(p. 743) bāpī a large pond or tank or pool or artificial lake. 27)

(p. 717) baṇika a merchant, a trader; a banian; a vaishya or trader by caste. 11)

(p. 748) bāsanā2 desire, longing; wish; intention. বাসনা করা বা হওয়া v. to desire, to long (for); to wish; to intend. ̃কুল a. seized or overwhelmed with passion or desire. 16)

(p. 767) bibhūṣita ornamented; adorned; embellished. fem. বিভূষিতা । 12)

(p. 789) bēśumāra innumerable, countless. 23)

(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. 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. 767) biśīrṇa extremely shrivelled or lean and thin or withered, wizened. fem. বিশীর্ণা । ̃তা n. state of being extremely shrivelled or lean and thin or withered or wizened. ̃বদন a. wizen-faced. 109)

(p. 767) bibhrama illusion; delusion; doubt; a blunder, an error; folly or distraction caused by erotism; sport or enjoyment (esp. amorous). 15)

(p. 713) bakkāla a medicinal tree-bark. 45)

(p. 794) byūha a line of battle. ব্যূহ স্হাপন করা v. to array or form a line of battle, to line up; to align (troops). ব্যূহ ভেদ করা to break through a line of battle. ব্যূহিত a. (of soldiers) lined up; (of a line of battle) arrayed. 114)

(p. 748) bāstabya habitable. ̃বিদ্যা n. (bio.) ecology. 37)

(p. 721) basanta the spring season, spring, the springtime; pox, small-pox, chickenpox; an Indian musical mode. ̃কাল n. the spring season, the spring time, spring. ̃কালীন a. of spring; vernal. ̃দূত n. the messenger of spring; the cuckoo. ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the light fortnight of Magh (মাঘ) when Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী) is worshipped. ̃বায়ু n. vernal breeze, the south wind. ̃সখ n. the friend of spring; the cuckoo. ̃সখা n. one attended upon by Spring; Madana (মদন) the Hindu god of love. বসন্তের কোকিল (fig.) a fair-weather friend. বসন্তোত্সব n. the spring festival; the festival of holi (হোলী). 177)

(p. 792) bōddhā able to understand or comprehend or appreciate, knowing, knowledgeable. 39)

(p. 779) buḍ়i1 (obs.) a unit of counting by twenties. ̃কিয়া n. a table of enumeration by twenties. 25)