(p. 782) bṛddhāṅguli the thumb; the big toe, the great toe. 12)

(p. 721) baradāsta bearing or enduring, act of brooking; toleration; patience. a. endured, tolerated, borne (বরদাস্ত হয় না). বরদাস্ত করা v. to bear, to bear with; to endure, to brook; to tolerate. 55)

(p. 786) bēribēri beriberi. 83)

(p. 721) bākhānā (poet.) to narrate or describe or delineate or praise. 286)

(p. 785) bēṇi, bēṇī a braid, a plait; pigtail; a tress; a stream (ত্রিবেণী). বেণি বাঁধা v. to tress; to braid, to plait. ̃বদ্ধ a. tressed. ̃সংহার n. braiding or plaiting the hair; tressing the hair into a plait. 29)

(p. 767) bimiśra mixed; adulterated; (bot.) polygamous. বিমিশ্র প্রক্রিয়া (arith.) alligation. 29)

(p. 794) byāpana spreading or extending far and wide; pervasion; prevalence; (bot.) diffusion, covering. 80)

(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. 792) bairāgya apathy towards worldly interests; stoicism; philosophical or spiritual consciousness. বৈরাগ্যোদয় n. access of philosophical or spiritual consciousness (in one's mind); awakening of the spirit of renunciation. 8)

(p. 794) byādhimandira (lit.) a shrine of diseases; (fig.) the body. 74)

(p. 747) bālā1 a female child; a girl; a young woman; a daughter. 19)

(p. 765) bibēka conscience; judgment, discretion; knowledge about reality, spiritual or metaphysical knowledge. ̃চালিত, ̃তাড়িত a. impelled or goaded by conscience. ̃দংশন n. the sting of conscience. ̃পীড়িত a. conscience-smitten. ̃বুদ্ধি n. conscientiousness; (loos.) conscience; (loos.) judgment, discretion. ̃বুদ্ধিসম্পন্ন a. conscientious. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. lacking in conscience or conscientiousness; unscrupulous; devoid of judgment or discretionary power. বিবেকী a. conscientious. 22)

(p. 790) baitāla, baitālika one employed to glorify (esp. a prince) in songs (usu. at fixed hours). 36)

(p. 794) byutpatti knowledge, learning (গণিতে ব্যুত্পত্তি); proficiency (অস্ত্রচালনায় ব্যুত্পত্তি); (gr.) derivation and original signification of words, etymology. ̃গত a. derivative, etymological. 109)

(p. 765) bibaśa benumbed; stupefied or overwhelmed; fatigued; utterly helpless; inconsolable; divested of selfcontrol, beside oneself with; (ori.) beyond control. fem. বিবশা । ̃তা n. numbness; stupefaction, insensateness. 7)