(p. 721) bāgdhārā a manner or mode of using words in speech, an idiom. ̃গত a. idiomatic.

(p. 773) biṣṭhā faeces, stool, excreta; (of beasts, birds, etc.) dung, excrement(s). 37)

(p. 786) bēdānta the Vedanta, the Upanishad; a theological treatise by Vyasa (ব্যাস). ̃বাদ n. the doctrine contained in the Vedanta. বেদান্তবাদী same as বৈদান্তিক । 41)

(p. 721) balātkāra doing forcibly; act of forcing, violence, outrage; forcible outrage of modesty or chasity, rape, ravishment. বলাত্কার করা v. to do forcibly; to force, to outrage; to outrage one's modesty or chastity forcibly, to rape, to ravish. 140)

(p. 721) -barṣiṇī of -বর্ষী । 122)

(p. 767) birala sparse, thinly scattered or placed (বিরলদন্ত); very thinly frequented or inhabited by (জনবিরল); rare (বিরল ঘটনা). n. a secluded or lonely place, solitude. বিরলকেশ a. thin-haired; baldheaded, almost without hair on one's head. ̃তা n. sparseness: rareness, rarity. ̃বসতি a. thinly populated. বিরলে adv. in seclusion. 54)

(p. 756) biḍ়ā a coil of straw or cloth used as a pedestal for placing cooking-urns, pitchers etc. and also for wearing as a headgear; (of beetle-leaves etc.) a small roll, a bundle. 25)

(p. 782) bēganiẏāmaka a speed-governor. 59)

(p. 767) birasa having no or little juice; sapless, dry; dull, insipid; dispirited, displeased, sullen, glum (বিরস বদন). ̃তা n. want of juice or sap; dullness, insipidity, dispiritedness, displeasure, sullenness, glumness. বিরস বদন n. a glum face; a gloomy face. 55)

(p. 721) ballabha a husband; a lover, a sweet-heart; a favourite. fem. বল্লভা, (inc.) বল্লভী । 164)

(p. 743) bāma2 the left; Shiva (শিব). a. left (বামপার্শ্ব); antipathetic (বিধি বাম); beautiful (বামলোচনা). 39)

(p. 748) bāhā2 the High Bengali form of বাওয়া2 । 42)

(p. 738) bājakhām̐i (of voice) very harsh and loud, strident (বাজখাঁই গলা). 16)

(p. 717) bandita glorified in songs, hymned; lauded, extolled; saluted; worshipped, adored. fem. বন্দিতা । 64)

(p. 756) bidāẏa1 a gift or present, anything given in charity (ব্রাহ্মণবিদায়, কাঙালবিদায়). 52)