(p. 721) bāgdēbī Saraswati, the goddess of speech. 298)

(p. 786) bēlacā a shovel. 91)

(p. 767) bimugdha thoroughly fascinated or infatuated or enamoured (of) or enchanted; utterly bewildered or confounded. fem. বিমুগ্ধা । ̃তা n. complete fascination or infatuation or enchantment; utter bewilderment. 32)

(p. 794) byāẏāma physical exercise, exercise; gymnastics. ব্যায়াম করা v. to take (physical) exercise, to exercise. খালিহাতে বা শুধু হাতে ব্যায়াম free-hand exercise. ̃কারী n. one who takes physical exercise; a gymnast. ̃কুশল a. skilled in gymnastics. ̃কুশলী n. a skilled gymnast; a gymnast. ̃ক্রীড়া n. gymnastics. ̃বীর n. same as ̃কুশলী । ̃শালা n. a gymnasium. ̃শিক্ষক n. a physical instructor. ̃শিক্ষা n. physical training. ̃সংক্রান্ত a. relating to physical exercise, gymnastical, gymnastic. ব্যায়ামাগার n. same as ̃শালা । 97)

(p. 779) buṭa1 chick-pea, gram. 21)

(p. 758) bidyut lightning; electricity. ̃গর্ভ a. impregnated with electricity; charged with electricity. ̃প্রবাহ n. an electric current. ̃প্রভ a. as dazzlingly bright as a flash of lightning. fem. ̃প্রভা । ̃স্পন্দন, ̃স্ফুরণ n. electric vibration. ̃স্পৃষ্ট a. struck by lightning. ̃স্ফুলিঙ্গ n. an electric spark. বিদ্যুদ্দাম n. a flash of lightning; a garland-like series of lightning flashes. বিদ্যুদ্বর্ষী a. discharging electricity. বিদ্যুদ্বেগ n. lightning speed. বিদ্যুদ্বেগে adv. as speedily as lightning. বিদ্যুন্মালা same as বিদ্যুদ্দাম । বিদ্যুল্লতা n. a streak of lightning. 18)

(p. 721) barabāda utterly spoilt or wasted; cast away; (loos.) rejected. বরবাদ করা v. to cast away; (loos.) to reject; (rare) to spoil or waste. 61)

(p. 746) bāraka prohibitive; prohibitory; preventive; resistive. 4)

(p. 721) barṣīẏasī of বর্ষীয়ান । 126)

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

(p. 765) bibāgī indifferent to worldly interests or pleasure; stoical; one who has renounced domestic ties or has left one's home for good. বিবাগী হওয়া v. to renounce worldly pleasures or interests; to go out into the world by renouncing worldy ties. 10)

(p. 751) bicāli paddy-straw, paddy-hay. 67)

(p. 713) bakabaka denoting: intolerable prattling or chattering; overmuch talking. বকবক করা v. to prattle or chatter disgustingly; to talk overmuch. 27)

(p. 738) bājāra a market; a fair (রথের বাজার); goods or stores esp. for cooking purchased from the market (বাজারটা রাখলে কোথায় ?). বাজার করা v. to visit the market for buying things (esp. daily necessaries or stores), to shop. বাজার বসেছে the market has opened for the day; a new market has opened. গরম বাজার (comm.) boom. চড়া বাজার dear market. নরম বাজার (comm.) slump. বাজার চড়া market is up. ̃দর n. market price, the current price. বাজার নরম market is down; demand is slack. বাজারে a. selling or dealing at a market; (of a woman) taken to harlotry. বাজারে মেয়েমানুষ a prostitute. বাজারে লোক a market-man, a marketer. 23)

(p. 721) bām̐śi, bām̐śari a flute made of a kind of slender bamboo, a reed; a flute, a pipe. বাঁশি বাজানো v. to play on a flute, to pipe. 279)