(p. 794) byañjana a cooked dish of vegetables or fish or meat, any spicy dish of cooked food; expressing, expression; a characteristic sign; (gr.) a consonant (usu. ব্যঞ্জনবর্ণ). ̃সন্ধি). সন্ধি । ব্যঞ্জনা see n. (rhet.) suggestion, a gesture; a secondary meaning transcending the primary meaning of words; expressing, expression. ব্যঞ্জনাপূর্ণ, ব্যঞ্জনাময় a. suggestive; full of suggestiveness; full of implications. ব্যঞ্জনান্ত a. (gr.) ending with a consonant or a consonantal sound. ব্যঞ্জনান্ত শব্দ a word that ends with a consonant. ব্যঞ্জিত a. indicated, suggested; expressed. 24)

(p. 738) bācya to be spoken or uttered; speakable, utterable; fit to be regarded as, namable (পদবাচ্য). n. (gr.) voice. বাচ্যার্থ n. actual or simple (and not figurative) meaning or sense of a word or sentence, the primary or original meaning (of a word etc.). 5)

(p. 773) bīkṣamāṇa engaged in careful observation. 80)

(p. 800) brahma2 the Absolute Being, God; a Brahman, a Brahmin. ̃চর্য n. a mode of life marked with devoted study of the Vedas and other scriptures and books of knowledge and with complete abstinence from sexual and secular pleasures. ̃চর্যাশ্রম n. the first stage of life (up to the age of 16) according to the Vedic Hindus when one has to practise brahmacharya (ব্রহ্মচর্য). ̃চারী n. one practising brahmacharya (ব্রহ্মচর্য); a Brahmin boy staying at the residence of the guru to receive his education, having undergone the sacrament of being invested with the holy sacrificial thread; one practising abstinence from sexual or other worldly pleasures and preparing to join an order of hermits. fem. চারিণী । ̃জ্ঞ a. one who has attained knowledge about God. ̃জ্ঞান n. knowledge about God. ̃জ্ঞানী a. having knowledge about God; following Brahmoism. n. one who has attained knowledge about God; a Brahmo. ̃ণ্য a. relating to God or to Brahmans. n. the superhuman power obtained through one's knowledge of God; uncommon spiritual power characteristic of Brahmans; Narayana নারায়ণ (usu. ব্রাহ্মণ্যদেব). ̃তালু n. the crown of the head, the palate. ̃তেজ n. uncommon power of a Brahman. ̃ত্ব n. Godhead; divinity. ̃ত্র n. a piece of rent-free land given away to a Brahman. ̃দৈত্য n. an anthropophagous ghost of a Brahman; a demoniac ghost of a Brahman; a Brahman demon. ̃পিশাচ n. a necrophagous ghost of a Brahman, a Brahman ghoul. ̃বাদী a. (capable of) expounding mysteries about God; engaged in studying the Vedas; having knowledge about God; versed in or following Vedantic philosophy. n. such a person. fem. ̃বাদিনী । ̃বিত্ same as ব্রহ্মজ্ঞ । ̃বিদ্যা n. a branch of learning imparting knowledge about God. ̃বৈবর্ত n. one of the eighteen puranas (পুরাণ). ̃ময় a. pervaded by the presence of God. ̃মীমাংসা n. the second part of the Vedanta treating of the nature and attributes of God. ̃রন্ধ্র n. the central pore of the palate. ̃লোক n. the abode of Brahma (ব্রহ্ম); the highest one of the seven mythological heavens. ̃শাপ n. a curse of or put by a Brahman. ̃সংহিতা n. a Vaishnava scripture. ̃সংগীত n. a song of devotion to God. ̃সূত্র n. the holy sacrificial thread worn by Brahmans; any one of the aphorisms of the Vedanta composed by Vyasa (ব্যাস). ̃স্ব n. property or possessions of a Brahman. ব্রহ্মস্বাপহরণ করা v. to rob or misappropriate the property of a Brahman. ̃স্বরূপ n. true nature and attributes of God. ̃হত্যা n. slaying of a Brahman. 11)

(p. 786) bēla3 diapered lace. 87)

(p. 721) bām̐ōḍ় the bend of a river where the current is obstructed, (cp.) an eddy, a whirlpool. 255)

(p. 721) bān̐cōẏā rescue, relief, escape; safety; (rare) protection of life; 261)

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

(p. 741) bātistambha a lightpost, a lamppost. 20)

(p. 721) balkala, balka the rind of a tree, bark. বল্কলধারী a. wearing bark (instead of a loincloth). fem. বল্কলধারিণী । 160)

(p. 767) bili distribution (টাকা বিলি); allotment, assignment (কাজ বিলি); act of handing over under specific terms and conditions, settlement (জমি বিলি); delivery (চিঠি বিলি). বিলি করা v. to distribute; to allot; to settle (land); to deliver. 87)

(p. 781) buruja a bastion; a rampart; a dome; a kind of card-playing. 10)

(p. 786) bētara indisposed বেতর শরীর; fuddled, sottish, besotted (নেশায় বেতর); embarrassed, off one's guard (জেরায় বেতর); dissimilar. 4)

(p. 773) biśēṣita attributed; specified, distinguished; (gr.) qualified (as by an adjective). 5)

(p. 721) baẏḥ age; longevity or lifetime; youth or majority. ̃ক্রম n. age. ̃প্রাপ্ত, ̃স্হ a. one who has attained youth or (loos.) marriageable age; of age, grown-up. fem. ̃প্রাপ্তা, ̃স্হা । বয়ঃপ্রাপ্ত পুরুষ বা স্ত্রীলোক an adult, a major. ̃সন্ধি n. adolescence. ̃সীমা n. age-limit. 25)