(p. 755) bijigīṣu desirous of victory or success. 20)

(p. 786) bēdabyāsa Vyasa (ব্যাস) the author of the Mahabharata. 29)

(p. 794) byabasāẏa, byabasā a profession, a calling, a vocation; trade, business, traffic, commerce. ব্যবসা করা v. to be engaged in trade or commerce; to trade (in), to traffic (in), to deal (in). ব্যবসায়ী, ব্যবসাদার a. engaged in business or commerce; trading or trafficking or dealing (in); commercial; mercantile; businesslike; commercial in spirit or temperament. n. a trader, a merchant, a tradesman, a trafficker, a dealer; a man in business; one who is commercial in spirit or temperament; one skilled in worldly affairs; one keenly alive to one's own interests. ব্যবসা-বাণিজ্য n. trade and commerce. ব্যবসায়ী প্রতিষ্ঠান a mercantile firm. ব্যবসায়ী-সংঘ n. a traders' guild; a mercantile corporation; a chamber of commerce. 38)

(p. 761) binirdēśa ruling. 34)

(p. 792) bōn̐cakā a small bundle tied up in a piece of cloth, a pack. বোঁচকাবুঁচকি n. luggage. বোঁচকাবুঁচকিসমেত bag and baggage. 22)

(p. 785) bējāra disgusted; displeased; sulky. বেজার হয়ে with a bad grace. 11)

(p. 760) bidhāna a scriptural prescript or ruling; a prescript, a ruling (সভাপতির বিধান); a prescription (পথ্যবিধান); provision, arrangement (আনন্দবিধান); legislation; a law; a rule; a system (নববিধান). বিধান দেওয়া v. to prescribe; to issue a ruling, to rule. ̃কর্তা n. a director (fem. directress, directrix), a regulator, a controller; a law-giver; a legislator. fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । ̃তন্ত্র n. a code of laws; a system of legislation. বিধান-পরিষদ n. a legislative council. ̃শাস্ত্র n. jurisprudence, law. ̃সংসদ n. the Parliament. ̃সংহিতা n. a treatise on jurisprudence, a law-book. ̃সভা n. a legislative assembly. 3)

(p. 748) bāhbāsphōṭa slapping of one's arms as a mark of parading one's strength or abilities (as done by a wrestler). 58)

(p. 785) bēṭhika erroneous, incorrect, wrong; improper; uncertain. 18)

(p. 761) bipala a measure of time (=1/6 পল = 2/5 second). 63)

(p. 779) bujha consolation; gumption; mutual understanding or agreement; explanation or manipulation (হিসাবের বুঝ); বুঝ থাকা v. to have mutual understanding or agreement. বুঝ দেওয়া v. to console or comfort; to explain or manipulate (accounts). বুঝ মানা v. to agree to be consoled, to accept consolation. ̃সুঝ n. gumption and patience. 19)

(p. 767) biśīrṇa extremely shrivelled or lean and thin or withered, wizened. fem. বিশীর্ণা । ̃তা n. state of being extremely shrivelled or lean and thin or withered or wizened. ̃বদন a. wizen-faced. 109)

(p. 715) baṭaṭhākura an elder brother of one's husband. 37)

(p. 767) biraha absence or want; separation or estrangement esp. from one's lover (বন্ধুবিরহ). বিরহিণী fem. of বিরহী । বিরহিত a. devoid or destitute of (সুখবিরহিত); wanting in (কর্মবিরহিত); separated or estranged from; disjointed, detached; freed from (বন্ধনবিরহিত). fem. বিরহিতা । বিরহী a. separated or estranged from one's lover. বিরহে adv. in the absence of, away from (প্রিয়ার বিরহে). 56)

(p. 794) bōlabōlā fame and power, predominance. 14)