(p. 800) brāhma relating to Brahma (ব্রহ্ম) or God; endowed with knowledge about God. n. a Brahmo, a Brahmoist. ̃ধর্ম n. Brahmoism. ̃বিবাহ n. act of inviting a bridegroom versed in scriptures and marrying him to a bride with due obeisance; marriage (by registration) in accordance with the rules of the Brahmo Samaj. ̃সমাজ n. the Brahmo Samaj ̃মূহুর্ত n. the period of forty-eighth minute immediately preceding sunrise. 18)

(p. 751) bigalita thoroughly melted; smelted; exuded; (of dress, bun of hair etc.) dishevelled; thoroughly decomposed or putrefied (বিগলিত শব); (fig.) softened or moved (with compassion, grief etc.). fem. বিগলিতা । বিগলিত করা v. to melt thoroughly; to smelt; to cause to exude; to decompose or putrefy thoroughly; (fig.) to soften or move (with compassion, grief etc.). 48)

(p. 748) bāsara2, bāsaraghara a bride-chamber. বাসরশয্যা n. bridal bed. 23)

(p. 717) bandiśa (in music) style; style of composition. 69)

(p. 743) bāmapanhī (in pol.) a leftist; leftist. 42)

(p. 786) bēdastura contrary to rule or practice, unconventional. 35)

(p. 751) bikīrṇa diffused, dispersed. বিকীর্ণ করা same as বিকিরণ করা । বিকীর্ণ তাপ radiated or diffused heat. 24)

(p. 782) bṛhattama of বৃহত্ । 25)

(p. 721) bandhya fit to be bound or tied; unproductive, barren, sterile; childless. fem. বন্ধ্যা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. fitness for being bound or tied; unproductivity, barrenness, sterility; childlessness. 12)

(p. 721) bahirgata gone or come out, issued forth; emerged. বহির্গত হওয়া v. to go or come out, to issue, to issue forth; to emerge. 202)

(p. 737) bāgicā a small garden. 10)

(p. 740) bāḍ়na2 a besom, a broom. 4)

(p. 760) bidhāna a scriptural prescript or ruling; a prescript, a ruling (সভাপতির বিধান); a prescription (পথ্যবিধান); provision, arrangement (আনন্দবিধান); legislation; a law; a rule; a system (নববিধান). বিধান দেওয়া v. to prescribe; to issue a ruling, to rule. ̃কর্তা n. a director (fem. directress, directrix), a regulator, a controller; a law-giver; a legislator. fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । ̃তন্ত্র n. a code of laws; a system of legislation. বিধান-পরিষদ n. a legislative council. ̃শাস্ত্র n. jurisprudence, law. ̃সংসদ n. the Parliament. ̃সংহিতা n. a treatise on jurisprudence, a law-book. ̃সভা n. a legislative assembly. 3)

(p. 781) bulabula, bulabuli a bird of the Pycnonotus genus, the bulbul. 14)

(p. 789) bēlābhūmi sea-beach, coastland. 8)