(p. 786) bēdē one of a gypsy tribe of India. fem. বেদেনি । 46)

(p. 767) biśikha an arrow, a shaft. 107)

(p. 790) baicitrya multi-colouredness; variegation; variety or diversity or vicissitude; multifariousness; wonderfulness; queerness. ̃পূর্ণ a. variegated; diverse; multifarious; having variety or diversity. ̃হীন a. without variety or diversity; monotonous; drab. 27)

(p. 743) bāẏanā1 an insistent and unreasonable or capricious demand; pretext, an excuse. 49)

(p. 758) bidhātā a director, a controller, a regulator (ভাগ্যবিধাতা); God; Providence; Brahma (ব্রহ্ম). ̃পুরুষ n. Providence personified (who is believed to write down the future of a newborn baby on its forehead).

(p. 721) bandhaka pawning, mortgage, hypothecation; a pawn, a pledge. বন্ধক দেওয়া v. to pawn, to pledge, to mortgage, to hypothecate. বন্ধক রাখা v. to lend money taking something in pawn or mortgage. ̃গ্রহীতা n. a pawnbroker; a pawnee; a mortgagee. ̃দাতা n. a pawner; a mortgager. ̃পত্র n. same as বন্ধকি দলিল । বন্ধকি a. of pawning or mortgage or hypothecation (বন্ধকি দলিল = a mortgage deed); carrying on pawnbroking (বন্ধকি দোকান = a pawnshop); pawned, mortgaged, hypothecated (বন্ধকি সম্পত্তি). বন্ধকি কারবার a pawnbroker's business. বল্ধকি দোকান a pawnshop. 7)

(p. 794) byābhāra (coll.) a gift, a present given for the sake of formality; coll. from of ব্যবহার । 92)

(p. 773) biśba the world, the earth; the universe. a. all; entire, whole. ̃কর্মা n. (myth.) the heavenly architect (cp. Vulcan). ̃কোষ n. an encyclopaedia, a cyclopaedia. ̃চরাচর n. the entire universe mobile and immobile. ̃জন n. all people of the world; mankind. ̃জননী n. the mother of the universe; Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃জনীন a. universal; philanthropic. ̃জনীনতা n. universality; philanthropy. ̃জিত্ n. conqueror of the world. ̃নাথ n. God; Shiva (শিব). ̃নিখিল same as বিশ্বসংসার । ̃নিন্দুক a. (given to) decrying the whole world, decrying everything and everybody in the world; (loos.) censorious; cynical. ̃পরিক্রমা n. going or walking round the world, travelling round the world. ̃পা, ̃পাতা, ̃পালক n. the preserver of the world; God. ̃পিতা n. the father of the world; God. ̃প্রীতি, ̃প্রেম n. universal love; philanthropy. ̃প্রেমিক a. loving the whole universe; philanthropic. n. one who loves the whole universe; a philanthropist, a philanthrope. ̃বন্দিত a. world famous, universally acclaimed. ̃বাসী a. inhabiting the world; cosmopolitan. n. same as ̃জন । ̃বিখ্যাত a. world-famous. ̃বিদ্যালয় n. a university. ̃বিধাতা n. the creator of the world, God. ̃বিমোহন, ̃বিমোহী a. charming or bewitching the whole world. fem. ̃বিমোহিনী । ̃বিশ্রুত same as ̃বিখ্যাত । ̃ব্যাপি a. world-wide. ̃ব্রহ্মাণ্ড n. the whole universe. ̃ভ্রাতৃত্ব, ̃মানবতা n. international brotherhood, internationalism. ̃মৈত্রী n. universal or international friendship or amity. ̃ম্ভর n. one who sustains the world; God; Narayana (নারায়ণ). ̃ম্ভরা n. fem. She who sustains all creatures; Mother Earth; the earth. ̃যুদ্ধ n. a world war. ̃রূপ n. the body in which the entire universe is reflected or exhibited; one whose form is represented by the entire universe; Narayana (নারায়ণ). ̃শান্তি n. world peace. ̃সংসার n. the whole universe. ̃সংসারে adv. in the whole universe; all over the world. ̃সাহিত্য n. the literature of the world, world literature. ̃সৃষ্টি n. the creation of the world. ̃স্রষ্টা n. the Creator of the world, God. 13)

(p. 767) bimūrta formless, unbodied; abstract (বিমূর্ত ভাব). 34)

(p. 748) bāhulya numerousness or muchness; excess; superfluity. বলাই বাহুল্য (যে) (it) is needless to say (that); it goes without saying (that). ̃বর্জিত a. shorn of excesses or superfluities. ̃বোধে considering it superfluous or unnecessary. 57)

(p. 721) bāila a stalked leaf of the coconuttree, palm-tree, etc,; a leaf of a door esp. of a folding door. 239)

(p. 765) bibṛta stated; narrated; explained; revealed; expanded. বিবৃত করা v. to state; to narrate, to relate; to explain; to reveal; to expand. বিবৃতি n. a statement; narration; explanation; exposition; revelation; expansion. বিবৃতি দেওয়া to make a statement. 20)

(p. 789) bēluna1 a roller for rolling chapaties; a cylinder. 11)

(p. 717) badala exchange (মালবদল); barter; substitution; change, alteration (ভোলবদল); transfer (অফিস বদল). বদল করা v. to exchange; to barter; to substitute; to change, to alter; to transfer. বদলা n. a thing or person seized or killed in retaliation; requital, retaliation; a substitute. বদলা নেওয়া v. to seize or kill in retaliation; to requite, to retaliate; to accept a substitute. বদলানো same as বদল করা । বদলা-বদলি n. exchange; change; mutual transfer. বদলি a. substituting; given or taken in exchange; bartered; substituted; transferred. n. substitution; a substitute; transfer; change. বদলি করা same as বদল করা । বদলে adv. in exchange of, in lieu of, in place of, instead, instead of. 34)

(p. 748) bāhā2 the High Bengali form of বাওয়া2 । 42)