(p. 721) bandhya fit to be bound or tied; unproductive, barren, sterile; childless. fem. বন্ধ্যা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. fitness for being bound or tied; unproductivity, barrenness, sterility; childlessness. 12)

(p. 746) bāruda gunpowder, powder. ̃খানা n. a room for storing gunpowder, a magazine. 26)

(p. 779) bun̐da besotted (নেশায় বুঁদ); absorbed, engrossed (চিন্তায় বুঁদ). 11)

(p. 737) bāṅāli a native of Bengal, a Bengali. a. of Bengalis or of Bengal. 19)

(p. 761) binimaẏa exchange; barter; return; requital, recompense; substitution. বিনিময় করা v. to exchange; to barter. বিনিময়ে দেওয়া v. to give in exchange (for) or in lieu (of); to give in return (for), to requite, to recompense. বিনিময়-নিয়ম n. (alg.) the commutative law. বিনিময়-হার n. the rate of exchange. 23)

(p. 713) b the twenty-third letter of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 756) bidika (rare) a point intermediate between two cardinal ones of the compass; (pop.) an opposite or wrong direction (দিগ্বিদিক). 58)

(p. 721) banyā2 a flood; an inundation; a deluge. বন্যার জল floodwater. ̃পীড়িত a. floodstricken. ̃প্লাবিত a. flooded. ̃বিধ্বস্ত a. devastated by the flood; flood-stricken. 15)

(p. 721) barjya same as বর্জনীয় । 87)

(p. 721) bān̐dara the monkey; the ape; (dero.) a mischievous person. fem. বাঁদরি । ̃মুখো a. having a face as ugly as that of a monkey. fem. বাঁদরমুখি । বাঁদরামি, বাঁদরামো n. mischievousness; a monkey-trick; monkeyism. বাঁদুরে a. monkeyish. 269)

(p. 800) brāhma relating to Brahma (ব্রহ্ম) or God; endowed with knowledge about God. n. a Brahmo, a Brahmoist. ̃ধর্ম n. Brahmoism. ̃বিবাহ n. act of inviting a bridegroom versed in scriptures and marrying him to a bride with due obeisance; marriage (by registration) in accordance with the rules of the Brahmo Samaj. ̃সমাজ n. the Brahmo Samaj ̃মূহুর্ত n. the period of forty-eighth minute immediately preceding sunrise. 18)

(p. 743) bāra2 a royal court, a durbar; (of princes etc.) a sitting or presence in a court ('বার দিয়া বসিয়াছে বীরসিংহ রায়'); an appearance before applicants or visitors or in public esp. in state (জমিদার বা গুরু আজ বার দেবেন). 58)

(p. 721) bāuṭi a kind of bracelet. 244)

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

(p. 782) bēōjara admitting no excuse or protest (বেওজর হুকুম). adv. without excuse or protest (বেওজর খাটা). 43)