(p. 782) bṛddhi augmentation, increase; growth; development; enlargement; rise (মূল্যবৃদ্ধি); advancement (জাতির শিক্ষাবৃদ্ধি); flourish; (bot.) accrescence; interest on money (চক্রবৃদ্ধি); usury, বৃদ্ধি পাওয়া v. to augment, to increase; to grow up; to develop; to be enlarged, to enlarge; to rise; to advance; to flourish; (bot.) to accrete. ̃কার a. promoting or helping growth. ̃কাল n. the period of growth. মুখ্য বৃদ্ধিকাল (bot.) the grand period of growth. ̃জ a. concerning growth. বৃদ্ধিজ চলন (bot.) a growth movement. ̃জীবী n. a usurer. ̃দশা n. (bot.) a phase of growth. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. enlarged; grown; grown outsize. ̃বিস্তার n. (bot.) distribution of growth. ̃হার n. (bot.) the rate of growth. ̃শীল a. augmentating, increasing; growing; developing; enlarging; rising; advancing; flourishing; (bot.) accrescent. ̃শ্রাদ্ধ n. an obsequial rite in honour of manes (usu. performed on the eve of a marriage-ceremony etc.). 14)

(p. 786) bēdanā feeling; pain, ache; affliction; grief, sorrow; mental agony. বেদনা করা v. to pain, to ache. বেদনা দেওয়া v. to pain; to inflict pain on; to grieve; to agonize mentally. বেদনা পাওয়া v. to be pained; to feel pain; to be grieved. ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক a. painful; grievous; agonizing; pitiable; sad. ̃বোধ n. feeling of pain. ̃র্ত a. afflicted; pained; agonized; aggrieved. ̃হীন a. painless, unaching. 23)

(p. 748) bāhutra, bāhutrāṇa an armour for the arm, an arm-plate. 52)

(p. 790) baikāla the afternoon, the close of the day. বৈকালিক, বৈকালিন a. of the afternoon, afternoon. fem. বৈকালিকী । বৈকালী n. the evening food-offering to a deity. 22)

(p. 743) bāma2 the left; Shiva (শিব). a. left (বামপার্শ্ব); antipathetic (বিধি বাম); beautiful (বামলোচনা). 39)

(p. 721) -barṣiṇī of -বর্ষী । 122)

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

(p. 786) bērōnō to go or get out, to come out; to be out; to be published (পরীক্ষার ফল বেরিয়েছে); to emerge. 84)

(p. 743) bāniẏā a trader; a tradesman; a shopkeeper; (dero.) a very commercialminded man, a commercialist; one guided only by profit and loss motive. 13)

(p. 721) baẏḥ age; longevity or lifetime; youth or majority. ̃ক্রম n. age. ̃প্রাপ্ত, ̃স্হ a. one who has attained youth or (loos.) marriageable age; of age, grown-up. fem. ̃প্রাপ্তা, ̃স্হা । বয়ঃপ্রাপ্ত পুরুষ বা স্ত্রীলোক an adult, a major. ̃সন্ধি n. adolescence. ̃সীমা n. age-limit. 25)

(p. 792) bōmā2 the yoke of a vehicle. 45)

(p. 794) byākhyā explanation; interpretation; a detailed narration or description (usu. attended with comments); a commentary; an annotation. ব্যাখ্যা করা v. to explain; to expound; to interpret; to account for. ̃কর্তা, ̃কারী n. an explainer, an expounder; an annotator; a commentator; an interpreter. ̃গ্রন্হ n. a book of notes, a commentary, an annotation; a crib, a key. ̃ত a. explained, expounded; interpreted; accounted for. ̃ন n. explanation; exposition; interpretation; a commentary. ̃তা same as ব্যাখ্যাকর্তা । ̃মূলক a. explanatory, expositional. 57)

(p. 743) bāmōru a woman with elegant thighs. 48)

(p. 713) ban̐ṭi a kind of large knife fixed almost at right angle in a piece of wood on which one sits whilst cutting fish, vegetables etc. ̃ঝাঁপ n. the practice of throwing oneself from above upon aforesaid knives during the feast of charak (চড়ক). 23)

(p. 756) bijōḍ় odd, uneven; separated from the partner, unpaired, uncoupled; disjoined. বিজোড় সংখ্যা an odd number. 3)