(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. 751) bikarṣī pulling in the opposite direction; (sc.) repulsive. 10)

(p. 800) blaka a connected group of houses rooms villages etc., a block. 32)

(p. 713) b the twenty-third letter of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 742) bādalā2 of rain; of the rainy season; rain-soaked; (loos.) moist; born or found in the rainy season (বাদলা পোকা); rainy (বাদলা দিন). 2)

(p. 761) binati stooping; bowing (in salutation); modesty, demureness, submissiveness; politeness; discipline. 7)

(p. 765) bibhakti (gr.) a case-ending (also = শব্দবিভক্তি) or a verb-inflection. (usu. ক্রিয়াবিভক্তি). 29)

(p. 786) bēparadā exposed; using no covering or yashmak (বেপরদা শরীর); not keeping to the inner apartments (বেপরদা মেয়েমানুষ). n. (mus.) a wrong scale. 64)

(p. 751) bicētana unconscious, senseless. 72)

(p. 713) baka a species of long-necked white bird, the stork; (cp.) the egret, the heron, the crane; a kind of heronshaped flower. বক দেখানো v. to taunt by cupping one's palms almost in the shape of a heron. ̃ঠুঁটো n. a species of river fish with a long and slender beak. ̃ধার্মিক a. feigning or simulating virtuousness or piety, sanctimonious; hypocritical. ̃বৃত্তি n. feigned virtuousness or piety, sanctimony; hypocrisy, dissimulation. ̃যন্ত্র n. a flask with a long bentback neck used in distillation, a retort, a still; stethoscope. 25)

(p. 790) bēhāri of Bihar. n. a native of Bihar. 13)

(p. 721) barṇāpēraṇa (phys.) chromatic aberration. 92)

(p. 740) bāḍ়i2 a house; a building; a dwelling-house, an abode; a residence; a home. ̃ওয়ালা n. the owner of a house (esp. of tenanted one), (cp.) a landlord (fem. a landlady). fem. বাড়িওয়ালি, (coll.) বাড়িউলি । ̃ঘর n. homestead; houses and buildings; habitations. ̃ভাড়া n. house-rent; rent of a dwelling house. ̃মুখো a. & adv. homeward; homebound. যমের বাড়ি (fig.) death's door. 11)

(p. 767) bibhūṣaṇa an ornament; beauty; grace. a. unornamented; unadorned. fem. a. বিভূষণা । 11)

(p. 794) byajana fanning; a fan. ব্যজন করা v. to fan. ব্যজনী n. a fan. 22)