(p. 816) bhijā, bhējā to get wet; to soak with water or any other liquid; to soften by being steeped in water or any other liquid; (fig.) to soften emotionally (মন ভেজা). a. wet; soaked with or steeped in water etc.; containing water or vapour, damp, hydrous, vapoury (ভেজা বাতাস). ̃নো v. to make wet; to soak with or steep in water etc.; to soften by steeping in water etc. 17)

(p. 813) bhālāi welfare, weal; good, wellbeing. 36)

(p. 819) bhusi chaff, husk, bran. ̃মাল n. cereals; refuse, waste matter. ভুসিমালের খরিদ্দার a buyer or customer of cereals; (fig. & dero.) a contemptible customer. ভুসিমালের ব্যাপারি a corn-dealer, a corn-merchant.

(p. 808) bhāgya fate, fortune, luck, destiny; chance; good fortune, good luck. ̃ক্রমে adv. fortunately, luckily; by chance. ̃গণনা n. fortune-telling. ভাগ্যগণনা করা v. to foretell or tell one's fortune. ̃গণনাকারী n. a fortune-teller, an astrologer. ̃গুণে adv. by dint of one's good fortune; (often ironically) as one's fate would have it; because of one's ill fate. ̃চক্র n. the wheel of fortune; everchangeful fortune. ̃দেবতা n. the god or goddess of fortune or destiny, Destiny, (cp.) the Fates. fem. ̃দেবী । ̃দোষে adv. through bad luck, unfortunately, as ill luck would have it. ̃নিয়ন্তা same as ̃বিধাতা । ̃পরীক্ষা n. a trial of luck. ভাগ্য পরীক্ষা করা v. to try one's luck. ̃পুরুষ same as ̃বিধাতা । ̃ফল n. one's destiny; astrological reading of one's fortune. ̃বতী fem. of ̃বান । ̃বন্ত same as ̃বান । ̃বল n. strength of one's good fortune; fortune's favour. ̃বাদী n. a fatalist. ̃বান a. fortunate, lucky. ̃বিড়ম্বনা n. bad or ill luck; misfortune; reverses of fate. ̃বিধাতা n. the divine ordainer of fortune or destiny, Destiny. fem. ̃বিধাত্রী । ̃বিপর্যয় n. reverses of fortune; reversal of fortune; misfortune. ̃মন্ত same as ̃বান । ̃লিখন, ̃লিপি n. one's foreordained fortune (esp. as supposed to have been written on one's forehead by the god of destiny). ̃হীন a. unfortunate, luckless, ill-fated, unlucky. fem. ̃হীনা । ভাগ্যি n. dial. corrup. of ভাগ্য । int. expressing: it is fortunate that, luckily (ভাগ্যি তুমি এলে). ভাগ্যিস int. same as ভাগ্যি (int.). ভাগ্যোদয় n. dawning of one's good fortune. 42)

(p. 823) bhēḍ়ā1 to come to or arrive (তরী কূলে ভিড়েছে); to come to the coast or bank (নৌকা ভেড়া); to ally or associate with (দলে ভেড়া) । 7)

(p. 802) bh the twenty-fourth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 808) bhān̐ḍ়2 a case for containing barber's implements. 21)

(p. 802) bhakṣaka eating; feeding on (বায়ুভক্ষক); (fig.) spoiling or depraving (বুদ্ধিভক্ষক), killing (সন্তানভক্ষক). n. an eater; one who feeds on; (fig.) a spoiler, a vitiator, a killer. যে রক্ষক সেই ভক্ষক lawmakers are law-breakers. 7)

(p. 823) bhōga enjoying, enjoyment; suffering or sustaining; sufferance; act of possessing and using as one's own, appropriation; sensual or earthly pleasures; an object of enjoyment or an article of food; food-offering made to a deity; an affliction, a trouble (দুঃখ ভোগ). ভোগ করা v. to enjoy; to suffer or sustain; to suffer from; to possess and use as one's own; to enjoy sensual or earthly pleasures. ভোগ দেওয়া v. to make food and entertainments to a deity, to offer foodoffering. ̃তৃষ্ণা n. thirst for sensual or earthly pleasures. ̃দেহ n. the subtle body to which a mortal being is reduced after death to enjoy or suffer the consequences of its earthly activities. ̃বাসনা same as ̃লালসা । ̃বিলাস n. sensual or earthly pleasures and luxury, (cp.) milk and honey. ̃বিলাসী a. enjoying sensual or earthly pleasures and luxury. ̃লালসা n. craving for sensual or earthly pleasures. ̃স্বত্ব n. occupancy right. ̃সুখ same as ̃বিলাস । 33)

(p. 802) bhaṇḍula foiled, baffled; spoiled. ভণ্ডুল করা v. to foil, to baffle; to spoil. 41)

(p. 818) bhuka eating, subsisting on (পিপীলিকাভুক). 13)

(p. 802) bhalla a spear-like missile, a spear, a lance.

(p. 816) bhikṣuka a beggar, a mendicant, a beggarman, an alms-man; a humble petitioner. ̃রমনী n. an alms-woman, a beggarwoman. ̃সম্প্রদায় n. the beggardom. 14)

(p. 802) bhaḍ় a kind of large freight boat with sails, a barge. 35)

(p. 802) bhabana2 a dwelling-house, a residence; a home; a house; a mansion. ̃শিখী n. a domesticated pea-fowl. 50)