ধি a. perverted in thoughts, evil-minded, wrong-headed. ̃মস্তিষ্ক a. mentally deranged, insane; crazy. ̃রুচি a. perverted in taste. n. a perverted taste. ̃স্বভাব a. perverted in nature, peevish. ̃স্বর same as বিকৃতকন্ঠ । বিকৃতি n. perversion; corruption, vitiation; decomposition, morbidity; derangement; deformity; disfigurement, disfiguration. 26)

(p. 786) bēẏāḍ়ā odd-looking; ungainly; awkward (বেয়াড়া অবস্হা); refractory or selfwilled (বেয়াড়া ছেলে); queer, odd, outlandish, difficult (বেয়াড়া প্রশ্ন). 76)

(p. 773) biharaṇa sporting or frolicking; amorous frolicking, dalliance; promenading. 71)

(p. 786) bēdajñāna knowledge of the Vedas. 21)