(p. 721) barāta charge, commission (কাজের বরাত); order (often pl.); necessity or business (এদিকে একটু বরাত ছিল); authority to represent, assignment; order (to supply goods): fate, luck (মন্দ বরাত). বরাত দেওয়া v. to entrust a charge, to commission; to authorize or assign. ̃চিঠি n. a letter of authority or assignment; (comm.) a bill of exchange. ̃গুণে adv. by virtue of good luck. ̃জোরে adv. through good luck, through a stroke of luck. বরাতি a. (of a task) entrusted. 66)

(p. 738) bājikara a juggler, a magician; (rare) an acrobat. 26)

(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. 738) bāchā1 (in affectionate address) a son or a daughter or a person deserving to be treated as such (cp. My child.) 8)

(p. 773) bisarga a Bengali spirant or the letter resembling it (ঃ). বিসর্গ-সন্ধি see সন্ধি । 43)

(p. 773) biśēṣōkti (rhet.) a figure of speech in which a cause is mentioned as not producing the usual result (cp. paradox). 6)

(p. 786) bēdhana boring, piercing; perforation. বেধনী, বেধনিকা n. an instrument for boring; a drill, an auger; an awl. 51)

(p. 792) bairāgī apathetic to worldly interests, (cp.) stoical. n. (loos.) a Vaishnava anchorite. 7)

(p. 743) bāburci (Mus.) a cook or chef. ̃খানা n. a cookhouse, a kitchen. 38)

(p. 767) biẏōjana detachment, disjoining, disconnection; separation. 47)

(p. 743) bānaḍila a bundle. 7)

(p. 789) bēluna2 a balloon. 12)

(p. 721) balābali conversation; talk; talking; discussion; repeated requests. বলাবলি করা v. to converse; to discuss; to request repeatedly. 147)

(p. 790) bēhāna (fem. of বেহাই) the mother-in-law or an aunt-in-law of a son or daughter. 11)

(p. 721) balīẏāna very strong or powerful. 158)