(p. 748) bāsabhūmi place or country of residence; home country; motherland. 20)

(p. 721) bahirgraha (astr.) a superior planet. 205)

(p. 738) bājā to sound or be sounded (মোটরের হর্ন বাজা); to ring or be rung, to toll (ঘন্টা বাজা); to be played on (বীণা বাজা); to be beaten (ঢাক বাজা); to strike (ঘড়ি বাজা, তিনটে বাজা); to be announced by a sound (প্রহর বাজা); to be felt (হাতে বাজ); to jar on (কানে বাজা); to smart or pain (মনে বাজা). ঘড়ি বাজে the clock chimes or strikes. ঘড়িতে একটা বাজে the clock strikes one, it is one o'clock. স্কুলের ঘন্টা বাজ the school-bell goes. 21)

(p. 786) bēdanā feeling; pain, ache; affliction; grief, sorrow; mental agony. বেদনা করা v. to pain, to ache. বেদনা দেওয়া v. to pain; to inflict pain on; to grieve; to agonize mentally. বেদনা পাওয়া v. to be pained; to feel pain; to be grieved. ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক a. painful; grievous; agonizing; pitiable; sad. ̃বোধ n. feeling of pain. ̃র্ত a. afflicted; pained; agonized; aggrieved. ̃হীন a. painless, unaching. 23)

(p. 781) buddha awakened; enlightened; wise. n. Gautama Buddha; the ninth incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃ত্ব n. supreme enlightenment or wisdom (esp. what Buddha attained). 2)

(p. 751) bikrīta sold. 33)

(p. 721) bala-nāca ball-dance. বল-নাচ নাচা v. to take part in a ball. 135)

(p. 782) bṛtrāri the enemy of Britra (বৃত্র) the demon: an appellation of Indra (ইন্দ্র) the king of gods. 8)

(p. 746) bārabaradāra a porter; a traveller's luggage-carrying attendant. বারবরদারি n. porterage; service of a traveller's luggage-carrying attendant. 11)

(p. 773) biśēṣōkti (rhet.) a figure of speech in which a cause is mentioned as not producing the usual result (cp. paradox). 6)

(p. 721) bardhana increase, augmentation, multiplication, growth, development, expansion. a. same as বর্ধক (গৌরববর্ধন কার্য). বর্ধন করা v. to increase, to augment, to multiply, to enhance; to develop, to expand. ̃ক্ষম a. capable of being increased or augmented or multiplied or grown or developed or expanded. ̃শীল a. in a state of increase or augmentation or enhancement or development or expansion, growing, thriving, prosperous. বর্ধানাঙ্ক n. (phys.) power (of a lens). 111)

(p. 742) bāditra a musical instrument. 14)

(p. 761) bibatsā (of a cow) bereaved of or separated from one's calf. 81)

(p. 721) balita marked with lines of folding of the skin, furrowed; wrinkled, wrinkly. 150)

(p. 721) bahuḍ়i (obs.) a newly married woman, a childwife. 225)