(p. 756) biṭaṅka a pigeon-house, a dovecote; a trap for catching brids, a fowling-net. 15)

(p. 786) bēmānāna unfitting; unbecoming; irrelevant; inappropriate; ill-matched; incompatible; awkward. 73)

(p. 746) bārāntara another time, a different occasion. বারান্তরে adv. at another time; on a different occasion. 19)

(p. 721) balada1 the bull, the bullock; the ox. 132)

(p. 773) bītaśaṅka freed from fear; dauntless, fearless.

(p. 765) bibasbāna the sun or the sungod (cp. Sol.) 9)

(p. 713) ban̐dhu, ban̐dhuẏā (poet.) a friend; a lover, a sweetheart; a gallant; (cp.) a winsome marrow. 24)

(p. 767) bimugdha thoroughly fascinated or infatuated or enamoured (of) or enchanted; utterly bewildered or confounded. fem. বিমুগ্ধা । ̃তা n. complete fascination or infatuation or enchantment; utter bewilderment. 32)

(p. 721) bām̐ẏā a small semi-circular musical instrument of percussion played along with the tabla (তবলা). ঢাকের বাঁয়া (fig. & derisively) a useless accompaniment, a mere nothing; someone else's ditto. 277)

(p. 800) brātya degenerated; failed in observing one's vow or in religious rites, (loos.) outcast. 16)

(p. 747) bārdhakyatattba, bārdhakyabidyā the study of the problems of old age; gerontology. 10)

(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. 717) banāma versus. 54)

(p. 713) bakalama the name of an illiterate person signed by another; (loos.) act of signing for another. 34)

(p. 761) binirdēśa ruling. 34)