(p. 786) bēdhana boring, piercing; perforation. বেধনী, বেধনিকা n. an instrument for boring; a drill, an auger; an awl. 51)

(p. 721) -baẏaska1 of a particular age, aged, old (তিন বত্সর বয়স্ক = three years old; aged three years). 32)

(p. 737) bāgbahula verbose, full of words, having too many words; prolix. বাগ্বাহুল্য n. verbosity; prolixity. 2)

(p. 717) badānya generous, bountiful, munificent, liberal, charitable. ̃তা n. generosity, bounty, munificence, liberality, charity. 35)

(p. 721) balābali conversation; talk; talking; discussion; repeated requests. বলাবলি করা v. to converse; to discuss; to request repeatedly. 147)

(p. 786) bēla1 a kind of sweet-smelling flower, the Arabian Jasmine, Jasminum Sambac. 85)

(p. 779) bīna var. of বীণা । ̃কার, ̃বাদক n. a vina-player. 6)

(p. 721) bastu a thing, a material; subject-matter (usu. বিষয়বস্তু); substance (তোমার শরীরে বস্তু নেই); truth; (phil.) matter; (phys.) mass. ̃গত a. relating to a thing or matter. ̃গত মান intrinsic value. ̃জগত্ n. the material world, the world of matter. বস্তুত adv. in fact, indeed, really. ̃তত্ত্ব n. physics. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. a physicist. ̃তন্ত্র n. realism. ̃তন্ত্রী, ̃তন্ত্রীয়, ̃তান্ত্রীক a. realistic, materialistic. ̃নিষ্ঠ a. realistic; objective. ̃নিষ্ঠা n. realism; objectiveness. ̃বাদ n. realism; materialism. ̃বাদী a. & n. realist; materialist. 185)

(p. 748) bāhutra, bāhutrāṇa an armour for the arm, an arm-plate. 52)

(p. 800) brahmāstra an ancient divine missile which could never be warded off. 15)

(p. 794) byāmō (coll.) an illness, a disease, an ailment. 95)

(p. 713) bakarida a Muslim festival commemorating Ibrahim's (cp. Abraham) sacrifice of his own son to God. 33)

(p. 773) biślēṣa separation; disjoining; analysis; manifestation. বিশ্লেষক a. analysing. n. analyser. বিশ্লেষণ n. analysis. বিশ্লেষণ করা v. to analyse. বিশ্লেষণাত্মক a. analytical. 25)

(p. 715) baktṛtā a speech, a lecture; a prattling; cloquence; (facet.) a rigmarole. বক্তৃতা করা, বক্তৃতা দেওয়া v. to deliver a speech. to speak. to lecture; to prattle; to indulge in a rigmarole. বক্তৃতা থামাও, বক্তৃতা রাখো stop talking, stop your harangue or garrulity. ̃শক্তি n. speaking power. 3)

(p. 773) bītaśaṅka freed from fear; dauntless, fearless.