(p. 765) bibudha a learned man; a deity. 19)

(p. 760) bidhāẏaka, bidhāẏī legislating; enacting; directing, controlling, regulating; issuing a rule; prescribing; making provision or arrangements for; causing to happen, bringing about. n. a member of a legislative assembly, an MLA. fem. বিধায়িকা, বিধায়িনী । 6)

(p. 721) bā2 or adv. possibly, perhaps (হবেও বা); alternatively (তুমিই বা গেলে); used to emphasize a question (হবেই বা না কেন ?). 232)

(p. 721) bahatā flowing (বহতা নদী). 188)

(p. 756) bijñāta well-informed, au fait; wellknown; distinguished, famous. 7)

(p. 713) ban̐ṭi a kind of large knife fixed almost at right angle in a piece of wood on which one sits whilst cutting fish, vegetables etc. ̃ঝাঁপ n. the practice of throwing oneself from above upon aforesaid knives during the feast of charak (চড়ক). 23)

(p. 721) bahistbaka epidermis, cuticle. 222)

(p. 782) bēgama (Mus.) a queen; a lady (married or unmarried). 63)

(p. 721) barṇita described; narrated; delineated; stated; depicted; painted, portrayed. 96)

(p. 748) bālēndu the moon of second lunar night of the light fortnight; (geog.) the crescent. ̃শৃঙ্গ n. (geog.) horns of the crescent. 2)

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

(p. 756) bidāraṇa splitting or rending or cleaving or piercing; act of causing to burst. 56)

(p. 794) byapadēśa a pretext, a pretence, a plea; (loos.) necessity, exigency (কার্যব্যপদেশে = in course of work). 33)

(p. 767) biyukta, biyuta detached, disjointed, separated, disconnected; (math.) subtracted. prep. minus. বিযুক্ত করা v. to detach, to disjoin, to separate, to disconnect. 41)

(p. 800) blāuja blouse. 34)