(p. 717) bandaka singing in adoration, hymning; extolling; saluting; worshipping. n. one who sings in praise, a hymnist; one who extols; one who salutes; a worshipper, a votary; one employed to glorigy (esp. a prince) in songs (usu. at fixed hours and on particular occasions). 60)

(p. 737) bāgha the tiger; (loos.) the panther, the leopard. fem. বাঘিনি the tigress. বাঘে গোরুতে এক ঘাটে জল খাওয়া (fig.) a very powerful administration under which even traditional antagonists behave as friends. বাঘের ঘরে ঘোগের বাসা (lit.) a tiger-wolf taking-up its abode in a tiger's lair; (fig.) a weakling settling in the lair of its deadly enemy. বাঘের বাচ্ছা a tiger's cub. বাঘের মাসি the cat. ̃ছড়ি, ̃ছাল n. the skin of a tiger. ̃নখ n. a tiger's nail; an ornamental pendant for the neck; an aromatic substance; (hist.) a nail-like weapon worn by Shivaji as handgloves. ̃বল্দি n. an indoor game akin to fox and geese. বাঘা n. (dero.) the tiger, a tigerling (গোবাঘা); (affec.) a traditional name of a dog. a. very large (বাঘা মাছ); very powerful (বাঘা শাসন); very efficient (বাঘা কেরানি, বাঘা খেলোয়াড়); extremely sour (বাঘা তেঁতুল); commanding submission from others, very imposing (বাঘা লোক). বাঘাম্বর n. a piece of tiger's skin worn as loincloth. 15)

(p. 741) bātsarika an annual rite or religious performance. 2)

(p. 782) bēga2 speedy gait, rapidity, swiftness; speed, velocity (esp. in phys.) momentum, impetus; current, flow; desire to evacuate bowels or urinate; trouble or toil (টাকা আদায় করতে বেগ পেতে হয়েছে); severity, virulence (জ্বরের বেগ). বেগ দেওয়া v. to give trouble, to put to difficulty or inconvenience. 56)

(p. 717) banṭita distributed; apportioned, divided. 17)

(p. 779) bakuni a particle; affected witty talk or remarks; tall talk; ludicrous mixture of a foreign language with one's own. বকুনি ঝাড়া v. (infor.) to indulge in witty talk or remarks affectedly; talk big; to mix a foreign language ludicrously with one's own. 15)

(p. 741) bātidāna a lampstand; a candle-stick. 18)

(p. 713) baṃśābataṃsa (fig.) one who is the ornament or glory of one's family. 17)

(p. 738) bāñchā a desire, a longing; a wish. বাঞ্ছা করা v. to desire or long or wish (for). ̃কল্পতরু n. (myth.) a wishing-tree of heaven; one who grants all desires of supplicants. 35)

(p. 717) banāntara another forest. 52)

(p. 743) bāmōru a woman with elegant thighs. 48)

(p. 737) bāgānō to bring under control; to break (বদমেজাজি ঘোড়াকে বাগানো); to manage, to obtain (চাকরি বাগানো, টাকা বাগানো); to manage to have performed or executed or done (কাজ বাগানো); to wangle (ছুটি বাগানো); to flourish (তেড়ি বাগানো); to defalcate or misappropriate (তবিল থেকে বাগানো). 8)

(p. 717) bandiśa (in music) style; style of composition. 69)

(p. 738) bāchā1 (in affectionate address) a son or a daughter or a person deserving to be treated as such (cp. My child.) 8)

(p. 794) byapadēśa a pretext, a pretence, a plea; (loos.) necessity, exigency (কার্যব্যপদেশে = in course of work). 33)