(p. 715) bakra bent, curved, tortuous; oblique; squint: crooked; (chiefly astrol.) antipatheitc. n. a bend, a turn. ̃গতি a. having a curved or sinuous or tortuous motion. ̃গামী a. curvedly or sinuously or tortuously moving crooked. ̃চ্ছেদ n. (geom.) an oblique section. ̃তা n. curvedness; sinuosity; obliqueness; squintness; curvature; crookedness. (chiefly astrol.) antipathy. বক্রতাকেন্দ্র n. (phys.) a centre of curvature. ̃দৃষ্টি a. squint-eyed, cock-eyed; looking askance; squinting. ̃নাস a. having a curved or aquiline nose. ̃পৃষ্ঠ a. convex; arch-backed. ̃রেখা n. curved line, a curve. ̃শিরাল a. (bot.) curviveined. ̃সংঘাত n. (mech.) an oblique impact. বক্রাংশুরেখা n. (phys.) a caustic curve. বক্রাংশুস্পর্শ n. (phys.) causticity. 5)

(p. 721) bahānō to cause to bear or carry or convey or flow or run. 193)

(p. 800) brahma2 the Absolute Being, God; a Brahman, a Brahmin. ̃চর্য n. a mode of life marked with devoted study of the Vedas and other scriptures and books of knowledge and with complete abstinence from sexual and secular pleasures. ̃চর্যাশ্রম n. the first stage of life (up to the age of 16) according to the Vedic Hindus when one has to practise brahmacharya (ব্রহ্মচর্য). ̃চারী n. one practising brahmacharya (ব্রহ্মচর্য); a Brahmin boy staying at the residence of the guru to receive his education, having undergone the sacrament of being invested with the holy sacrificial thread; one practising abstinence from sexual or other worldly pleasures and preparing to join an order of hermits. fem. চারিণী । ̃জ্ঞ a. one who has attained knowledge about God. ̃জ্ঞান n. knowledge about God. ̃জ্ঞানী a. having knowledge about God; following Brahmoism. n. one who has attained knowledge about God; a Brahmo. ̃ণ্য a. relating to God or to Brahmans. n. the superhuman power obtained through one's knowledge of God; uncommon spiritual power characteristic of Brahmans; Narayana নারায়ণ (usu. ব্রাহ্মণ্যদেব). ̃তালু n. the crown of the head, the palate. ̃তেজ n. uncommon power of a Brahman. ̃ত্ব n. Godhead; divinity. ̃ত্র n. a piece of rent-free land given away to a Brahman. ̃দৈত্য n. an anthropophagous ghost of a Brahman; a demoniac ghost of a Brahman; a Brahman demon. ̃পিশাচ n. a necrophagous ghost of a Brahman, a Brahman ghoul. ̃বাদী a. (capable of) expounding mysteries about God; engaged in studying the Vedas; having knowledge about God; versed in or following Vedantic philosophy. n. such a person. fem. ̃বাদিনী । ̃বিত্ same as ব্রহ্মজ্ঞ । ̃বিদ্যা n. a branch of learning imparting knowledge about God. ̃বৈবর্ত n. one of the eighteen puranas (পুরাণ). ̃ময় a. pervaded by the presence of God. ̃মীমাংসা n. the second part of the Vedanta treating of the nature and attributes of God. ̃রন্ধ্র n. the central pore of the palate. ̃লোক n. the abode of Brahma (ব্রহ্ম); the highest one of the seven mythological heavens. ̃শাপ n. a curse of or put by a Brahman. ̃সংহিতা n. a Vaishnava scripture. ̃সংগীত n. a song of devotion to God. ̃সূত্র n. the holy sacrificial thread worn by Brahmans; any one of the aphorisms of the Vedanta composed by Vyasa (ব্যাস). ̃স্ব n. property or possessions of a Brahman. ব্রহ্মস্বাপহরণ করা v. to rob or misappropriate the property of a Brahman. ̃স্বরূপ n. true nature and attributes of God. ̃হত্যা n. slaying of a Brahman. 11)

(p. 767) birala sparse, thinly scattered or placed (বিরলদন্ত); very thinly frequented or inhabited by (জনবিরল); rare (বিরল ঘটনা). n. a secluded or lonely place, solitude. বিরলকেশ a. thin-haired; baldheaded, almost without hair on one's head. ̃তা n. sparseness: rareness, rarity. ̃বসতি a. thinly populated. বিরলে adv. in seclusion. 54)

(p. 767) bimātā a step-mother. 26)

(p. 743) bāpu a term for addressing a child or a junior person (in affection or disgust), my boy, my girl; an expression emphasizing disgust, amazement, interrogation etc. (একি জ্বালা বাপু, বাপুরে, কী হল বাপু). 28)

(p. 789) bēśyā a prostitute, a harlot, a whore. ̃গিরি, ̃বৃত্তি n. prostitution, harlotry. বেশ্যালয় n. a brothel, a whore-house, a house of ill-fame. ̃সক্ত a. habitually visiting or given to visiting prostitutes. বেশ্যাসক্ত ব্যাক্তি a whore-monger. 24)

(p. 790) baiplabika revolutionary; causing or effecting a radical change; radical; total (বৈপ্লবিক পরিবর্তন). 52)

(p. 794) byāsa, bāsa enough, no more, stop it (ব্যস্ ব্যস্, এবার থামো); presently, thereupon (ব্যস্, লড়াই বেধে গেল). 49)

(p. 794) byākaraṇa, byākaraṇaśāstra grammar. ব্যাকরণগত a. grammatical. ব্যাকরণবিদ, ব্যাকরণশাস্ত্রজ্ঞ a. versed in grammar. n. a grammarian. 55)

(p. 747) bāli sand; gravel; grit. বালি ধরানো v. (in building construction) to plaster. ̃পূর্ণ, ̃ময় a. sandy; full of sand. বালির বাঁধ (fig.) an ineffectual action or measure (বালির বাঁধ দিয়ে দুঃখ ঠেকানো); (fig.) a transitory object, a deceptive foundation ('বড়র পীরিতি বালির বাঁধ').বালির প্রাসাদ (fig.) a house of cards; a very transitory or deceptive foundation. 26)

(p. 717) badbīpa a delta. ̃শীর্ষ n. head of the delta. 37)

(p. 717) bana to get on together, to agree; to be on good terms (তাদের বনে না); to be reduced to or to be proved (বোকা বনা).. 47)

(p. 785) bējanmā bastard, illegitimate. 7)

(p. 747) bāla a male child, a boy; (in comp.) a child. ̃ক্রীড়া n. boyish sport; a child's play. ̃খিল্য n. (myth.) any one of the sixty thousand ascetics who were not more than a thumb in height; a Lilliputian, a midget, a pygmy. ̃চর্যা n. bringing up children. ̃চাপল্য n. childish flippancy or frolicsomeness. ̃বাচ্চা n. young or infant children, (sl.) kiddies, ̃বিধবা n. a child-widow. ̃বৈধব্য n. widowhood at a very early age. ̃ভাষিত n. the utterance of a childlike talk or prattle; (fig.) an utterance of no importance, babble. ̃রোগ n. a children's disease; an infantile disease, (med.) pediatric diseases. ̃শশী n. the moon of the second lunar night of a light fortnight. ̃সুলভ a. childlike, childish. ̃সূর্য n. the newly-risen sun; the rising sun. 14)