(p. 773) bīkṣita carefully observed. 81)

(p. 741) bādana act of playing on a musical instrument. 29)

(p. 717) bandaka singing in adoration, hymning; extolling; saluting; worshipping. n. one who sings in praise, a hymnist; one who extols; one who salutes; a worshipper, a votary; one employed to glorigy (esp. a prince) in songs (usu. at fixed hours and on particular occasions). 60)

(p. 758) bidbāna learned; erudite. n. a learned or erudite man, a savant, a scholar. 13)

(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)

(p. 721) bān̐kā to bend, to curve (রেখাটি বেঁকেছে); to turn (পথটি এখানে বেঁকেছে); to become reluctant or unfavourable or ungracious or antipathetic (কর্তা বেঁকেছেন). a. bent, curved (বাঁকা বাঁশ); stopping, hunched (বাঁকা পিঠ); slanting, aslant (খুটিখানা বাঁকা); winding, tortuous, sinuous, spiral, roundabout (বাঁকা পথ); furtive, squint, oblique (বাঁকা চাহনি); cynical or unfriendly (বাঁকা দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি); crooked (বাঁকা মন); rude, harsh (বাঁকা কথা); insinuating; sly (বাঁকা উক্তি); reluctant, unfavourable, antipathetic. ̃চোরা a. having many curves and twists; not straightforward, crooked (বাঁকাচোরা কথা). বাঁকানো. v. to bend; to make reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic. বেঁকে বসা v. to be placed or fixed slantingly; to become reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic; to revise or retract one's previous opinion, desire, resolve etc., to refuse to fall in with or accede to. 258)

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

(p. 790) baidagdha, baidagdhya wit; witticism; connoisseurship; erudition; learning; cleverness; adeptness. 37)

(p. 761) bibaraṇa a description; a statement, an account; recounting, narration; a narrative. বিবরণ দেওয়া v. to give an account of. বিবরণী n. a written report, an account. 85)

(p. 751) bikartana the sun. 8)

(p. 773) biṣāṇa a horn (of a beast); a wind instrument made of or shaped like a horn, a horn; a tusk. 31)

(p. 761) bibamiṣā inclination to vomit; nausea. 83)

(p. 721) bahistbaka epidermis, cuticle. 222)

(p. 721) bāi1 a title affixed to the names of Marathi or Rajput women. 233)

(p. 721) barīẏasī of বরীয়ান । 76)