(p. 756) bidagdha witty; having the qualification of a connoisseur; learned; cultured; intelligent; skilful; clever. বিদগ্ধা a. fem. of বিদগ্ধ । n. (rhet.) a witty lady-love. বিদগ্ধ-সমাজ n. the intelligentsia; a learned society; a body of connoisseurs. 46)

(p. 748) bāṣaṭṭi sixty-two. 5)

(p. 751) bikaca1 hairless; bald. 4)

(p. 746) bāraṇa2 prohibition; prevention; resistance. বারণ করা v. to prohibit; to prevent; to resist. বারণীয় a. capable of being prohibited; preventible; resistible. বারণোপায় n. a preventive measure. 7)

(p. 794) byāṇḍa a musical band; bandmusic; a strap for fastening, a band (ঘড়ির ব্যাণ্ড). ̃মাসটার n. a bandmaster. 78)

(p. 782) bēkāra unemployed (বেকার অবস্হা, বেকার লোক); unoccupied, without work (বেকার সময়); useless (বেকার পরিশ্রম). ̃ত্ব n. unemployment; worklessness, occupationless. ̃সমস্যা n. the unemployment problem. 52)

(p. 792) bōn̐cā having one's nose cut off, noseless; snub-nosed; truncated. 23)

(p. 738) bāṭana turning into paste by rolling something on a flat mortar with a pestle. বাটনা n. spices turned thus into paste; a quantity of spices to be rolled thus. 40)

(p. 740) bātalānō to suggest; to point out; to devise. a. suggested; devised.

(p. 786) bētasa the cane-plant; the rattan-plant; a variety of thin cane of which flutes are made. ̃পত্র n. a leaf of the cane-plant. 6)

(p. 721) bām̐ō2 a fathom. 254)

(p. 737) bāṅāla a native of East Bengal; (iron.) an unrefined rustic. a. of East Bengal (বাঙাল প্রথা); born in East Bengal. fem. n. বাঙালিনি, বাঙালনি । 18)

(p. 747) bālasānō (of a child) to catch cold or become ill. 18)

(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. 756) bitatha, bitathya untrue, false; futile, vain. 32)