(p. 767) birajā (Vaishnava myth.) a river which the souls of the dead have to cross in order to reach Baikuntha (বৈকুন্ঠ) the blissful abode of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃ধাম n. Puri in Orissa. 52)

(p. 738) bājarā2 a wicker-hamper. 20)

(p. 721) bahirābaraṇa an outer covering; an outside coating; a shell, a crust, a slough, a rind. 200)

(p. 767) bimala clean, clear; pellucid; transparent; pure; holy; unblemished, immaculate. fem. বিমলা । ̃চরিত্র a. having an immaculate character. ̃চিত্ত, ̃হৃদয় a. pure-hearted; holy-hearted. বিমলাত্মা a. pure-souled. বিমলানন্দ n. immaculate or unadulterated joy or delight. 24)

(p. 785) bēḍh়ā (poet. & obs.) to encircle; to encompass, to beset. 28)

(p. 717) baṇika a merchant, a trader; a banian; a vaishya or trader by caste. 11)

(p. 721) bahiṣkaraṇa, bahiṣkāra expulsion; removal; ejectment, banishment; extraction; drainage. বহিষ্করণ করা বহিষ্কার করা v. to drive out, to expel; to remove; to eject; to banish; to extract; to drain; to draw out. 219)

(p. 721) bardhaka causing or promoting increase or growth or development or improvement or prosperity or expansion, augmentative, multiplicative. 110)

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

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

(p. 741) bāda3 exception; omission; exclusion; exemption; deduction; subtraction; (comm.) a discount. prep. same as বাদে (prep.). বাদ দেওয়া v. to except; to omit; to exclude; to exempt; to deduct; to subtract; to discount. বাদ পড়া, বাদ যাওয়া, বাদ হওয়া v. to be excepted or omitted or excluded or exempted or subtracted or discounted. 27)

(p. 721) bandha any device for binding or fastening (কোমরবন্ধ); a tie, a bond, bondage (প্রেমবন্ধ); a clasp, an embrace (ভুজবন্ধ); an obstacle (স্রোতোবন্ধ); construction (সেতুবন্ধ); composition (ছন্ধবন্ধ); restraint or stoppage (ইন্দ্রিয়বন্ধ). a. shut, closed (বন্ধ জানালা, বন্ধ অফিস); stopped, ceased, discontinued (কথাবার্তা বন্ধ); obstructed, confined, shut in (কারাগারে বন্ধ). বন্ধ করা v. to shut, to close; to stop, to cease, to discontinue; to obstruct; to confine, to shut in. গ্রীষ্মের বন্ধ the summar vacation. পূজার বন্ধ the Puja holidays, the Puja vacation. 5)

(p. 717) banānta the outskirts or end of a forest. 51)

(p. 761) biniẏantrita decontrolled. 26)

(p. 717) badamāśa, badamāiśa, badamāẏēśa wicked; roguish, mischievous; profligate; (in affection) naughty. বদমাশি, বদমায়েশি n. wickedness; roguery, mischief; profligacy; naughtiness. বদমাশি করা v. to indulge in wickedness or roguery or profligacy; to be naughty. 31)