(p. 773) bihanē (poet.) without, in absence of. 70)

(p. 721) baruṇa (myth.) the Hindu seagod (cp. Neptune Poseidon). 78)

(p. 715) bakrī curved; tortuous, sinuous; (chiefly astrol.) antipathetic. ̃করণ n. curvation. ̃কৃত a. curved. ̃ভূত a. curved; turned antipathetic. 6)

(p. 781) buruja a bastion; a rampart; a dome; a kind of card-playing. 10)

(p. 792) bōtala a bottle. বোতলে ভরা, বোতলে পোরা v. to bottle. 35)

(p. 800) bratabhaṅga breach of a vow. 8)

(p. 721) barābara always or each time (বরাবর ভুল করা); all through, all along (বরাবর জঙ্গলের ভিতর দিয়ে); straightway (বরাবর উত্তরে যাও). prep. to, towards, near, along (নদী বরাবর). a. equivalent or similar to ('সুধা বিষে বরাবর'). বরাবরেষু prep. to, addressed to (used in Bengali letterwriting). 69)

(p. 767) bibhrama illusion; delusion; doubt; a blunder, an error; folly or distraction caused by erotism; sport or enjoyment (esp. amorous). 15)

(p. 717) baḍ়āi2, baḍ়āẏi an old woman named Yogamaya (যোগমায়া) who acted as a go-between in the affaire de coeur of Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); a decrepit old woman; a great grandmother. 7)

(p. 786) bēpāttā without news of whereabouts, one whose whereabouts are unknown. 66)

(p. 781) bunana sowing; weaving; knitting. বুননি alt. form of বুনানি (see বুনা). 7)

(p. 721) bāibēla the Bible. 238)

(p. 721) bāula one of a class of Hindu stoical devotees singing songs in a special mode illustrating their doctrine; their song or mode of singing. 248)

(p. 748) bāsuki (myth.) the snake-king. 33)

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