(p. 816) bhikṣuṇī a Buddhist mendicant nun; a mendicant nun; a beggar-woman. 15)

(p. 825) bhōṭa1 Bhutan. a. Bhutanese. 16)

(p. 819) bhuśa denoting: noise of springing up from under water, mire etc. 12)

(p. 810) bhābārtha inner significance; purport, gist, substance.

(p. 820) bhēñci a grimace, a grin. ভেংচি কাটা same as ভ্যাংচানো । 31)

(p. 810) bhāna1 glow, radiance; lustre; beauty; notion; knowledge. 34)

(p. 808) bhākta minor, secondary, unimportant; simulating, hypocritical (ভাক্ত বৈষ্ণব); false (ভাক্ত কথা). 28)

(p. 818) bhukta eaten; enjoyed; suffered or experienced; enjoyed as one's property; included or incorporated (গ্রন্হভুক্ত, রাজ্যভুক্ত). ̃ভোগী a. having had similar suffering or experience in the past. ভুক্তাবশিষ্ট, ভুক্তাবশেষ a. (of food and drink) left from a meal. n. leavings of a meal, orts. ভুক্তি n. eating; enjoyment; possession as one's own; inclusion, incorporation, comprisal; an ancient administrative division of land, a district. 14)

(p. 823) bhōn̐tā blunt (ভোঁতা ছুরি); dull (ভোঁতা বুদ্ধি). ভোঁতা করা v. to blunt, to dull, to take away the edge of. 25)

(p. 808) bhān̐ja a fold; a crease (জামার ভাঁজ); a plait (সিঁথির ভাঁজ). ভাঁজ করা v. to fold; to crease; to plait. ভাঁজ হওয়া v. to fold. ̃-করা a. folded. ̃হীন a. foldless. without a fold. 16)

(p. 820) bhūti eight supernal or divine powers (such as অণিমা, মহিমা, লঘিমা, প্রাপ্তি প্রাকাম্য, ঈশিতা, বশিতা, কামাবশায়িতা); birth, origination. 6)

(p. 816) bhikha (coll.) alms. ভিখ মাগা same as ভিক্ষা করা (see ভিক্ষা). গেঁয়ো যোগী ভিখ পায় না (fig.) a prophet is never honoured in his own country; (cp.) familiarity breeds contempt. 16)

(p. 802) bhajana glorification of a deity (esp. in devotional songs); worship, adoration; serving (রাজাকে ভজন); (mus.) a kind of devotional song, a devotional hymn. ̃পূজন n. prayer and worship. ̃ভাজন n. (fig.) act of persuading by flattery, coaxing and cajoling. ভজনা n. worship, adoration; serving; flattery, adulation. ভজনা করা v. to worship, to adore; to serve; to flatter, to adulate. ভজনালয় n. a house of worship; a shrine; a temple, a synagogue, a church, a mosque. 30)

(p. 810) bhāṅana2 breaking, act of breaking up; act of coming off (নদীর পাড়ের ভাঙন); act of bringing down banks (নদীতে ভাঙন); disunion, breach, rift (সংসারে ভাঙন); disintegration (দলে ভাঙন); deterioration (বন্ধুত্বে ভাঙন); beginning of downfall (জমিদারিতে ভাঙন). ভাঙন ধরা v. to begin to come off or crumble down; to begin to bring down banks; to start disintegrating or cracking or disuniting. 4)

(p. 826) bhramara the hornet; the bumble-bee; the bee. fem. ভ্রমরী । ̃কৃষ্ণ a. as (beautifully) black as the bumble-bee; glossy and deep black. ̃গুঞ্জন n. the humming or buzzing of bumble-bees or bees. 23)