(p. 767) birāṭa the Omnipresent, God. a. very great or vast or huge. ̃ত্ব n. extreme greatness or vastness or hugeness. 59)

(p. 794) byādhimukta cured of a disease, free from disease; healthy. ব্যাধিমুক্ত করা v. to cure one of a disease. ব্যাধিমুক্তি n. recovery from illness, cure of a disease. 75)

(p. 721) bām̐śa the bamboo. বাঁশ দেওয়া (sl.) to take the wind out of one's sails; to ruin. বুকে বাঁশ দেওয়া to make a person lie at full length in between two bamboo-poles and then roll the poles oppressively as a punishment; (fig.) to torment severely. বাঁশের চেয়ে কঞ্চি দড় (fig.) the chip is harder than the old block, the greenhorn is tougher than the veteran. বাঁশ বনে ডোম কানা (fig.) one cannot see the wood for the trees. ̃গাড়ি n. (law) planting a bamboo-pole in the ground of an estate as a sign of taking possession of it. ̃ঝাড় n. a bamboo-clump. 278)

(p. 786) bēdabēdāṅga the Vedas and their branches or subsidiary parts (see বেদাঙ্গ). 28)

(p. 737) bāgāḍ়mbara grandiloquence; tall talk; verbiage. বাগাড়ম্বর করা v. to speak grandiloquently; to talk big; to brag; to speak verbosely. 6)

(p. 721) bāk speech, language; learning; the organ of speech. ̃চাতুরি, ̃চাতুর্য, n. cleverness of speech; gift of the gab; artful or wheedling language, a quibble. ̃চাপল্য n. flippancy in speech; flippant speech; loquacity, talkativeness. ̃ছল n. artfulness or wheedlesomeness of speech; equivocation; a quibble. ̃জাল same as বাগজাল । ̃পটু same as বাগ্বিদগ্ধ । ̃পটুতা, ̃পটুত্ব same as বাগ্বৈদগ্ধ । ̃পারুষ্য n. rudeness of speech; insulting words. ̃প্রণালী n. mode of speaking; an idiom. ̃প্রপঞ্চ n. elaborate speech; eloquence. ̃রোধ inc. but pop. var. of বাগ্রোধ । ̃শক্তি n. power or faculty of speaking. ̃শক্তিরহিত, ̃শক্তিহীন a. dumb; unable to speak; rendered speechless; dumbfounded. ̃সংযম n. exercise of restraint in speech, sparingness in use of words, reticence, taciturnity. ̃সর্বস্ব a. excelling only in words and incapable of action. বাক্সর্বস্ব ব্যক্তি a person of mere words, a wind-bag. ̃সিদ্ধ a. having the power to utter infallible words. fem. ̃সিদ্ধা । ̃স্ফূর্তি n. utterance of words. ̃স্বাধীনতা n. freedom of speech. 280)

(p. 761) bindhya the Vindhyas. ̃বাসিনী a. fem. dwelling on the Vindhyas. n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). masc. a. বিন্ধ্যবাসী । 43)

(p. 789) bēśara an ornament for the nose, (cp.) a nose-bob. 19)

(p. 756) bitala (myth.) the second of seven underworlds. 36)

(p. 782) bēn̐ṭē dwarfish, short-statured. ̃খাটো, ̃খেঁটে a. dumpy. 46)

(p. 786) bētra the cane-plant, cane, rattan, ratan (বেত্রকুঞ্জ); a cane, a ferule (বেত্রাঘাত). ̃দন্ড n. a cane, a ferule; a flagellum; a sentence of or punishment by caning or whipping. ̃ধর, ̃ধারী a. carrying a cane or rattan (esp. attributed to a guard). fem. ̃ধারিণী, ̃বতী । বেত্রাঘাত n. a stroke with a cane; caning, flagellation. বেত্রাঘাত করা v. to cane; to flagellate, to whip. বেত্রাসন n. a cane seat, a rattan chair. বেত্রাহত a. caned, whipped. বেত্রাহত কুকুরের মতো like a dog which has been whipped, (cp.) with the tail between the legs. 14)

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

(p. 779) buṭa2 a boot. বুট পরা v. to put on or wear boots. বুট খোলা v. to pull off boots. 22)

(p. 713) bi2 a book; a register. বইয়ের পোকা (lit. & fig.) a bookworm. ˜পত্র n. books and similar other things. বই বাঁধানো v. to bind books; to get books bound. ̃মেলা n. a book fair. 4)

(p. 756) bijñā of বিজ্ঞ । 6)