(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. 782) bṛthā futile, abortive, ineffectual, fruitless; useless (বৃথা বাক্যব্যয়); purposeless (বৃথা ভ্রমণ). adv. in vain; to no purpose; uselessly. 9)

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

(p. 743) bāmana2 a Brahman; a Brahman priest or cook. fem. বামনি । বামন গেল ঘর তো লাঙল তুলে ধর (fig.) when the master is away, servants neglect their work. বামনের গোরু (fig.) a person or a thing that yields maximum benefit at the minimum cost. ̃ঠাকুর n. a Brahman priest or cook. fem. ̃ঠাকরুন a female Brahman cook. বামনাই n. (dero.) practice of a Brahman or an exhibition of this. 41)

(p. 738) bāṭā2 a variety of small silvery-white fresh-water fish. 42)

(p. 782) bēāini unlawful; illegal; lawless; outlawed or proscribed (বেআইনি পুস্তক), banned. বেআইনি করা v. to prohibit by law, to interdict or outlaw, to proscribe; to ban; to do something unlawful. বেআইনি জনসমাগম an unlawful assembly. বেআইনিভাবে adv. illegally, unlawfully. 33)

(p. 748) biuli a variety of husked pigeon-pea.

(p. 748) bāstabika true, real, actual; sure. adv. indeed, really. ̃পক্ষে adv. as a matter of fact. 36)

(p. 760) bidhu the moon. 10)

(p. 748) bāhuyuddha wrestling; a scuffle. 56)

(p. 756) bidīrṇa split, rent; cleft; pierced; burst. বিদির্ণ করা v. to split, to rend; to cleave; to pierce; to cause to burst.

(p. 790) baijñānika scientific (বৈজ্ঞানিক গবেষণা); versed in science. n. (loos.) a scientist. 30)

(p. 715) bakra bent, curved, tortuous; oblique; squint: crooked; (chiefly astrol.) antipatheitc. n. a bend, a turn. ̃গতি a. having a curved or sinuous or tortuous motion. ̃গামী a. curvedly or sinuously or tortuously moving crooked. ̃চ্ছেদ n. (geom.) an oblique section. ̃তা n. curvedness; sinuosity; obliqueness; squintness; curvature; crookedness. (chiefly astrol.) antipathy. বক্রতাকেন্দ্র n. (phys.) a centre of curvature. ̃দৃষ্টি a. squint-eyed, cock-eyed; looking askance; squinting. ̃নাস a. having a curved or aquiline nose. ̃পৃষ্ঠ a. convex; arch-backed. ̃রেখা n. curved line, a curve. ̃শিরাল a. (bot.) curviveined. ̃সংঘাত n. (mech.) an oblique impact. বক্রাংশুরেখা n. (phys.) a caustic curve. বক্রাংশুস্পর্শ n. (phys.) causticity. 5)

(p. 717) badbīpa a delta. ̃শীর্ষ n. head of the delta. 37)

(p. 747) bālāi an evil, a harm; a pest. int. an utterance to revoke a former utterance or to counteract a possible harm. (cp.) God forbid (বালাই, তুমি কেন মরবে?). বালাই নিয়ে মরা to die taking away with oneself all harm that may occur to another. বালাই ষাট same as বালাই (int.). 21)