(p. 751) bikaca2 blooming; gleaming ('করুণাকিরণে বিকচ নয়ান'). 5)

(p. 743) bāndhaba a kinsman; a relation; a friend; an ally. fem. বান্ধবী a kinswoman; a woman relation; a lady friend; a girl friend. 16)

(p. 800) brāhma relating to Brahma (ব্রহ্ম) or God; endowed with knowledge about God. n. a Brahmo, a Brahmoist. ̃ধর্ম n. Brahmoism. ̃বিবাহ n. act of inviting a bridegroom versed in scriptures and marrying him to a bride with due obeisance; marriage (by registration) in accordance with the rules of the Brahmo Samaj. ̃সমাজ n. the Brahmo Samaj ̃মূহুর্ত n. the period of forty-eighth minute immediately preceding sunrise. 18)

(p. 758) bidēha1 modern Mithila (মিথিলা). 9)

(p. 765) bibhākara the sun. 34)

(p. 741) bādaka an instrumentalist. ̃সম্প্রদায় n. a musical band. 28)

(p. 765) bibhābasu the sun. 43)

(p. 794) byābhāra (coll.) a gift, a present given for the sake of formality; coll. from of ব্যবহার । 92)

(p. 751) bikēndraṇa decentralization. 27)

(p. 800) blāuja blouse. 34)

(p. 721) bandhya fit to be bound or tied; unproductive, barren, sterile; childless. fem. বন্ধ্যা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. fitness for being bound or tied; unproductivity, barrenness, sterility; childlessness. 12)

(p. 767) bilīẏamāna in the state of being dissolved; evanescent, fading away, vanishing; in the state of being absorbed or destroyed. 89)

(p. 773) bīṇā a kind of musical heptachord, a vina. ̃দণ্ড n. the top part of a vina to be held with the hand. ̃নিন্দিত, ̃বিনিন্দিত a. putting to shame even the charming melody of a lyre, excelling even the sound of a vina in sweetness. fem. ̃নিন্দিতা, ̃বিনিন্দিতা । ̃পাণি n. one who holds a vina in one's hand; Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী). ̃বাদক n. a vinaplayer. ̃বাদন n. playing on a vina. 88)

(p. 721) bān̐ṭa2 a haft, a handle. 264)

(p. 794) bōmbēṭē a pirate, a buccaneer; a daredevil; a terrible person. ̃গিরি n. piracy, buccaneering; indulgence in dare-devil activities. 3)