(p. 790) baitānika sacrificial. n. burnt-offering. 35)

(p. 721) baśitā, baśitba perfect continence (which is one of the eight divine graces of Shiva), attainable by men through asceticism); the power to control or charm everybody. 170)

(p. 738) bāchura the young of the cow, the calf. বাছুর বিয়ানো v. to calve. বাছুরের মাংস n. veal. 12)

(p. 721) barṣā the rainy season, the rains; rain; rainfall. v. poet. form of বর্ষণ করা (see বর্ষণ). ̃কালীন a. happening during the rainy season; rainy. ̃গম n. the break of the monsoon. ̃তি1 n. an umbrella; a raincoat, a mackintosh, a waterproof. ̃তি2 a. grown in the rainy season. n. a room on the roof. বর্ষাত্যয় n. termination of rain or of the rainy season, autumn. ̃ধৌত a. washed by rain. ̃বসান n. same as বর্ষাত্যয় । 121)

(p. 790) baidhabya widowhood. ̃বাস n. widow's weeds. 47)

(p. 773) biskuṭa biscuit. 49)

(p. 747) bālu, bālukā sand; gravel; grit. বালুকাতট n. a sand-band. বালুকাময় a. sandy, full of sand. বালুচর n. a sand-bed. বালুঝড় n. a sand-storm; a simoom, a simoon. বালুশিলা n. sandstone.

(p. 786) bēra coll. corrup. of বাহির (a.). 79)

(p. 715) bagi1 a hooded buggy. 18)

(p. 742) bādaśā same as বাদশাহ । কুঁড়ের বাদশা a prince of idlers, an extremely lazy fellow. 4)

(p. 747) bārṇika a copyist; a writer; a printer. 4)

(p. 738) bācaspatya eloquence; erudition. 2)

(p. 713) bu wife; a daughter-in-law; a brother's wife, a sister-in-law; a married woman esp. one who usually keeps to a gynaeceum (usu. ঘরের বউ); a housewife; a newly-married wife (বউভাত). বউ-কথা-কও n. the Indian nightingale. বউ-কাটকি n. a woman given to torturing her daughter-in-law. ̃ড়ি n. a young wife; a childwife. ̃দিদি, (coll.) ̃দি n. an elder brother's wife, a sister-in-law. ̃ভাত same as পাকস্পর্শ (see পাক2). ̃মা n. a son's wife, a daughter-in-law; a younger brother's wife, a sister-in-law. ̃মানুষ n. a married woman usually keeping to a gynaeceum; a newly-married woman. 8)

(p. 760) bidhbaṃsa complete ruin or destruction; devastation; demolition; বিধ্বংসী a. thoroughly ruining or destroying; devastating; demolishing.

(p. 756) biṭā beta. বিটা-কণা n. beta-particles. বিটা-রশ্মি n. beta-rays. 20)