(p. 721) bān̐dhana binding or fastening; a tie, a knot (বাঁধন খুলে দাও); damming; obstruction; stopping or parking (as of a vehicle); restraining or appeasement (as of one's mind); composition; formation; construction, building, setting up; turning, attunement; unification; reduction or rendering; compactness (কথার বাঁধন). ̃হারা a. free, unbridled, unrestrained. বাঁধনি n. binding or fastening; a tie, a knot; due arrangement, methodicalness, order (কাজের বাঁধনি); compactness. 274)

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

(p. 713) bakalama the name of an illiterate person signed by another; (loos.) act of signing for another. 34)

(p. 761) bibakṣu desirous of saying. 80)

(p. 800) brata a vow (religious or secular); practice of ascetical austerities in order to attain something (বিদ্যালাভের ব্রত); firm resolve attended with untiring endeavour (অর্থোপার্জনের ব্রত); penance (চান্দ্রায়াণব্রত). a. (used as a sfx.) undertaking or observing a vow (পুণ্যব্রত). ব্রত আচরণ বা পালন করা v. to observe a vow. ব্রত উদযাপন করা v. to fulfil a vow. ̃কথা n. holy or religious story, sacred story that is listened to as a penance. ব্রত গ্রহণ বা ধারণ করা, ব্রত নেওয়া v. to take a vow; to start practising certain religious rites. 5)

(p. 782) bēōẏā a childless widow. 44)

(p. 761) binaṣṭi destruction; ruin; extinction; (pop. & coll.) misuse, waste. 12)

(p. 765) bibēcya that which is to be considered or judged; worthy of consideration; under consideration. 26)

(p. 800) blyākabōrḍa a blackboard.

(p. 717) baṇigbṛtti trade; traffic; trading; commercial spirit, commercialism. 14)

(p. 794) byabasāẏa, byabasā a profession, a calling, a vocation; trade, business, traffic, commerce. ব্যবসা করা v. to be engaged in trade or commerce; to trade (in), to traffic (in), to deal (in). ব্যবসায়ী, ব্যবসাদার a. engaged in business or commerce; trading or trafficking or dealing (in); commercial; mercantile; businesslike; commercial in spirit or temperament. n. a trader, a merchant, a tradesman, a trafficker, a dealer; a man in business; one who is commercial in spirit or temperament; one skilled in worldly affairs; one keenly alive to one's own interests. ব্যবসা-বাণিজ্য n. trade and commerce. ব্যবসায়ী প্রতিষ্ঠান a mercantile firm. ব্যবসায়ী-সংঘ n. a traders' guild; a mercantile corporation; a chamber of commerce. 38)

(p. 751) bikāśa, bikāśana a manifestation; display, exhibition; act of cropping up or arising; development; opening or widening; blooming. বিকাশ পাওয়া same as বিকশিত হওয়া (see বিকশিত). বিকাশোন্মুখ a. on the point of being manifested or exhibited; on the point of cropping up or arising; about to arise or develop; on the point of development; on the point of opening or widening or blooming. 21)

(p. 767) bilaẏa dissolution; extinction. ̃বিন্দু n. (phys.) a vanishing point. 78)

(p. 773) biśbēśbara God; Shiva (শিব). fem. বিশ্বেশ্বরী same as আদ্যাশক্তি (see আদ্যা). 17)

(p. 721) -barṣiṇī of -বর্ষী । 122)