(p. 756) bitanḍā unnecessary argument; sophistical debate; (phil.) sophistry. 30)

(p. 721) bām̐ōẏā (dial.) left-handed. 256)

(p. 737) bāṅmaẏa full of words, wordy; composed of words, worded. বাঙ্ময়ী a. fem. of বাঙ্ময় । n. Saraswati (সরস্বতী) the goddess of speech. 21)

(p. 715) bakṣa the breast, the bosom; the chest; (fig.) the heart. বক্ষঃস্হ a. lying on the breast or chest or in the heart. বক্ষঃস্হল n. the region of the chest. ̃স্পন্দন n. palpitation or throbbing of the heart. 8)

(p. 758) bidhātā a director, a controller, a regulator (ভাগ্যবিধাতা); God; Providence; Brahma (ব্রহ্ম). ̃পুরুষ n. Providence personified (who is believed to write down the future of a newborn baby on its forehead).

(p. 781) buddhi understanding; discernment, judgment; gumption; sagacity; intelligence; intellect; talent; counsel, advice; a device or scheme; propensity, tendency (পাপবুদ্ধি). বুদ্ধি করা v. to plan, to scheme; to consult or confer with. বুদ্ধি খাটানো v. to apply tact and ingenuity, to have recourse to a contrivance. বুদ্ধি দেওয়া v. to advise, to counsel. বুদ্ধি নেওয়া v. to take counsel or advice of. বুদ্ধি হারানো v. to be at one's wit's end; to lose one's senses; to become rash or injudicious. বুদ্ধির ঢেঁকি (fig.) an utterly foolish or stupid person, a dunce. ̃গম্য a. comprehensible; intelligible; conceivable. ̃জীবী a. earning one's livelihood by means of one's intellect; (loos.) intellectual. n. an intellectual. বুদ্ধিজীবী সম্প্রদায় the intelligentsia. ̃দাতা n. an adviser, a counsellor. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃নাশ same as ̃ভ্রংশ ̃বিকাশ n. growth of intelligence or understanding. ̃বৃত্তি n. the faculty of understanding, intellect; sense, wit; reasoning, discernmeat, judgment. ̃বৃত্তিমূলক a. intellectual; rational. ̃ভ্রংশ n. loss or impairment of intellect, mental unhingement; folly; bewilderment; mental distraction; loss or corruption of senses. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. mentally unhinged; one with intellect impaired; bewildered; mentally distracted; out of one's senses; foolish, stupid. ̃মতী fem. of বুদ্ধিমান । ̃মত্তা n. intellectuality; intelligence; talent; sagacity. ̃মান a. intelligent; talented; sagacious; shrewd; intellectual. ̃হীন a. unintelligent; stupid, foolish. fem. ̃হীনা । ̃হীনতা n. stupidity, foolishness; a folly. বুদ্ধীন্দ্রিয় n. the organ of cognition, the mind, a sense-organ. 3)

(p. 721) barāha the boar, the hog; the third incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) when he slew Bara (বরা) the demon. fem. বরাহী the sow. 74)

(p. 767) birata discontinued; dissuaded; (loos.) prevented; desisting or abstaining from (ভোগবিরত). fem. বিরতা । বিরত করা v. to cause to leave off, to dissuade; (loos.) to prevent; to cause to abstain from. বিরত হওয়া v. to desist (from); to discontinue, to leave off; to abstain (from). বিরতি n. desistance; abstinence; cessation; termination; pause; recess; interval. 53)

(p. 792) bōdamāṭi a kind of black earth or soil. 37)

(p. 721) bahirgamana act of issuing forth, emergence; act of going out. বহির্গমন করা v. to issue forth, to emerge; to go out. 203)

(p. 789) bēluna1 a roller for rolling chapaties; a cylinder. 11)

(p. 721) baẏōtīta past youth, past the prime of life. 42)

(p. 751) bikaśita manifested (বিকশিত মহিমা); displayed, exhibited (বিকশিত দন্ত); arisen, cropped up (বিকশিত ভাব); developed (বিকশিত বুদ্ধি); opened or widened (বিকশিত নেত্র); blown, blooming (বিকশিত পুষ্প). বিকশিত করা v. to manifest; to display, to exhibit, to show; to cause to rise or crop up; to develop; to open or widen; to cause to bloom. বিকশিত হওয়া v. to be revealed or exhibited; to arise, to crop up; to develop; to open or widen; to bloom. 16)

(p. 721) bapaka a sower; a planter. 16)

(p. 713) bakamakāṭha a kind of tree or its timber. 30)