(p. 790) bēhēśta, bēhēsta heaven. 20)

(p. 800) brīḍ়ā bashfulness, shyness, coyness. ̃নত, ̃বনত a. hanging down one's head in coyness. 25)

(p. 756) bitanḍā unnecessary argument; sophistical debate; (phil.) sophistry. 30)

(p. 746) bāri water. ̃দ n. cloud. ̃ধারা n. a shower or stream or torrent of rain. ̃ধি, ̃নিধি n. the sea; the ocean. ̃পাত n. rainfall; a shower of rain. ̃প্রবাহ n. a stream or current of water. ̃বাহ n. cloud. ̃মণ্ডল n. the hydrosphere. ̃রাশি n. a mass of water (esp. of a sea or a river). 21)

(p. 786) bēdhaḍ়ka measureless, excessive. adv. exceedingly; violently; mercilessly (বেধড়ক ঠ্যাঙাল). 50)

(p. 779) bun̐da besotted (নেশায় বুঁদ); absorbed, engrossed (চিন্তায় বুঁদ). 11)

(p. 751) biguṇa divested of good qualities; corrupted; hostile. 49)

(p. 800) brāhma relating to Brahma (ব্রহ্ম) or God; endowed with knowledge about God. n. a Brahmo, a Brahmoist. ̃ধর্ম n. Brahmoism. ̃বিবাহ n. act of inviting a bridegroom versed in scriptures and marrying him to a bride with due obeisance; marriage (by registration) in accordance with the rules of the Brahmo Samaj. ̃সমাজ n. the Brahmo Samaj ̃মূহুর্ত n. the period of forty-eighth minute immediately preceding sunrise. 18)

(p. 747) bārōẏā, m̐bārōm̐ẏā an Indian musical mode. 3)

(p. 747) bālā1 a female child; a girl; a young woman; a daughter. 19)

(p. 767) biśīrṇa extremely shrivelled or lean and thin or withered, wizened. fem. বিশীর্ণা । ̃তা n. state of being extremely shrivelled or lean and thin or withered or wizened. ̃বদন a. wizen-faced. 109)

(p. 761) bibarjana abandonment, renunciation, rejection; quitting. 87)

(p. 751) bicarcikā herpes, scabies, itch, eczema etc.; any skin disease. 62)

(p. 721) bastā a sack, a large bag; a bale. ̃পচা a. rotted or spoilt by being packed in a sack for a long time; (fig.) hackneyed. banal, trite. ̃বন্দি a. packed in a bale or sack. 182)

(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)