(p. 743) bānaprasha the third stage of life according to the Vedas when a man advanced in years should leave his home and hearth and go to the forest to pass the remaining days of his life in spiritual meditation. 9)

(p. 741) bātānukūla air-conditioned. বাতানুকূলতা n. air-conditioning. 5)

(p. 792) bōjhā1 to understand, to comprehend; to sound (মন বোঝার চেষ্টা). ̃নো v. to make one understand or comprehend; to explain; to comfort or console. 27)

(p. 761) biniścaẏa convincing or conclusive decision ('চর্যাচর্য-বিনিশ্চয়'). বিনিশ্চিত a. firmly or deliberately decided or concluded. 35)

(p. 743) bāpu a term for addressing a child or a junior person (in affection or disgust), my boy, my girl; an expression emphasizing disgust, amazement, interrogation etc. (একি জ্বালা বাপু, বাপুরে, কী হল বাপু). 28)

(p. 721) bām̐śi, bām̐śari a flute made of a kind of slender bamboo, a reed; a flute, a pipe. বাঁশি বাজানো v. to play on a flute, to pipe. 279)

(p. 790) baidha lawful, legal; just; formal. বৈধ ক্রিয়া lawful act or rite. বৈধ অধিকার legal or lawful or just right. 46)

(p. 767) bilōcana seeing or viewing or looking eagerly; the eye; one having ill-shaped or monstrous eyes; Shiva (শিব). 95)

(p. 741) bāda2 an utterance (সাধুবাদ); an argument (বাদপ্রতিবাদ); a complaint or charge (বাদী); a dispute or brawl (বাদবিসংবাদ); (log.) correct judgment; a doctrine, an ism, a theory (সাম্যবাদ). ̃প্রতিবাদ n. argument, dispute, verbal dispute; altercation. ̃বিতন্ডা n. wrangling, altercation; dispute; quarrel. 26)

(p. 721) bardhita increased, augmented, multiplied, enhanced; grown; developed, expanded; accelerated (বর্ধিত বেগ). বর্ধিত করা same as বর্ধন করা (see বর্ধন). 112)

(p. 786) bēladāra2 fitted with a diapered lace (বেলদার টুপি). 94)

(p. 721) bartamāna the present time, the present; current times, modern times; (gr.) the present tense. a. present (opp. absent); of the present, present; present day, current, modern; now existing or living or alive. বর্তমান থাকা v. to be present; to be existing or living or alive (now). বর্তমান কাল same as বর্তমান (n.). ̃কালীন a. present-day, current; occurring or being done when one is present or alive. বর্তমানতা, বর্তমানত্ব n. presence; existence; state of being alive. বর্তমানে adv. at present; when one is living or alive or present (পিতা বর্তমানে).. 101)

(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. 756) bitastā the river Jhelum. 37)

(p. 782) bṛttānta an account or details, facts (of an incident); news, tidings, information; a tale, a story. 5)