(p. 800) brīhi paddy crop of the rainy season; paddy আশুব্রীহি 27)

(p. 786) bēnāma one's name used by another; a pseudonym. a. same as বেনামা । বেনাম করা v. to transfer (a property) to another only nominally (chiefly in order to evade liabilities). বেনামে করা v. to do (something) under another's name. বেনামে লেখা v. to write under a pseudonym. ̃দার n. a person to whom a property has been transferred only nominally. বেনামা, বেনামি a. transferred to another only nominally; anonymous or pseudonymous (বেনামা লেখা, বেনামি চিঠি); nameless (বেনামি বন্দর). 56)

(p. 755) bijaḍ়ita intertwined; entangled; involved in; begone (দুঃখবিজড়িত = woebegone); beset with (মেঘবিজড়িত); embarrassed or encumbered or involved (দেনায় বিজড়িত). বিজড়িত করা n. to intertwine; to entangle; to involve (in); to beset (with); to embarrass or encumber (with.). 10)

(p. 721) baraṇa2 devotional or respectful or cordial (and esp. ceremonial) reception or acceptance or nomination or election, welcome (প্রতিমাবরণ, গুরুবরণ, বধূবরণ, সভপতিপদে বরণ); submissive or deliberate acceptance (দুর্ভাগ্যবরণ); appointment, employment. বরণ করা v. to receive or accept or nominate or elect devotionally or respectfully or cordially (and esp. ceremonially), to welcome; to accept submissively or voluntarily; to appoint, to employ. ̃ডালা n. a wicker-tray holding articles with which one is received ceremonially. ̃পত্র n. a warrant. বরণীয় a. fit to be received or accepted or nominated or elected devotionally or respectfully or cordially (and esp. ceremonially), fit to be welcomed; fit to be accepted submissively or voluntarily; adorable; venerable; acceptable. fem. বরণীয়া । 53)

(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. 786) bēra coll. corrup. of বাহির (a.). 79)

(p. 721) balana2 growth; increase; (bot.) nutation. 134)

(p. 773) bisamillā, bisamillāh (Mus.) an invocation of Allah whilst starting a work. বিসমিল্লায় গলদ (fig.) a mistake at the very beginning, an erroneous start. 41)

(p. 781) buddha awakened; enlightened; wise. n. Gautama Buddha; the ninth incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃ত্ব n. supreme enlightenment or wisdom (esp. what Buddha attained). 2)

(p. 713) bula a bud, a blossom. বউল ধরা v. to put forth buds, to bud, to be in blossom. 10)

(p. 742) bādalā2 of rain; of the rainy season; rain-soaked; (loos.) moist; born or found in the rainy season (বাদলা পোকা); rainy (বাদলা দিন). 2)

(p. 790) baiṭhaka a club, an assembly, a majlis; a conference, a meeting; a sitting; a hookahstand; a system of physical exercise by repeated sitting down and standing up alternately. ̃খানা n. a drawing-room, a parlour, a salon; a lounge. বৈঠকি a. suitable for an assembly or party (বৈঠকি গান বা গল্প). 31)

(p. 715) bacana speech; utterance; a saying, an adage, an apophthegm, a maxim; (gr.) number (একবচন = the singular number; দ্বিবচন = the dual number; বহুবচন = the plural number). ̃বাগীশ a. having the gift of the gab; eloquent, very talkative. ̃বিন্যাস n. art or mode of speaking; eloquence; arrangement of words or speech. বচনসর্বস্ব ব্যাক্তি a person of mere words, a wind-bag. বচনীয় a. speakable; blamable. 25)

(p. 765) bibaśa benumbed; stupefied or overwhelmed; fatigued; utterly helpless; inconsolable; divested of selfcontrol, beside oneself with; (ori.) beyond control. fem. বিবশা । ̃তা n. numbness; stupefaction, insensateness. 7)

(p. 756) bijēẏa capable of being defeated, vanquishable; conquerable. 2)