(p. 781) bubhukṣā craving for food; hunger. বুভুক্ষিত, বুভুক্ষু a. hungry. 9)

(p. 743) bāẏanānāmā, bāẏanāpatra a conditional agreement of bargain drawn up on payment of earnest money. 52)

(p. 741) bātsalya affection; love; parental love, philoprogenitveness; the sentiment of parental love. 3)

(p. 786) bēẏāḍ়ā odd-looking; ungainly; awkward (বেয়াড়া অবস্হা); refractory or selfwilled (বেয়াড়া ছেলে); queer, odd, outlandish, difficult (বেয়াড়া প্রশ্ন). 76)

(p. 743) bāmana2 a Brahman; a Brahman priest or cook. fem. বামনি । বামন গেল ঘর তো লাঙল তুলে ধর (fig.) when the master is away, servants neglect their work. বামনের গোরু (fig.) a person or a thing that yields maximum benefit at the minimum cost. ̃ঠাকুর n. a Brahman priest or cook. fem. ̃ঠাকরুন a female Brahman cook. বামনাই n. (dero.) practice of a Brahman or an exhibition of this. 41)

(p. 790) bēhāla worn-out; disorganised; in total disarray; in a wretched condition. 14)

(p. 786) bēnō produced or borne by flood. বেনো জল floodwater. 60)

(p. 782) bṛnta (bot.) a stalk; a nipple. ̃চ্যুত a. (bot.) detached or nipped from the stalk. ̃মধ্যক a. (bot.) interpetiolar. 15)

(p. 746) bāradariẏā the open ocean, high seas. 8)

(p. 751) biki sale. ̃কিনি n. buying and selling; traffic, trafficking. 22)

(p. 721) baẏōbṛddha advanced in age, aged, old; older. fem. বয়োবৃদ্ধা । বয়োবৃদ্ধি n. increase of age. বয়োবৃদ্ধির সঙ্গে সঙ্গে with the increase of age, as one grows old. 44)

(p. 721) bāksa, bāksō a box; a case. ̃জাত, ̃বন্দি a. kept into a box. বাক্সজাত করা, বাক্সবন্দি করা v. to put into a box, to box. 284)

(p. 748) bāsabhabana a dwelling-house; a residence. 19)

(p. 786) bēdasammata conforming to the Vedas. 34)

(p. 786) bēnārasi made in Banaras (বেনারসি সিল্ক); made of Banaras silk (বেনারসি শাড়ি). n. a woman's sari (cloth) made of Banaras silk. 57)