(p. 713) bakāṇḍapratyāśā a hope as vain as the expectation of a heron to obtain an egg of a bull, a vain hope. 39)

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

(p. 721) bān̐dhana binding or fastening; a tie, a knot (বাঁধন খুলে দাও); damming; obstruction; stopping or parking (as of a vehicle); restraining or appeasement (as of one's mind); composition; formation; construction, building, setting up; turning, attunement; unification; reduction or rendering; compactness (কথার বাঁধন). ̃হারা a. free, unbridled, unrestrained. বাঁধনি n. binding or fastening; a tie, a knot; due arrangement, methodicalness, order (কাজের বাঁধনি); compactness. 274)

(p. 790) baijñānika scientific (বৈজ্ঞানিক গবেষণা); versed in science. n. (loos.) a scientist. 30)

(p. 760) bidhāna a scriptural prescript or ruling; a prescript, a ruling (সভাপতির বিধান); a prescription (পথ্যবিধান); provision, arrangement (আনন্দবিধান); legislation; a law; a rule; a system (নববিধান). বিধান দেওয়া v. to prescribe; to issue a ruling, to rule. ̃কর্তা n. a director (fem. directress, directrix), a regulator, a controller; a law-giver; a legislator. fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । ̃তন্ত্র n. a code of laws; a system of legislation. বিধান-পরিষদ n. a legislative council. ̃শাস্ত্র n. jurisprudence, law. ̃সংসদ n. the Parliament. ̃সংহিতা n. a treatise on jurisprudence, a law-book. ̃সভা n. a legislative assembly. 3)

(p. 767) bilīna dissolved; faded away or vanished; gone to extinction; absorbed; destroyed. 88)

(p. 773) bītanidra sleepless; wakeful; awake. 90)

(p. 785) bēḍ়ēlā a kind of shrub (growing by roadside), Sida cordifolia. 27)

(p. 794) byāsa a diameter or its measure; width, breadth; expanse; Vyasa, the author of the Mahabharata. ̃কুট n. any one of the obscure passages of Vyasa's (ব্যাস) writings; an obscure composition. ̃বাক্য n. (gr.) formal words used in expounding a compound word. ব্যাসার্ধ n. a radius (pl.: radii). 103)

(p. 738) bāṭapāḍ় a highwayman; a robber; a swindler. বাটপাড়ি n. highway robbery; robbery; swindling. চোরের উপর বাটপাড়ি (fig.) a swindler robs a thief. 41)

(p. 767) biśṛṅkhala disorderly, confused, undisciplined; wayward, wild. বিশৃঙ্খল করা v. to disorder, to throw into confusion, to make a mess (of). ̃তা, বিশৃঙ্খলা n. disorderliness, disorder, confusion; indiscipline; waywardness, wildness. 112)

(p. 717) banabana2 denoting: a swift whirling motion. বনবন করে ঘোরা v. to rotate or whirl swiftly. 45)

(p. 721) baradāra a bearer, a carrier (আসাবরদার = a mace-bearer); one who carries out, a complier (হুকুমবরদার). 54)

(p. 746) bārujībī a Hindu caste occupied in growing and selling betel-leaves; one of this caste. 24)

(p. 767) bilamba delay; lateness; procrastination; lingering. বিলম্ব করা v. to delay; to be late; to procrastinate; to linger, to tarry. বিলম্ব করানো v. to delay; to retard. বিলম্বন n. delaying; lingering; procrastination; retardation; act of hanging, suspension. ̃শুল্ক n. demurrage. বিলম্বিত a. delayed; late; retarded; hanging, suspended. বিলম্বিত লয় (Ind. mus.) slow measure (as opp. to দ্রুতলয় = fast measure). বিলম্বী a. delaying; making late; lingering; procrastinating; hanging, suspending. বিলম্বে adv. late. অতি বিলম্বে very late, after the fair. 77)