(p. 761) biprakarṣa (gr.) anaptyxis, vowel insertion. 69)

(p. 767) biśēṣa excess or excellence; difference, distinction, discrimination; a sort, a kind, a type (জীববিশেষ); variety or novelty; (phil.) individuality or an individual. a. superior; different; extraordinary, especial (বিশেষ বাধা, বিশেষ ঘটনা); remarkable (বিশেষ উত্সাহ); specific (বিশেষ দর); peculiar or characteristic (বিশেষ লক্ষণ); particular (বিশেষ কাজ); (log.) predicating of part of the class denoted by the subject, particular; (phil.) individual. বিশেষ করা v. to differentiate; to distinguish; to particularize; to specify.

(p. 741) bātika neurosis; a mania; a strong hobby, a crotchet, a craze (খেলা দেখার বাতিক). ̃গ্রস্ত a. neurotic; maniac; crotchety. ̃গ্রস্ত ব্যক্তি a neurotic; a crotchety man. 17)

(p. 748) bāstu a dwelling-place; a dwelling; a dwelling-house; a piece of land on which a dwelling-house stands, a homestead; (also বাস্তুভিটা); a permanent and usually ancestral homestead (also বাস্তুগৃহ); buildings. ̃কর্ম n. building-construction; public works. ̃কার n. a civil engineer. ̃কৃত্যক n. the engineering service. ̃ঘুঘু n. (fig.) a vile person who resides irremovably in a family and brings it to ruin. ̃দেবতা ̃পুরুষ n. the guardian or tutelar deity of a homestead or family. ̃ভিটা n. homestead. ̃সংস্হান n. provision for dwelling. ̃সাপ n. a snake living in a house for a long time and without harming anybody. ̃হারা a. displaced from a homestead. n. a displaced person. 38)

(p. 748) bāhuyuddha wrestling; a scuffle. 56)

(p. 781) bulabula, bulabuli a bird of the Pycnonotus genus, the bulbul. 14)

(p. 761) bindhya the Vindhyas. ̃বাসিনী a. fem. dwelling on the Vindhyas. n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). masc. a. বিন্ধ্যবাসী । 43)

(p. 748) bāhutra, bāhutrāṇa an armour for the arm, an arm-plate. 52)

(p. 786) bēdāṅga any one of the six branches of the Vedas (namely শিক্ষা, কল্প, ব্যাকরণ, নিরুক্ত, ছন্দ, জ্যোতিষ). 37)

(p. 721) bāināca the dance of a professional dancing girl. 237)

(p. 721) bastu a thing, a material; subject-matter (usu. বিষয়বস্তু); substance (তোমার শরীরে বস্তু নেই); truth; (phil.) matter; (phys.) mass. ̃গত a. relating to a thing or matter. ̃গত মান intrinsic value. ̃জগত্ n. the material world, the world of matter. বস্তুত adv. in fact, indeed, really. ̃তত্ত্ব n. physics. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. a physicist. ̃তন্ত্র n. realism. ̃তন্ত্রী, ̃তন্ত্রীয়, ̃তান্ত্রীক a. realistic, materialistic. ̃নিষ্ঠ a. realistic; objective. ̃নিষ্ঠা n. realism; objectiveness. ̃বাদ n. realism; materialism. ̃বাদী a. & n. realist; materialist. 185)

(p. 715) baḍisa a bodice; bra.

(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. 792) baira hostility, enmity. ̃নির্যাতন n. persecution of an enemy. বৈরনির্যাতন করা v. to persecute an enemy. ̃ভাব n. hostility; enmity. ̃সাধন n. hostility, enmity. 6)

(p. 721) baẏōguṇa tendencies or propensities natural to a particular age. 39)