(p. 751) bicāli paddy-straw, paddy-hay. 67)

(p. 721) balē says; speaks; talks. adv. & conj. because, as, on the plea of, owing to (মা বকেছেন বলে খাবে না?). □ adv. shortly, presently (বৃষ্টি এল বলে). 159)

(p. 767) bibhūti Godhead; godhead, divinity; special powers of Shiva (শিব); sanctifying grace, unction; prosperity; riches, wealth; ashes. ̃ভূষণ n. one who smears one's body with ashes; Shiva (শিব). 10)

(p. 721) bān̐daralāṭhi the drumstick tree, Cassia fistula. 270)

(p. 786) bēdama out of breath, breathless (ছুটে ছুটে বেদম, বেদম ছুট)স; giving or taking no respite even to breathe (বেদম মার বা ভোজন). adv. out of breath, breathlessly; without respite even to breathe. 30)

(p. 756) bijñāpana notification, announcement; a notice, a circular, a bill, a placard, an official bulletin, an advertisement; petitioning, supplication; a petition. বিজ্ঞাপন দেওয়া n. to advertise; to notify, to announce; to bill. ̃দাতা n. an advertiser. fem. ̃দাত্রী । বিজ্ঞাপনীয় a. fit to be notified or announced or advertised; fit to be petitioned for. 9)

(p. 751) bighurṇana (High Beng.) thorough revolution; wild or dreadful rolling (অক্ষিবিঘূর্ণন); reeling (মস্তকবিঘূর্ণন). 55)

(p. 761) bipra a Brahman. 68)

(p. 717) bandinī of বন্দী1 65)

(p. 800) brāhmaṇa a Brahman, a Brahmin; a Brahman priest; a part of the Vedas treating of religious rites. ̃ত্ব same as ব্রাহ্মণ্য । ̃পণ্ডিত n. a Brahman scholar. ̃সভা n. a council of Brahmans for theological and social discussion and arbitration. ̃সমাজ n. the community of the Brahmans. ব্রাহ্মণী n. a Brahman's wife; a female Brahman, ব্রাহ্মণ্য n. the state of being a Brahman; characteristics and especial powers of Brahmans; the peculiar functions and duties of Brahmans (also ব্রাহ্মণ্যধর্ম); the community of Brahmans. 19)

(p. 721) bariṣṭha best; greatest; most honourable; chief; seniormost; (loos.) senior. fem. বরিষ্ঠা । বরিষ্ঠ সেবক a staff nurse. 75)

(p. 743) bāpu a term for addressing a child or a junior person (in affection or disgust), my boy, my girl; an expression emphasizing disgust, amazement, interrogation etc. (একি জ্বালা বাপু, বাপুরে, কী হল বাপু). 28)

(p. 782) bēākkēla foolish, stupid, silly; devoid of common sense. বেআক্কেলে pop. var. of বেআক্কেল । 34)

(p. 761) bibatsā (of a cow) bereaved of or separated from one's calf. 81)

(p. 782) bēkhāpa, bēkhāppā unfitting; disproportionate; irrelevant, inappropriate; inconsistent; incompatible or awkward (বেখাপ অবস্হা). 53)