(p. 767) birāja graceful or conspicuous presence or existence. বিরাজ করা, (poet.) বিরজা v. to exist or be present gracefully or conspicuously; to exist, to be present. ̃মান, বিরাজিত a. gracefully or conspicuously existent or present; existent or present. fem. ̃মানা, বিরাজিতা । 58)

(p. 721) barṣa a year; (myth.) any one of the nine divisions of Jambu (জম্বু) or Asia; rain; cloud; shower or fall (তুষারবর্ষ). ̃কাল n. a period of one year; a full calendar year. ̃জীবী a. lasting or living for a year only; annual. বর্ষজীবী উদ্ভিদ an annual plant, an annual. ̃প্রবেশ n. New Year's Day (chiefly according to the Bengali calendar). ̃বলয় n. (bot.) the annual ring. ̃মান n. rain-gauge. 119)

(p. 743) bāmana2 a Brahman; a Brahman priest or cook. fem. বামনি । বামন গেল ঘর তো লাঙল তুলে ধর (fig.) when the master is away, servants neglect their work. বামনের গোরু (fig.) a person or a thing that yields maximum benefit at the minimum cost. ̃ঠাকুর n. a Brahman priest or cook. fem. ̃ঠাকরুন a female Brahman cook. বামনাই n. (dero.) practice of a Brahman or an exhibition of this. 41)

(p. 746) bāraṇa1 the elephant. 6)

(p. 790) bēhisāba unestimated, inestimable; unrestrained; improvident; incautious; uneconomical; extravagant. n. absence of estimate or economy; improvidence; lack of caution; extravagance. বেহিসাবি a. unrestrained; uneconomical; incautious; extravagant (বেহিসাবি খরচ). 16)

(p. 713) bakāṇḍapratyāśā a hope as vain as the expectation of a heron to obtain an egg of a bull, a vain hope. 39)

(p. 743) bāburci (Mus.) a cook or chef. ̃খানা n. a cookhouse, a kitchen. 38)

(p. 760) bidhāna a scriptural prescript or ruling; a prescript, a ruling (সভাপতির বিধান); a prescription (পথ্যবিধান); provision, arrangement (আনন্দবিধান); legislation; a law; a rule; a system (নববিধান). বিধান দেওয়া v. to prescribe; to issue a ruling, to rule. ̃কর্তা n. a director (fem. directress, directrix), a regulator, a controller; a law-giver; a legislator. fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । ̃তন্ত্র n. a code of laws; a system of legislation. বিধান-পরিষদ n. a legislative council. ̃শাস্ত্র n. jurisprudence, law. ̃সংসদ n. the Parliament. ̃সংহিতা n. a treatise on jurisprudence, a law-book. ̃সভা n. a legislative assembly. 3)

(p. 765) bibhājikā of বিভাজক । 38)

(p. 721) bapu the body. ̃স্মান a. heavy-bodied, burly, corpulent, hefty. fem. ̃ষ্মিতী । 19)

(p. 751) bikṣōbha offended state, mortification, grief; agitation; (pol.) movement provoked by discontent, unrest (গণবিক্ষোভ = popular unrest). ̃কারী a. & n. an agitator, one who agitates; a demonstrator, one who demonstrates. ̃প্রদর্শন n. demonstration, agitation. বিক্ষোভ প্রদর্শন করা v. (pol.) to demonstrate; to agitate; to organize demonstration. 40)

(p. 786) bēdabit versed in the Vedas. 27)

(p. 721) balī2 full of strength, powerful, strong; heroic, valorous. 156)

(p. 765) bibhāga division; partition: apportionment; distribution; a division (of a country etc.); a part, a portion, a section; department (বিচারবিভাগ). বিভাগ করা v. to divide; to partition; to apportion; to distribute. বিভাগী a. fissile. বিভাগী-ছত্রাক n. a fission fungus. বিভাগীশৈবাল n. a fission alga. বিভাগীয় a. divisional, sectional; departmental (বিভাগীয় কর্তা = the departmental head, বিভাগীয় বিপণি = a departmental store). 35)

(p. 767) bilāti of or exported from England or Europe or a foreign country; English; European; foreign. বিলাতি আমড়া the hog-plum. বিলাতি কাপড় English or foreign textile materials or piece goods. বিলাতি কুমড়ো a sweetish variety of pumpkin. বিলাতি বেগুন the tomato, the love-apple. ̃য়ানা (dero.) adoption or imitation of English or European style in daily life and conduct, anglomania, (journ.) Englishness, Europeanism. 83)