(p. 717) badhira deaf; (fig.) refusing to listen. বধির করা v. to deafen. বধির হওয়া v. to become deaf; (fig.) to turn a deaf ear (to). বধিরতা, বধিরত্ব n. deafness. 39)

(p. 767) birajā (Vaishnava myth.) a river which the souls of the dead have to cross in order to reach Baikuntha (বৈকুন্ঠ) the blissful abode of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃ধাম n. Puri in Orissa. 52)

(p. 741) bātābakāśa an air space. 8)

(p. 743) bāẏasa the crow. fem. বায়সী । 54)

(p. 786) bēda any one of the four Vedas, a Veda. 16)

(p. 767) bima (in house-building etc.) a beam. 18)

(p. 756) bijñāpita notified, announced; circulated, proclaimed; billed, advertised; petitioned, supplicated. 10)

(p. 713) bakāṇḍapratyāśā a hope as vain as the expectation of a heron to obtain an egg of a bull, a vain hope. 39)

(p. 789) bēlā2 the sea-shore, the coast, the sea-bank, the sea-beach; the full tide and ebb tide of the sea. 2)

(p. 789) bēśara an ornament for the nose, (cp.) a nose-bob. 19)

(p. 792) bōna a sister. ̃ঝি n. a sister's daughter, a niece. ̃পো n. a sister's son, a nephew. 41)

(p. 800) brāhmī an ancient script or alphabet, Brahmi. 22)

(p. 792) bōjhāpaḍ়ā an understanding; a compromise; a mutual agreement; confrontation (বিপক্ষ দলের সঙ্গে শেষ বোঝাপড়া). 29)

(p. 721) bamāla together with the stolen or looted thing (বমাল ধরা পড়া). 22)

(p. 773) biśrāma rest, repose; temporary desistance or cessation of labour; an interval. বিশ্রাম করা, বিশ্রাম নেওয়া v. to take rest, to repose; desist from work or labour (permanently or temporarily). বিশ্রাম দেওয়া v. to give rest; to release from or relieve of work or labour (permanently or temporarily), to rest. ̃কাল n. a time for rest or repose; an interval. 21)