(p. 747) bārdhaka superannuation. 8)

(p. 800) brata a vow (religious or secular); practice of ascetical austerities in order to attain something (বিদ্যালাভের ব্রত); firm resolve attended with untiring endeavour (অর্থোপার্জনের ব্রত); penance (চান্দ্রায়াণব্রত). a. (used as a sfx.) undertaking or observing a vow (পুণ্যব্রত). ব্রত আচরণ বা পালন করা v. to observe a vow. ব্রত উদযাপন করা v. to fulfil a vow. ̃কথা n. holy or religious story, sacred story that is listened to as a penance. ব্রত গ্রহণ বা ধারণ করা, ব্রত নেওয়া v. to take a vow; to start practising certain religious rites. 5)

(p. 721) bān̐kā to bend, to curve (রেখাটি বেঁকেছে); to turn (পথটি এখানে বেঁকেছে); to become reluctant or unfavourable or ungracious or antipathetic (কর্তা বেঁকেছেন). a. bent, curved (বাঁকা বাঁশ); stopping, hunched (বাঁকা পিঠ); slanting, aslant (খুটিখানা বাঁকা); winding, tortuous, sinuous, spiral, roundabout (বাঁকা পথ); furtive, squint, oblique (বাঁকা চাহনি); cynical or unfriendly (বাঁকা দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি); crooked (বাঁকা মন); rude, harsh (বাঁকা কথা); insinuating; sly (বাঁকা উক্তি); reluctant, unfavourable, antipathetic. ̃চোরা a. having many curves and twists; not straightforward, crooked (বাঁকাচোরা কথা). বাঁকানো. v. to bend; to make reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic. বেঁকে বসা v. to be placed or fixed slantingly; to become reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic; to revise or retract one's previous opinion, desire, resolve etc., to refuse to fall in with or accede to. 258)

(p. 713) bakarida a Muslim festival commemorating Ibrahim's (cp. Abraham) sacrifice of his own son to God. 33)

(p. 740) bāḍ়ti growth or development or increase or aggravation or flourish (বাড়তি মুখে). a. surplus (বাড়তি মাল); extra (বাড়তি রোজগার); excessive, in excess (বাড়তি লাভ = excess profit). 3)

(p. 721) bān̐dhana binding or fastening; a tie, a knot (বাঁধন খুলে দাও); damming; obstruction; stopping or parking (as of a vehicle); restraining or appeasement (as of one's mind); composition; formation; construction, building, setting up; turning, attunement; unification; reduction or rendering; compactness (কথার বাঁধন). ̃হারা a. free, unbridled, unrestrained. বাঁধনি n. binding or fastening; a tie, a knot; due arrangement, methodicalness, order (কাজের বাঁধনি); compactness. 274)

(p. 760) bidhunana act of causing to tremble; shaking; vibration. 12)

(p. 738) bājiẏē skilled in playing on a musical instrument. n. an instrumentalist. 28)

(p. 786) bēdala a different or hostile party or side. বেদলীয় a. of or belonging to a different or hostile party; hostile. 33)

(p. 713) bakalama the name of an illiterate person signed by another; (loos.) act of signing for another. 34)

(p. 794) bōla2 speech, language; a word; a note or call (as of birds); a sound; babbling noise (শিশুর বোল); (mus.) a symbolic sound (তবলার বোল); musical notation. 10)

(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. 756) biṭakēla hideous or monstrous (বিটকেল মূর্তি); abominable or repulsive (বিটকেল গন্ধ); very ludicrous or queer (বিটকেল ব্যাপার); given to playing antics or cracking practical jokes; of a queer sort (বিটকেল লোক). বিটকেলমি n. practice of playing antics or cracking practical jokes. 14)

(p. 761) bibarjana abandonment, renunciation, rejection; quitting. 87)

(p. 721) bāgdēbī Saraswati, the goddess of speech. 298)