(p. 715) baktā lecturing; speaking; having the gift of the gab, eloquent. n. a speaker, a lecturer; an orator. বক্তার a. eloquent; made eloquent by divine inspiration; garrulous. n. such a person. 2)

(p. 721) balaẏa an ornament for the wrist, a bangle, a bracelet; an annulus, a circular region, a sphere; an orb or orbit; a belt (শান্তবলয়). ̃গ্রাস n. (astr.) an annular eclipse. বলয়াকার, বলয়াঙ্কিত a. ringshaped, circular, annular. বলয়িত a. encircled, enclosed, surrounded (সাগরবলয়িত = sea girt); having a ring; ringshaped, circular, annular. বলয়ী a. (bot.-of roots etc.) annulated. 136)

(p. 721) balmīka, balmika an ant-hill. 162)

(p. 779) buṭi diaper. বুটি তোলা v. to diaper. ̃দার a. diapered. 23)

(p. 747) bārtāku, bārtākī the brinjal, eggplant, aubergine. 6)

(p. 790) baiḍ়āla feline. ̃ব্রত n. (fig.) simulated holiness, sanctimony. ̃ব্রতী n. a hypocrite; hypocrisy. 32)

(p. 756) bitaṃsa a noose or rope for fastening birds, beasts etc. 29)

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

(p. 713) baṃśīẏa born of a particular family or race; pertaining to a family or race; familial. 20)

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

(p. 782) bṛttīẏa of or like a circle, circular; spherical. বৃত্তীয় মান circular measure. 7)

(p. 761) bibarjita completely abandoned or rejected; renounced. fem. বিবর্জিতা ।

(p. 713) ban̐ṭi a kind of large knife fixed almost at right angle in a piece of wood on which one sits whilst cutting fish, vegetables etc. ̃ঝাঁপ n. the practice of throwing oneself from above upon aforesaid knives during the feast of charak (চড়ক). 23)

(p. 756) bita (obs.) details. 28)

(p. 721) balli, ballī a creeper. 168)