(p. 800) brāhmaṇa a Brahman, a Brahmin; a Brahman priest; a part of the Vedas treating of religious rites. ̃ত্ব same as ব্রাহ্মণ্য । ̃পণ্ডিত n. a Brahman scholar. ̃সভা n. a council of Brahmans for theological and social discussion and arbitration. ̃সমাজ n. the community of the Brahmans. ব্রাহ্মণী n. a Brahman's wife; a female Brahman, ব্রাহ্মণ্য n. the state of being a Brahman; characteristics and especial powers of Brahmans; the peculiar functions and duties of Brahmans (also ব্রাহ্মণ্যধর্ম); the community of Brahmans. 19)

(p. 721) balana1 speaking or narrating. 133)

(p. 794) byāsili (as pl.) bacilli; (as sing.) a bacillus. ̃ঘটিত, ̃সংক্রান্ত a. bacillary, bacillar. 105)

(p. 721) bāisa1 a (carpenter's) chisel. 241)

(p. 761) biniẏē elaborately, verbosely, in so many words; ingratiatingly (rইনিয়েবিনিয়ে). 28)

(p. 756) bidāraṇa splitting or rending or cleaving or piercing; act of causing to burst. 56)

(p. 717) batsa the young of the cow (or of any animal), a calf; (in affectionate address) a dear boy. 19)

(p. 721) bā2 or adv. possibly, perhaps (হবেও বা); alternatively (তুমিই বা গেলে); used to emphasize a question (হবেই বা না কেন ?). 232)

(p. 717) bandi imprisoned; confined; captivated. n. a prisoner; a captive. বন্দি করা v. to imprison; to capture, to take one prisoner. 63)

(p. 747) bārtāku, bārtākī the brinjal, eggplant, aubergine. 6)

(p. 773) bīṇā a kind of musical heptachord, a vina. ̃দণ্ড n. the top part of a vina to be held with the hand. ̃নিন্দিত, ̃বিনিন্দিত a. putting to shame even the charming melody of a lyre, excelling even the sound of a vina in sweetness. fem. ̃নিন্দিতা, ̃বিনিন্দিতা । ̃পাণি n. one who holds a vina in one's hand; Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী). ̃বাদক n. a vinaplayer. ̃বাদন n. playing on a vina. 88)

(p. 786) bēdādhyāẏī one studying the Vedas. n. one who studies the Vedas. 39)

(p. 786) bēpachanda not liked, not to one's liking, disapproved. 61)

(p. 789) bēṣṭa a fence, an enclosure; a circumference. বেষ্টক a. that which or one who surrounds; enclosing, surrounding, encircling; circumambient. বেষ্টন n. enclosing or surrounding; a wall (esp. one encompassing something); a fence, an enclosure; girth, circumference. বেষ্টন করা v. to enclose, to surround; to hem in. বেষ্টনী n. anything that encloses; a fence, an enclosure; a cordon; a wall; girth, circumference. 25)

(p. 721) bargiẏa, bargya of a class, tribal, generic, specific; (math.) relating to a square; (gr.) of or classified into the groups of the Bengali stops. বর্গীয় বর্ণ (gr.) any one of the twenty five consonantal stops of the Bengali alphabet. 83)