(p. 721) banyā2 a flood; an inundation; a deluge. বন্যার জল floodwater. ̃পীড়িত a. floodstricken. ̃প্লাবিত a. flooded. ̃বিধ্বস্ত a. devastated by the flood; flood-stricken. 15)

(p. 742) bādāma1 a sail ('রাধার নামে বাদাম'). 9)

(p. 748) bāsarīẏa pertaining to a (particular) day (রবিবাসরীয়). 24)

(p. 717) badara1 the full moon; a Muslim saint (whose name is uttered by boatsmen to ensure a safe voyage). 32)

(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) ballā (dial.) the wasp. 166)

(p. 743) bānaḍila a bundle. 7)

(p. 767) bila1 a hole, a pore; a cavity; a cave; a fen; a marsh. 71)

(p. 713) biṭhā a scull. 7)

(p. 786) bēnā verbena. বেনার মূল vertiver, cuscus. বেনাবনে মুক্তো ছড়ানো (fig.) to cast pearls before swine, to scatter seed amidst thorns. 55)

(p. 721) barṣa a year; (myth.) any one of the nine divisions of Jambu (জম্বু) or Asia; rain; cloud; shower or fall (তুষারবর্ষ). ̃কাল n. a period of one year; a full calendar year. ̃জীবী a. lasting or living for a year only; annual. বর্ষজীবী উদ্ভিদ an annual plant, an annual. ̃প্রবেশ n. New Year's Day (chiefly according to the Bengali calendar). ̃বলয় n. (bot.) the annual ring. ̃মান n. rain-gauge. 119)

(p. 800) brātya degenerated; failed in observing one's vow or in religious rites, (loos.) outcast. 16)

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

(p. 748) bāsudēba Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) the son of Vasudeva (বসুদেব). 34)

(p. 746) bāraṇa2 prohibition; prevention; resistance. বারণ করা v. to prohibit; to prevent; to resist. বারণীয় a. capable of being prohibited; preventible; resistible. বারণোপায় n. a preventive measure. 7)