(p. 758) bidraba fleeing, flight; melting or being melted; dissolving; thaw. 20)

(p. 738) bāṭa2 ingot, bullion. 38)

(p. 743) bāmana2 a Brahman; a Brahman priest or cook. fem. বামনি । বামন গেল ঘর তো লাঙল তুলে ধর (fig.) when the master is away, servants neglect their work. বামনের গোরু (fig.) a person or a thing that yields maximum benefit at the minimum cost. ̃ঠাকুর n. a Brahman priest or cook. fem. ̃ঠাকরুন a female Brahman cook. বামনাই n. (dero.) practice of a Brahman or an exhibition of this. 41)

(p. 721) barjita given up; abandoned; disowned; boycotted; omitted, left out ('নি'বর্জিত); deprived of, devoid of (সুখবর্জিত). fem. বর্জিতা । 86)

(p. 794) byāpikā pert and flippant; tomboyish. 85)

(p. 767) bibhīṣaṇa extremely terrible. n. a character of the Ramayana; (fig.) a traitor to one's own family or country, a quisling, a fish-columnist. বিভীষণ-বাহিনী n. the fifth column. 6)

(p. 755) bijāti a different race or caste; a hostile race. 16)

(p. 746) bārabaradāra a porter; a traveller's luggage-carrying attendant. বারবরদারি n. porterage; service of a traveller's luggage-carrying attendant. 11)

(p. 721) bahirbhūta issued forth, emerged; lying outside or beyond (দেশবহির্ভূত); beyond the range of (দৃষ্টিবহির্ভূত); contravening (বিধিবহির্ভূত). 215)

(p. 756) bitastā the river Jhelum. 37)

(p. 782) bṛthā futile, abortive, ineffectual, fruitless; useless (বৃথা বাক্যব্যয়); purposeless (বৃথা ভ্রমণ). adv. in vain; to no purpose; uselessly. 9)

(p. 782) bēgānā unknown; one whose identity is not known. 66)

(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. 761) biniẏōga appointment, commission; sending; entrusting; investment (of money in business). বিনিয়োগ করা v. to appoint, to commission; to send; to entrust (with); to invest, to lay out. 29)

(p. 767) birūpākṣa one with eyes beyond the measure of beauty; Shiva (শিব). 66)