বজ্র : (p. 715) bajra thunderbolt, thunder; the weapon of Indra (ইন্দ্র) the king of gods; (loos.) lightning; (astrol.) a cross-sign (×) on the palm or sole of a person; diamond. বজ্র আঁটুনি ফসকা গেরো the more laws, the more flaws; (cp.) summum jus summum injustitia. ̃কঠিন, ̃কঠোর a. extremely hard, adamantine. ̃কীট n. the pangolin. ̃গম্ভীর a. deep and loud as thunderclap. বজ্রগম্ভীর স্বরে in a voice as deep as thunder, in a thunderous voice. ̃গুণন n. (alg.) cross-multiplication. ̃তুল্য a. adamantine; fatally severe; thunderous. ̃ধর same as বজ্রপাণি । ̃ধ্বনি, ̃নাদ, ̃নির্ঘোষ n. thunderclap; thunder-peal; (fig.) a voice or noise as deep and loud as thunderclap. ̃পাণি n. one whose weapon is thunder, the thunderer; Indra (ইন্দ্র) the king of gods. ̃পাত n. a crash of thunder; thunderbolt. ̃বহ n. (phys.) a lightning conductor. ̃বারক n. (phys.) a lightning arrester. বজ্রাগ্নি n. lightning. বজ্রাঘাত n. a thunder-stroke; (fig.) a sudden and fatal calamity. বজ্রাহত a. thunder-struck. 30)

(p. 715) baṭē just so (তাই বটে); exactly (বটেই তো); is it (বটে, এমন কথা?); well (কী বলছ বটে); (sarcas.) no doubt (বীরেরাই পালায় বটে; take care (বটে রে). বটে বটে oh yes, just so, there you are. 43)

(p. 781) buddha awakened; enlightened; wise. n. Gautama Buddha; the ninth incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃ত্ব n. supreme enlightenment or wisdom (esp. what Buddha attained). 2)

(p. 800) brāhma relating to Brahma (ব্রহ্ম) or God; endowed with knowledge about God. n. a Brahmo, a Brahmoist. ̃ধর্ম n. Brahmoism. ̃বিবাহ n. act of inviting a bridegroom versed in scriptures and marrying him to a bride with due obeisance; marriage (by registration) in accordance with the rules of the Brahmo Samaj. ̃সমাজ n. the Brahmo Samaj ̃মূহুর্ত n. the period of forty-eighth minute immediately preceding sunrise. 18)

(p. 717) b়ḍ়ē, bōḍ়ē (in chess) a pawn. বড়ের চাল (in chess) the move of a pawn; (fig.) a very unassuming and yet a dangerspelling move. 10)

(p. 742) bādī1 the principal note of a musical mode. 16)

(p. 786) bēra a spoilt colour; a different colour; (in card-playing) a suit other than the trump. 80)

(p. 751) bigraha an image of a deity, an idol; body; a war, a battle; a quarrel, a strife; (gr.) the words by which a compound word is expounded (usu. বিগ্রহবাক্য). 50)

(p. 721) balī2 full of strength, powerful, strong; heroic, valorous. 156)

(p. 715) baṭikā, baṭī a pill, a globule. 40)

(p. 743) bāphatā taffeta, taffety. 30)

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

(p. 765) bibarta rotation, revolution; change; transformation; a changed or developed state; presence or existence in a particular manner; (phil.) illusory existence; illusion, maya. বিবর্তন n. rotation, revolution; act of moving back, return; change, transformation; evolution. বিবর্তনবাদ n. the theory of evolution. ̃বাদ n. (phil.) the doctrine of illusion or maya. বিবর্তিত a. rotated, revolved; moved back, returned; changed, transformed. 3)

(p. 721) bāksa, bāksō a box; a case. ̃জাত, ̃বন্দি a. kept into a box. বাক্সজাত করা, বাক্সবন্দি করা v. to put into a box, to box. 284)

(p. 760) bidhu the moon. 10)

(p. 756) biṭā beta. বিটা-কণা n. beta-particles. বিটা-রশ্মি n. beta-rays. 20)