(p. 756) bidāẏī departing, leaving; taking leave; retiring from service; outgoing (বিদায়ী সভাপতি); valedictory. 54)

(p. 765) bibṛta stated; narrated; explained; revealed; expanded. বিবৃত করা v. to state; to narrate, to relate; to explain; to reveal; to expand. বিবৃতি n. a statement; narration; explanation; exposition; revelation; expansion. বিবৃতি দেওয়া to make a statement. 20)

(p. 721) bara a desire granted by a deity or a superior person, a boon; a benison, a benediction, a blessing; a bridegroom; a husband. a. desired; greatest, most distinguished (নৃপবর); excellent, splendid, fine (বরতনু). বর দেওয়া v. to grant a boon. বর পাওয়া v. to obtain a boon. বরের ঘরের মাসি কনের ঘরের পিসি (fig.) one who hunts with the hound and runs with the hare. ̃কনে n. pl. the bride and the groom. ̃কর্তা n. the head of the bridegroom's party. ̃দ a. granting a boon; benedictory. ̃দা a. fem. of বরদ । n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃দাতা a. & n. one who grants a boon. fem. ˜দাত্রী । বরদান করা v. to grant a boon. ̃দান n. act of granting a boon or prayer. ̃পক্ষ n. the bridegroom's party. ̃পণ n. a dowry in cash paid by the bride's parents or party to the bridegroom. ̃পুত্র n. a minion (esp. of a deity), a darling, a favourite. ̃প্রদ same as বরদ । fem. ̃প্রদা । ̃বর্ণিনী n. an excellent woman; a woman of peerless beauty. ̃মাল্য n. a garland of flower which the bride puts ceremonially round the neck of the bridegroom whilst accepting him as her husband; a garland of highest honour. ̃যাত্রী, ̃যাত্র n. one who accompanies a bridegroom to a wedding. 45)

(p. 782) bṛhattara of বৃহত্ । 26)

(p. 786) bēmānāna unfitting; unbecoming; irrelevant; inappropriate; ill-matched; incompatible; awkward. 73)

(p. 790) baibhāṣika alternative, variant. 56)

(p. 794) byasana indulgence in vices; addiction to wine and other intoxicants; a sin; a vice; dissipation; a danger; a calamity; an evil or harm; grief, sorrow. ব্যসনাসক্ত a. addicted to vices; dissolute, given to dissipation. 50)

(p. 773) bihanē (poet.) without, in absence of. 70)

(p. 786) bēdamantra the prescribed mantras or incantations or sanctions of the Vedas. 31)

(p. 721) bāgdhārā a manner or mode of using words in speech, an idiom. ̃গত a. idiomatic.

(p. 790) baidhabya widowhood. ̃বাস n. widow's weeds. 47)

(p. 782) bṛta respectfully or honourably received or chosen or appointed (সভাপতিবূপে বৃত); ordained (পুরোহিতপদে বৃত); covered. ̃বিশোষণ, ̃শোষণ n. (phys. & bot.) selective absorption. বৃতি n. respectful or honourable reception or appointment; ordainment, ordination; covering; a fence, an enclosure; (bot.) a calyx. বৃতিনল n. (bot.) a calyx-tube. বৃতিসদৃশ a. (bot.) sepaloid. 3)

(p. 779) bujaruka pretentious, pretending, charlatanic; quackish. n. a charlatan, a quack; an impostor. বুজরুকি n. pretension, charlatanism, quackery. 17)

(p. 790) baidēśika foreign; external; (arch.) outlandish; exotic; alien. বৈদেশিক বাণিজ্য n. foreign trade. 42)

(p. 773) biṣuba the equinox. ̃বৃত্ত n. the equinoctial circle, the equinoctial, the equator. ̃রেখা n. the equinoctial line, equinoctial, the equator. ̃লম্ব n. (astr.) the declination. ̃সংক্রান্তি same as বিষুব । বিষুবীয় a. equinoctial. 34)