(p. 721) bām̐śa the bamboo. বাঁশ দেওয়া (sl.) to take the wind out of one's sails; to ruin. বুকে বাঁশ দেওয়া to make a person lie at full length in between two bamboo-poles and then roll the poles oppressively as a punishment; (fig.) to torment severely. বাঁশের চেয়ে কঞ্চি দড় (fig.) the chip is harder than the old block, the greenhorn is tougher than the veteran. বাঁশ বনে ডোম কানা (fig.) one cannot see the wood for the trees. ̃গাড়ি n. (law) planting a bamboo-pole in the ground of an estate as a sign of taking possession of it. ̃ঝাড় n. a bamboo-clump. 278)

(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. 794) byabasita endeavouring; persevering; ascertained. 39)

(p. 717) baḍ়āi1 boast, bragging. বড়াই করা v. to boast, to brag. 6)

(p. 790) bēsāta wares; merchandise. বেসাতি n. wares; merchandise; trading; a shopkeeper; a trader. বেসাতি করা v. to trade, to traffic. 3)

(p. 738) bāṭā4 a Hindu rite of offering dishes of food to a son-in-law. 44)

(p. 747) bārdhakya old age, the vale of years; decrepitude. ̃গ্রস্ত a. old, decrepit. 9)

(p. 721) baẏāna 3 face, countenance ('হসিত বয়ানে চাহে মেঘপানে'). 36)

(p. 758) bidbāna learned; erudite. n. a learned or erudite man, a savant, a scholar. 13)

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

(p. 740) bāḍ়bāḍ়nta great or growing prosperity; (iron.) bluster; lofty show. 6)

(p. 751) bigarhita abominable, detestable; forbidden (শাস্ত্রবিগর্হিত); disgraceful. 46)

(p. 738) bāchā2 to choose, to select; to pick and choose; to sort out or separate (ভালোমন্দ বাছা, খুদ বাছা); to eliminate unwanted elements from (চাল বাছা); to pick and eliminate or kill (উকুন বাছা). a. chosen, selected; sorted; freed from unwanted elements; choice, select (বাছা বাছা লোক = chosen or selected persons). 9)

(p. 760) bidhuta set trembling; shaken; vibrated. বিধুত করা v. to set trembling; to shake; to vibrate. 11)

(p. 717) banōẏāri one wearing a garland of wild flowers; an appellation of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 58)