(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) bhadra polished or elegant in taste or demeanour; (rare) civilized; courteous; polite; well-behaved, mannerly; amiable; suave; belonging to polished or high society; gentle, auspicious, propitious, salutary; honest, chaste. n. weal; welfare; Shiva (শিব). ভদ্র আচরণ gentlemanly conduct; good manners. ̃কালী n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃তা n. polished or elegant taste or demeanour; courtesy, politeness; amiability; suavity; gentility; auspiciousness, propitiousness, salutariness; honesty, chastity; formality. ভদ্রতা করা v. to treat one courteously, to be formal with; to be suave. ভদ্রতার অনুরোধে, ভদ্রতার খাতিরে for courtesy's sake, for the sake of formalities. ভদ্রতাচরণ n. courteous or polite deportment or conduct, courtesy. ভদ্রতাবিরুদ্ধ a. discourteous, impolite, uncivil. ভদ্রতামূলক a. pertaining to courtesy, formal. ̃মহিলা n. fem. a gentle woman; a lady. ̃লোক n. a gentleman; a courteous or amiable man; an honest man. ভদ্রলোকের এক কথা (fig.) a gentleman or an honest man is always true to his words or promise. ̃সন্তান n. one coming of a respectable family; a gentleman. ̃সমাজ n. society of cultured or decent people. ̃স্হ a. (coll.) in the state of a gentlemen; gentlemanlike. ভদ্রা a. fem. of ভদ্র (a.). n. (astr. & astrol.) the second, seventh or twelfth day of a lunar fortnight (these days are considered inauspicious. ভদ্র পড়া v. (dial.) to be obstructed or hindered; to have an impediment or a hitch or a set-back. ভদ্রাভদ্র n. good and evil; respectable and disreputable. ভদ্রেশ্বর n. a manifestation of Shiva (শিব). ভদ্রোচিত a. gentlemanlike, gentlemanly; polite; courteous; gentle. 43)

(p. 810) bhāta boiled rice; the Hindu sacrament of letting a child eat rice for the first time (also মুখে ভাত). ̃-কাপড় n. food and clothing; (loos.) maintenance. ভাত ছড়ালে কাকের অভাব হয় না (fig.) be liberal with your purse and they will be liberal with support and flattery. ভাত বাড়া v. to serve rice. 23)

(p. 808) bhasma ash, ashes; cinder; calx; remains of human body when burnt, ashes. ভস্ম করা v. to reduce or burn to ashes; to calcine. ̃সাত্ a. reduced or burnt to ashes. ̃স্তূপ n. an ash-heap. ভস্মাচ্ছন্ন, ভস্মাচ্ছাদিত same as ভস্মাবৃত । ভস্মাধার n. a vase for holding ashes of the dead, an urn; an ash-bucket, an ash-can; an ashtray. ভস্মাবশেষ n. remains of anything burnt; remains of the human body when burnt; ashes. ভস্মাবৃত a. covered or smeared with ashes; (fig.) concealed or disguised (ভস্মাবৃত রূপ). ভস্মীকরণ n. reducing or burning to ashes; calcination. ভস্মীকৃত, ভস্মীভূত a. reduced or burnt to ashes; calcined; (fig.) utterly destroyed. 7)

(p. 808) bhāō geneal condition or tendency, trend; price; rate. 11)

(p. 802) bhagabatī endowed with six divine graces (see ভগ); reverend, venerable. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 12)

(p. 818) bhun̐ḍ়i (usu. facet.) a pot-belly; (facet.) the belly. ভুঁড়ি হওয়া v. to grow pot-bellied. 11)

(p. 823) bhēḍ়ākānta (fig.) an utter fool. 9)

(p. 802) bhaginī a sister; a cousin-sister. ̃পতি n. a sister's husband or a cousinsister's husband, a brother-in-law. 20)

(p. 818) bhujā parched corn eaten as snacks. 21)

(p. 826) bhyā denoting: bleating; baa; loud weeping (ভ্যা করে কাঁদা). 13)

(p. 820) bhṛṅgārikā, bhṛṅgārī a kind of insect, the cricket. 26)

(p. 819) bhurabhura denoting: diffusion with fragrance or perfume. 8)

(p. 802) bhakti devotion; worship; devoutness, piety; profound admiration; strong attachment or addiction; obedience; trust or faith or reliance; inclination or relish or appetite (খাবারে ভক্তি); earnest pursuit, devotion (পড়াশোনায় ভক্তি). ভক্তি করা v. to be devoted to; to worship; to admire profoundly; to follow faithfully; to have trust or faith (in); to rely; to have inclination or relish or appetite (for); to be earnest (in), to pursue earnestly. ̃গ্রন্হ n. a devotional book. ̃চিহ্ন n. a mark or sign of devotion. ̃তত্ত্ব n. the doctrine or cult of or a treatise on devotion or devoutness or piety. ̃পথ n. devotion (without knowledge or practice) as the only means of attaining salvation, the path of devotionalism. ̃পরায়ণ a. devoted (to); worshipful; devout; strongly attached or addicted (to); having profound admiration (for); reverent; having trust or faith (in), reliant; having inclination or relish or appetite (for); earnest, earnestly pursuing. fem. ̃পরায়ণা । ̃পরায়ণতা n. devotion; worshipfulness; devoutness; strong attachment or addiction; profound admiration; earnestness, earnest pursuit, ̃পূর্বক adv. with devotion; reverentially; with trust or faith or reliance; willingly or with pleasure (ভক্তিপূর্বক খাওয়া বা নেওয়া); earnestly (ভক্তিপূর্বক প়ড়াশোনা করা). ̃প্লুতচিত্ত n. mind steeped in piety. ̃বাদ n. the doctrine holding that salvation is attainable by means of devotion only (without knowledge and practice); devotionalism. ̃বাদী a. devotionistic, devotionalistic. n. a devotionist, a devotionalist. ̃ভরে same as ভক্তিপূর্বক । ̃ভাজন n. a reverend or venerable or adorable person or object. a. reverend; venerable; adorable. ̃ভাব n. devout or worshipful or devoted or reverential disposition of mind. ̃ভাবে adv. devoutly; worshipfully; devotedly; devotionally; reverentially. ̃মান same as ̃পরায়ণ fem. ̃মতী । ̃মার্গ same as ̃পথ । ̃মূলক a. devotional. ̃যোগ n. worship of God or effort to attain beatitude by means of devotion only (irrespective of knowledge or practice). ̃রস n. (rhet.) the sentiment of devotion. ̃শীল same as ̃পরায়ণ । fem. ̃শীলা । ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. devoid of devotion or devoutness; irreverent; having no attachment (to); having no trust or faith (in), unreliant; having no inclination or relish or appetite (for); devoid of earnestness or willingness. 5)

(p. 826) bhyanatārā useless and disgusting murmuring or talk or prattle; useless or irrelevant talk; prolixity. 16)