(p. 794) byāna one of the five vital airs of a living body. 77)

(p. 792) bōdā distasteful, tasteless, insipid; (loos.) rather offensive (বোদা গন্ধ); (fig.) uninteresting, dull (বোদা লেখা), witless (বোদা লোক). 38)

(p. 767) birala sparse, thinly scattered or placed (বিরলদন্ত); very thinly frequented or inhabited by (জনবিরল); rare (বিরল ঘটনা). n. a secluded or lonely place, solitude. বিরলকেশ a. thin-haired; baldheaded, almost without hair on one's head. ̃তা n. sparseness: rareness, rarity. ̃বসতি a. thinly populated. বিরলে adv. in seclusion. 54)

(p. 779) bujā, bōjā to shut or close (চক্ষু বুজেছে); to be filled up (গর্ত বোজা). a. shut or closed; filled up. বুজানো v. to shut or close; to fill up. 18)

(p. 741) bāti a lamp, a light; a candle; a stick or rod (গালার বাতি). 16)

(p. 792) baiśbānara fire; the god of fire, Agni (অগ্নি). 15)

(p. 721) barga a class, a tribe, a genus, a species (প্রাণীবর্গ); a collection, an aggregate (বন্ধুবর্গ); (math.) the product of a quantity multiplied by itself, square (বর্গমূল); (gr.) any one of the five groups into which Bengali consonantal stops (that is, the letters from ক্ to ম্) are classified (ক্-বর্গ, চ্-বর্গ, ট্-বর্গ, ত্বর্গ, প্-বর্গ); a chapter or section of a book; (theol.) any one of the four principal pursuits of life (see চতুর্বর্গ). ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a square area, a square. ̃ঘন n. (math.) the square of a cube. ̃ফল n. square. ̃মূল n. (math.) the square root. বর্গমূল নির্ণয় করা বা বার করা v. to find the square root of. 81)

(p. 790) baitāla, baitālika one employed to glorify (esp. a prince) in songs (usu. at fixed hours). 36)

(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) bēdamantra the prescribed mantras or incantations or sanctions of the Vedas. 31)

(p. 721) basanta the spring season, spring, the springtime; pox, small-pox, chickenpox; an Indian musical mode. ̃কাল n. the spring season, the spring time, spring. ̃কালীন a. of spring; vernal. ̃দূত n. the messenger of spring; the cuckoo. ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the light fortnight of Magh (মাঘ) when Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী) is worshipped. ̃বায়ু n. vernal breeze, the south wind. ̃সখ n. the friend of spring; the cuckoo. ̃সখা n. one attended upon by Spring; Madana (মদন) the Hindu god of love. বসন্তের কোকিল (fig.) a fair-weather friend. বসন্তোত্সব n. the spring festival; the festival of holi (হোলী). 177)

(p. 761) bindhyācala the Vindhya mountains. 44)

(p. 717) bandimukti release or liberation of prisoners. 67)

(p. 786) bēniẏama illegality; irregularity; unlawfulness; violation of the rule. বেনিয়ম করা v. to break the rule, to violate the rule; to perpetrate an irregularity. 58)

(p. 751) bighaṭita separated into different component parts, analysed; dissolved; destroyed. 52)