(p. 721) bān̐ka curvature; a curve; a bend, a turn (as of a road or river); a piece of long and bent pole borne on one's shoulder for carrying loads fastened to its ends. ̃নল n. a blowpipe; a u-tube; (bot.) a bent tube. ̃মল n. a kind of twisted bangle for the ankle. 257)

(p. 751) bikalpa an alternative concept; an alternative; a substitute; doubt; (gr.) a variant or a doublet; (phil.) fancy. বিকল্প প্রমাণ alternative proof. বিকল্পে adv. alternatively; as a substitute. 15)

(p. 721) balli, ballī a creeper. 168)

(p. 713) bakalasa a buckle. বকলস আঁটা v. to buckle. 35)

(p. 786) bēla3 diapered lace. 87)

(p. 721) bastra cloth; loincloth; clothing, dress. ̃গৃহ n. a tent; a pavilion. ̃হরণ n. divestiture of clothes (esp. of the loincloth); denudation; stealing of (another's) clothes or loincloth. ̃হীন a. having no cloth or clothing to cover the body; naked, unclad. বস্ত্রাঞ্চল n. the hem or corner of a loincloth. বস্ত্রাবাস n. a tent; a pavilion. বস্ত্রাবৃত a. clothed; wrapped or covered by a cloth; draped. বস্ত্রালংকার n. clothes and ornaments. বস্ত্রালয় n. a cloth shop. 186)

(p. 751) bin̐dha a bore, a perforation, a hole. বিঁধা, বেঁধা v. to be pierced or pricked; to pierce or prick; to perforate, to bore (কান বেঁধা). বিঁধানো v. to pierce; to prick; to perforate, to bore; to cause to be pierced or pricked or bored. 3)

(p. 761) binindita (used chiefly as a sfx.) reproached, put to shame (মৃণালবিনিন্দিত = reproaching or abashing even a lotusstalk). 21)

(p. 721) bāṃlā2, bāṃlō a bungalow. 252)

(p. 743) bāpa-ṭhākuradādā, bāpadādā ancestors, forefathers. 21)

(p. 746) bāri water. ̃দ n. cloud. ̃ধারা n. a shower or stream or torrent of rain. ̃ধি, ̃নিধি n. the sea; the ocean. ̃পাত n. rainfall; a shower of rain. ̃প্রবাহ n. a stream or current of water. ̃বাহ n. cloud. ̃মণ্ডল n. the hydrosphere. ̃রাশি n. a mass of water (esp. of a sea or a river). 21)

(p. 773) bisarpa1 erysipelas. 46)

(p. 721) barānugamana act of accompanying a bridegroom to a wedding. 68)

(p. 761) bināśa destruction; ruin; wreck; loss or waste; death; extinction; extermination; ravishment (সতীত্ববিনাশ); corruption, depravation (চরিত্রবিনাশ). বিনাশ করা v. to destroy; to ruin, to wreck; to waste; to kill; to exterminate; to ravish; to corrupt, to deprave. বিনাশক a. destructive; ruinous; wrecking; wasting; killing; exterminatory; ravishing; corruptive, depraving. n. a destroyer; a ruiner; a wrecker; a waster; a killer; an exterminator; a ravisher; a corrupter. বিনাশন n. destruction; ruination; wrecking; wasting; killing; extermination. a. (used chiefly as a sfx.) same as বিনাশক (a.). ̃ধর্মী a. destructive; exterminative. ̃শীল a. of a destructive or exterminative nature, destructive. ̃সাধক a. same as বিনাশক (a.). ̃সাধন n. same as বিনাশন (n.). ̃প্রাপ্ত, বিনাশিত same as বিনষ্ট । বিনাশী a. perishable; mortal; destructible; destructive; ruinous; killing; ravishing; depraving. fem. বিনাশিনী (not in the first three senses). বিনাশোন্মুখ a. about to perish; about to die, on deathbed, moribund; about to be destroyed or ruined. 17)

(p. 782) bṛkṣa a tree; a plant. ̃কান্ড n. a treetrunk. বৃক্ষচ্ছায় n. extensive shade of rows of trees. ̃চ্ছায়া n. shade of a tree, tree-shade. ̃তল n. the foot of a tree. ̃তলে adv. under or underneath the tree. ̃নির্যাস n. exudation of a tree. ̃বাটিকা n. a garden-house. ̃ময় a. abounding in trees, woody. ̃মূল n. a tree-root; the foot of a tree; a treestump. ̃রোপণ n. planting trees. বৃক্ষরোপণ করা v. to plant a tree or trees. বৃক্ষহীন a. treeless. বৃক্ষাগ্র n. tree-top. বৃক্ষান্তরাল n. a place screened from the view by a tree or trees. বৃক্ষরূঢ় a. mounted or perched on a tree. বৃক্ষোপাসনা n. tree-worship. 2)