(p. 743) bābalā the accacia, the bablah, the babul, Acacia arabica. বাবলার আঠা n. gum of accacia. 33)

(p. 755) bijali, bijalī lightning; electricity. ̃তার n. electric wire. ̃পাখা n. an electric fan. ̃বাতি n. an electric light or lamp. 15)

(p. 761) bināmā shoe; boot; slipper. 15)

(p. 751) bicāra consideration, deliberation; argument; discussion; decision; inference; a (judicial) trial; judgment, finding. কাজির বিচার (derog.) mockery or travesty of justice. বিচার করা v. to consider, to deliberate; to argue; to discuss; to decide; to infer; to try (judicially); to judge. ̃ক, ̃কর্তা n. a judge; a justice. fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । বিচারকমন্ডলী n. the judges; The Bench. বিচার করণিক n. a judicial clerk. ̃কার্য n. trial; judgment. ̃ক্ষম a. able or authorized to judge. ̃ক্ষমতা n. ability to judge; competence or authority to judge. ̃ণীয় same as বিচার্য ।̃দেয়ক n. courtfee, ̃পতি n. a judge; a justice. ̃পদ্ধতি, ̃ব্যবস্হা n. the judicial system; the legal procedure. ̃বিবেচনা n. deliberation, consideration; proper or due consideration. ̃বিভাগ n. the judiciary; the judges of a state collectively. ̃ফল n. finding, judgment, verdict. ̃বিভ্রাট n. miscarriage of justice, a travesty of justice. ̃বিহীন, ̃শূন্য a. lacking in judgment, unjust; inconsiderate; indiscriminate. বিচারা poet. form of বিচার করা । বিচারাধীন a. under investigation; on trial; sub judice, under judicial consideration. বিচারালয় n. a court of justice, a law-court, a court. বিচারাসন n. a judgment-seat, the bench. বিচারিত a. considered, deliberated; argued; discussed; decided, adjudged; inferred; (judicially) tried; judged, adjudicated. বিচারী a. one who considers or judges (সুবিচারী). 65)

(p. 721) bardhana increase, augmentation, multiplication, growth, development, expansion. a. same as বর্ধক (গৌরববর্ধন কার্য). বর্ধন করা v. to increase, to augment, to multiply, to enhance; to develop, to expand. ̃ক্ষম a. capable of being increased or augmented or multiplied or grown or developed or expanded. ̃শীল a. in a state of increase or augmentation or enhancement or development or expansion, growing, thriving, prosperous. বর্ধানাঙ্ক n. (phys.) power (of a lens). 111)

(p. 742) bādita (chiefly of musical instruments) sounded, played on. 12)

(p. 761) bipajjanaka dangerous, hazardous, perilous, risky. 48)

(p. 743) bāma2 the left; Shiva (শিব). a. left (বামপার্শ্ব); antipathetic (বিধি বাম); beautiful (বামলোচনা). 39)

(p. 747) bārdhaka superannuation. 8)

(p. 713) bakēẏā2 still unpaid or undone; outstanding. n. arrears, arrearage. বকেয়া বাকি arrears or arrearage of the last year. 44)

(p. 721) bara a desire granted by a deity or a superior person, a boon; a benison, a benediction, a blessing; a bridegroom; a husband. a. desired; greatest, most distinguished (নৃপবর); excellent, splendid, fine (বরতনু). বর দেওয়া v. to grant a boon. বর পাওয়া v. to obtain a boon. বরের ঘরের মাসি কনের ঘরের পিসি (fig.) one who hunts with the hound and runs with the hare. ̃কনে n. pl. the bride and the groom. ̃কর্তা n. the head of the bridegroom's party. ̃দ a. granting a boon; benedictory. ̃দা a. fem. of বরদ । n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃দাতা a. & n. one who grants a boon. fem. ˜দাত্রী । বরদান করা v. to grant a boon. ̃দান n. act of granting a boon or prayer. ̃পক্ষ n. the bridegroom's party. ̃পণ n. a dowry in cash paid by the bride's parents or party to the bridegroom. ̃পুত্র n. a minion (esp. of a deity), a darling, a favourite. ̃প্রদ same as বরদ । fem. ̃প্রদা । ̃বর্ণিনী n. an excellent woman; a woman of peerless beauty. ̃মাল্য n. a garland of flower which the bride puts ceremonially round the neck of the bridegroom whilst accepting him as her husband; a garland of highest honour. ̃যাত্রী, ̃যাত্র n. one who accompanies a bridegroom to a wedding. 45)

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

(p. 715) baṅkima bent; curved; slightly bent; squint; oblique (বঙ্কিম চাহনি). ̃বিহারী n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) 22)

(p. 756) bidala having no petal, apetalous; not belonging to one's party. n. pigeonpea, dal. 49)

(p. 758) bidēha1 modern Mithila (মিথিলা). 9)