(p. 721) bahāla appointed, employed (চাকরিতে বহাল); installed, continuing in (পদে বহাল); (still) in force or effective (বহাল আদেশ বা চুক্তি); hale, healthy (বহাল তবিয়ত). বহাল করা v. to appoint, to employ; to instal; to bring in force, to make effective. বহাল থাকা v. to continue in; to be in force. বহাল রাখা v. to let (one) continue in; to keep in force; to keep up, to maintain (ঠাট বহাল রাখা). বহাল তবিয়তে in good or sound or perfect health. 194)

(p. 790) bēsarakāri non-official, unofficial; not belonging to the government; private, personal. 2)

(p. 721) bāḥ denoting: an exclamation in praise, wonder, taunt, disgust etc., ah, (cp. bah). 253)

(p. 767) birajā (Vaishnava myth.) a river which the souls of the dead have to cross in order to reach Baikuntha (বৈকুন্ঠ) the blissful abode of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃ধাম n. Puri in Orissa. 52)

(p. 761) biniẏantraṇa decontrol. বিনিয়ন্ত্রণ করা v. to decontrol. 25)

(p. 717) badbīpa a delta. ̃শীর্ষ n. head of the delta. 37)

(p. 792) bōdamāṭi a kind of black earth or soil. 37)

(p. 792) bairāgī apathetic to worldly interests, (cp.) stoical. n. (loos.) a Vaishnava anchorite. 7)

(p. 721) barāha the boar, the hog; the third incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) when he slew Bara (বরা) the demon. fem. বরাহী the sow. 74)

(p. 800) brija a structure spanning a river, road etc., a bridge; a kind of card game. bridge. 23)

(p. 721) basti1 quarters for the poor people (কুলি-বস্তি); a slum esp. one consisting of cutcha huts. ̃বাসী n. a slum-dweller, inhabitant of a slum. 183)

(p. 715) baṭatalā the foot of the banyan tree; Grub Street. 38)

(p. 756) bitarita given away; distributed. 34)

(p. 717) baḍ়āi2, baḍ়āẏi an old woman named Yogamaya (যোগমায়া) who acted as a go-between in the affaire de coeur of Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); a decrepit old woman; a great grandmother. 7)

(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)