(p. 786) bēnā verbena. বেনার মূল vertiver, cuscus. বেনাবনে মুক্তো ছড়ানো (fig.) to cast pearls before swine, to scatter seed amidst thorns. 55)

(p. 721) balada1 the bull, the bullock; the ox. 132)

(p. 721) bām̐ẏā a small semi-circular musical instrument of percussion played along with the tabla (তবলা). ঢাকের বাঁয়া (fig. & derisively) a useless accompaniment, a mere nothing; someone else's ditto. 277)

(p. 761) binaṣṭa destroyed; perished; killed; ruined (বিনষ্ট রাজ্য); wrecked (বিনষ্ট পোত); lost or wasted (বিনষ্ট সম্পদ); corrupted, depraved (বিনষ্ট চরিত্র); spoiled (বিনষ্ট সুযোগ, বিনষ্ট খাদ্য). 11)

(p. 786) bēẏāḍ়ā odd-looking; ungainly; awkward (বেয়াড়া অবস্হা); refractory or selfwilled (বেয়াড়া ছেলে); queer, odd, outlandish, difficult (বেয়াড়া প্রশ্ন). 76)

(p. 748) bāsā2 a medicinal plant, Justicia gandrussa. বাসারিষ্ট n. extract of Justicia gandrussa. 27)

(p. 740) bāṇijya trade, commerce, traffic. বাণিজ্য করা v. to trade, to traffic. বাণিজ্য কর n. a commercial tax. ̃কেন্দ্র n. a trade centre. ̃তরি n. a merchant ship, a merchantman. ̃পোত same as বাণিজ্যতরি । ̃মন্ত্রক n. the Ministry of Commerce. ̃মন্ত্রী n. a Minister of Commerce. বাণিজ্য সামগ্রী n. merchandise; ware, commodity; stock-in trade, requisites for a trade. বাণিজ্যিক a. commercial. 13)

(p. 800) brahma1 Burma (also ব্রহ্মদেশ). ̃বাসী a. Burmese. n. a Burmese, a Burman. fem. ব্রহ্মবাসিনী । 10)

(p. 717) baḍ়u (obs.) a son of a Brahmin. 9)

(p. 746) bāraśiṅgā, bāraśiṅā a kind of deer having six branches in either of its two horns. 16)

(p. 738) bāṭakhārā a mass of metal adjusted to a standard and used in weighing or in calculating weight, a weight. 39)

(p. 767) bibhūti Godhead; godhead, divinity; special powers of Shiva (শিব); sanctifying grace, unction; prosperity; riches, wealth; ashes. ̃ভূষণ n. one who smears one's body with ashes; Shiva (শিব). 10)

(p. 794) byāpana spreading or extending far and wide; pervasion; prevalence; (bot.) diffusion, covering. 80)

(p. 751) bikṛta perverted; corrupted, vitiated; decomposed (বিকৃত শব); morbid (বিকৃত মন); deranged; deformed (বিকৃত অঙ্গ); disfigured (বিকৃত চেহারা); monstrous or revolting (বিকৃত মূর্তি). বিকৃত করা v. to pervert; to corrupt, to vitiate; to deprave; to decompose; to affect with morbidity; to derange; to disfigure; to make unnatural (as voice). ̃কন্ঠ n. unnatural or affected voice; hoarse voice; gruff voice. a. speaking in an unnatural or affected voice (esp. to conceal one's natural voice); speaking in a hoarse or in a gruff voice. ̃চরিত্র a. corrupted or vitiated in character, depraved. ̃বুদ্ধি a. perverted in thoughts, evil-minded, wrong-headed. ̃মস্তিষ্ক a. mentally deranged, insane; crazy. ̃রুচি a. perverted in taste. n. a perverted taste. ̃স্বভাব a. perverted in nature, peevish. ̃স্বর same as বিকৃতকন্ঠ । বিকৃতি n. perversion; corruption, vitiation; decomposition, morbidity; derangement; deformity; disfigurement, disfiguration. 26)

(p. 794) byagra eager; earnest; excited; anxious; inquisitive, curious. ̃তা n. eagerness; earnestness; excitement; anxiety; curiosity. 19)