(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. 767) biruddha adverse, unfavourable; hostile, inimical; antipathetic; obverse; contradictory; contrary; opposed. ̃তা n. adverseness, unfavourableness; hostility, enmity; antipathy; obverseness; contradiction; contrariety; opposition. বিরুদ্ধ তড়িচ্চালক বল (phys.) back electromotive force. ̃বাদিতা n. hostility; opposition; antipathy. ̃বাদী a. opposed; of the opposite side or camp. বিরুদ্ধ-সমালোচনা n. animadversion; unfavourable criticism. বিরুদ্ধ সমালোচনা করা v. to animadvert; to censure; to criticize unfavourably. বিরুদ্ধচার n. a practice in opposition to usage; opposition. বিরুদ্ধচরণ n. opposition; hostility. বিরুদ্ধাচরণ করা v. to oppose; to act in hostility, to be hostile (to); to go against. বিরুদ্ধাচারী a. indulging in practices in opposition to usage; opposing; hostile. fem. বিরুদ্ধাচারিণী । বিরুদ্ধে adv. against; in opposition to; in the teeth of. 64)

(p. 789) bēlānila sea-breeze. 5)

(p. 789) bēśi excess (কমবেশি). a. in excess (বেশি হওয়া); many (বেশি লোক); much (বেশি দুধ). adv. excessively, much (বেশি হাসা). বেশির ভাগ the greater part or portion or number (বেশির ভাগ খাবার বা টাকা); for the most part. বেশির ভাগ লোক the majority; most people. 21)

(p. 779) buṭi diaper. বুটি তোলা v. to diaper. ̃দার a. diapered. 23)

(p. 800) braja a pasture, esp. for cows; a path; a village near Mathura where Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) passed his childhood, (also ব্রজধাম) । ̃কিশোর n. the young lad of Braja (ব্রজ); Krishna (কৃষ্ণ ।) ̃কিশোরী n. fem. Radha (রাধা) the sweetheart of Krishna. ̃বিহারী n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) who sported in Braja (ব্রজ). ̃বুলি n. a kind of mixed language used originally by Vidyapati in his poems. ̃ভাষা n. a branch of Hindi. ̃লীলা n. activities of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) in Braja. ব্রজাঙ্গনা n. any one of the milkmaids of Braja (ব্রজ) who were enamoured of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ব্রজেশ্বর n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) the lord of Braja (ব্রজ). ব্রজেশ্বরী same as ব্রজকিশোরী । 2)

(p. 779) bujhi denoting: probability, doubt, interrogation etc. তাই বুঝি is it so? তোমার চোখে বুঝি ঘুম নেই can't you sleep, eh? 20)

(p. 748) bāsashāna a dwelling-place, an abode; a residence; a habitat. 25)

(p. 767) bimātṛsulabha like a step-mother; step-motherly; (fig.) neglectful. 27)

(p. 773) biśēṣata especially; particularly; chiefly; moreover. 3)

(p. 761) binatā2 (myth.) a wife of Kashyap the sage. ̃নন্দন n. a son of Binata (বিনতা); Aruna (অরুণ) the chariotdriver of the Sun-god; Garuda (গরুড়) the prince of birds. 6)

(p. 740) bāḍ়bāḍ়nta great or growing prosperity; (iron.) bluster; lofty show. 6)

(p. 773) bītaśaṅka freed from fear; dauntless, fearless.

(p. 790) bēhēśta, bēhēsta heaven. 20)

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