(p. 717) badara1 the full moon; a Muslim saint (whose name is uttered by boatsmen to ensure a safe voyage). 32)

(p. 765) bibhāga division; partition: apportionment; distribution; a division (of a country etc.); a part, a portion, a section; department (বিচারবিভাগ). বিভাগ করা v. to divide; to partition; to apportion; to distribute. বিভাগী a. fissile. বিভাগী-ছত্রাক n. a fission fungus. বিভাগীশৈবাল n. a fission alga. বিভাগীয় a. divisional, sectional; departmental (বিভাগীয় কর্তা = the departmental head, বিভাগীয় বিপণি = a departmental store). 35)

(p. 721) barśā a spear, a lance; a pike. ̃দন্ড n. the shaft of a spear; a pikestaff. তিমি ধরার বর্শা n. a harpoon. ̃ধারী a. armed with a spear or lance or pike. n. a spearman; a pikeman. ̃ফলক n. a spearhead. ̃বিদ্ধ a. pierced with a spear, speared, harpooned. 118)

(p. 743) bāmā a beautiful woman; a woman. 43)

(p. 717) baḍ়śi, ban̐ḍ়śi a fish-hook. 4)

(p. 721) bapana sowing; planting, plantation. বপন করা v. to sow; to plant. ̃যন্ত্র n. a sowing-machine. 17)

(p. 721) baẏōguṇa tendencies or propensities natural to a particular age. 39)

(p. 790) baikallika alternative, variant. 21)

(p. 790) baidya a physician; a healer; one of an upper-class Hindu caste. বৈদ্যক same as বৈদ্যশাস্ত্র । ̃নাথ n. Shiva (শিব) (whose image is installed at Deoghar). ̃শালা n. a clinic; a hospital. ̃শাস্ত্র same as আয়ুর্বেদ । ̃সংকট n. miscarriage of treatment on account of being treated by numerous physicians simultaneously. 44)

(p. 794) byādhigrasta, byādhita diseased, ailing; ill. 72)

(p. 713) baṃśānukrama a regular line of descent or succession; heredity. বংশানুক্রমিক a. hereditary. বংশানুক্রমে adv. from generation to generation; hereditarily. 15)

(p. 721) bāgdhārā a manner or mode of using words in speech, an idiom. ̃গত a. idiomatic.

(p. 792) bōmā2 the yoke of a vehicle. 45)

(p. 740) bāḍ়nta inclined to grow or develop, growing (বাড়ন্ত গড়ন); flourishing (বাড়ন্ত অবস্হা); (iron.) exhausted, deficit (ঘরে চাল বাড়ন্ত). 5)

(p. 789) bēlā4 a time of day (and not of night) (বেলা বারোটা); daytime (বেলাশেষ); advance of the morning (বেলা বাড়া); delay (esp. made in the morning) (বালা করা); length, duration (জীবনের বেলা); time, specified time (খাওয়ার বেলা); turn (তোমার বেলা); an opportunity, an advantageous point of time (এইবেলা). 4)