(p. 800) brahmāṇḍa the universe, the world, the creation. 14)

(p. 715) baṭa the banyan tree. ̃পত্র n. a banyan leaf. ̃মূল n. the base or foot of a banyan tree. 35)

(p. 773) bihāri a man from Bihar, a Bihari. a. of or about Bihar. 74)

(p. 721) balī2 full of strength, powerful, strong; heroic, valorous. 156)

(p. 748) bāhinī2 (ori.) a division of army comprising 81 elephant-riders, 81 charioteers, 243 horsemen and 45 footsoldiers; an army, a battalion; a river, a stream. 50)

(p. 758) biduṣī learned, erudite. n. fem. a learned woman. 3)

(p. 721) bartā, bartānō to devolve on (পিতার গুণ পুত্রে বর্তায়); to keep going (বেঁচেবর্তে থাকা); to be kept going or be gratified (এ চাকরি পেলে সে বর্তে যাব). 102)

(p. 751) bighaṭana separation into different component parts, analysis; dissolution; destruction; (loos.) a mishap. 51)

(p. 721) bāk speech, language; learning; the organ of speech. ̃চাতুরি, ̃চাতুর্য, n. cleverness of speech; gift of the gab; artful or wheedling language, a quibble. ̃চাপল্য n. flippancy in speech; flippant speech; loquacity, talkativeness. ̃ছল n. artfulness or wheedlesomeness of speech; equivocation; a quibble. ̃জাল same as বাগজাল । ̃পটু same as বাগ্বিদগ্ধ । ̃পটুতা, ̃পটুত্ব same as বাগ্বৈদগ্ধ । ̃পারুষ্য n. rudeness of speech; insulting words. ̃প্রণালী n. mode of speaking; an idiom. ̃প্রপঞ্চ n. elaborate speech; eloquence. ̃রোধ inc. but pop. var. of বাগ্রোধ । ̃শক্তি n. power or faculty of speaking. ̃শক্তিরহিত, ̃শক্তিহীন a. dumb; unable to speak; rendered speechless; dumbfounded. ̃সংযম n. exercise of restraint in speech, sparingness in use of words, reticence, taciturnity. ̃সর্বস্ব a. excelling only in words and incapable of action. বাক্সর্বস্ব ব্যক্তি a person of mere words, a wind-bag. ̃সিদ্ধ a. having the power to utter infallible words. fem. ̃সিদ্ধা । ̃স্ফূর্তি n. utterance of words. ̃স্বাধীনতা n. freedom of speech. 280)

(p. 786) bēdanindaka a disparager or rejector of the teachings of the Vedas; an atheist. 24)

(p. 717) banduka a gun, a rifle, a bundook, a musket, a matchlock; a pistol, a revolver. ̃ধারী a. armed with or carrying a gun or rifle. বন্দুকধারী লোক a gunman; a musketeer, a rifleman. 71)

(p. 746) bāriẏāri, bārōẏāri performed by the public for the public, public; joint, combined. n. a public function organized by the public. 2)

(p. 767) birāṭa the Omnipresent, God. a. very great or vast or huge. ̃ত্ব n. extreme greatness or vastness or hugeness. 59)

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

(p. 755) bijigīṣā desire for attaining victory or success. 19)