(p. 779) buka2 reservation in advance, booking (থিয়েটারের সিট বুক করা); railway-booking (মাল বুক করা). বুক করা v. to book (seats etc.); to book (goods) by rail. ̃কিপিং n. book-keeping. ̃পোস্ট n. book-post. বুকপোস্ট করা v. to send by book-post. ̃শেফল n. a book-shelf. 13)

(p. 760) bidhitsu desirous of making provision or arrangements for. 9)

(p. 773) bisbana an earsplitting noise; sound; (phon.) a variant sound, an allophone. ̃ভেদ (phon.) n. allophonic variation. 62)

(p. 786) bēla1 a kind of sweet-smelling flower, the Arabian Jasmine, Jasminum Sambac. 85)

(p. 743) bāmā a beautiful woman; a woman. 43)

(p. 792) bōdamāṭi a kind of black earth or soil. 37)

(p. 748) bāśuli a female deity of Bengal identified with Chandi (চণ্ডী). 4)

(p. 786) bētāra1 tasteless, insipid; distasteful; (fig.) uninteresting, dull. 7)

(p. 746) bārambāra again and again, time and again, repeatedly. 3)

(p. 755) bicchēda separation; estrangement; discord, disintegration, dissension; difference; an interval; intermission (জ্বরবিচ্ছেদ). বিচ্ছেদ-নিয়ম n. (alg.) the law of distribution. ̃বেদনা n. the pang of separation, the woes of estrangement. ̃মূলক a. separatist; alienating; dissenting; disintegrating. 3)

(p. 756) bijñāpita notified, announced; circulated, proclaimed; billed, advertised; petitioned, supplicated. 10)

(p. 721) bāksa, bāksō a box; a case. ̃জাত, ̃বন্দি a. kept into a box. বাক্সজাত করা, বাক্সবন্দি করা v. to put into a box, to box. 284)

(p. 786) bēdabyāsa Vyasa (ব্যাস) the author of the Mahabharata. 29)

(p. 721) bāgadā, bāgadā-ciṇḍ়i the prawn. 295)

(p. 721) bahana carrying, bearing, conveying (যাত্রীবহন, সংবাদবহন); enduring, suffering (দুঃখবহন); flowing. বহন করা v. to carry, to bear, to convey; to endure or suffer. ̃যোগ্য, বহনীয় a. carriageable; bearable; conveyable; portable. 189)