(p. 738) bāchana, bāchani1 same as বাছাই । (n.). 6)

(p. 765) bibarṇa discoloured; pale; wan; glum. fem. বিবর্ণা । ̃তা n. discoloration; paleness; wanness; glumness. 2)

(p. 715) bacasā altercation; a brawl. বচসা করা v. to altercate, to wrangle, to bandy words; to brawl. 26)

(p. 758) bidhātā a director, a controller, a regulator (ভাগ্যবিধাতা); God; Providence; Brahma (ব্রহ্ম). ̃পুরুষ n. Providence personified (who is believed to write down the future of a newborn baby on its forehead).

(p. 713) baṃśāṅkura a bamboo shoot. 14)

(p. 715) bajarā a large pleasure or state boat; a man-of-war; a barge. 27)

(p. 721) bān̐dha a dam; a breakwater, a bulwark; (geog.) a dyke. বাঁধ দেওয়া v. to dam. (fig.) to restrain. বাঁধ নির্মান করা, বাঁধ বাঁধা v. to build a dam or breakwater or dyke. 273)

(p. 794) byāsa a diameter or its measure; width, breadth; expanse; Vyasa, the author of the Mahabharata. ̃কুট n. any one of the obscure passages of Vyasa's (ব্যাস) writings; an obscure composition. ̃বাক্য n. (gr.) formal words used in expounding a compound word. ব্যাসার্ধ n. a radius (pl.: radii). 103)

(p. 800) bratabhaṅga breach of a vow. 8)

(p. 715) bakra bent, curved, tortuous; oblique; squint: crooked; (chiefly astrol.) antipatheitc. n. a bend, a turn. ̃গতি a. having a curved or sinuous or tortuous motion. ̃গামী a. curvedly or sinuously or tortuously moving crooked. ̃চ্ছেদ n. (geom.) an oblique section. ̃তা n. curvedness; sinuosity; obliqueness; squintness; curvature; crookedness. (chiefly astrol.) antipathy. বক্রতাকেন্দ্র n. (phys.) a centre of curvature. ̃দৃষ্টি a. squint-eyed, cock-eyed; looking askance; squinting. ̃নাস a. having a curved or aquiline nose. ̃পৃষ্ঠ a. convex; arch-backed. ̃রেখা n. curved line, a curve. ̃শিরাল a. (bot.) curviveined. ̃সংঘাত n. (mech.) an oblique impact. বক্রাংশুরেখা n. (phys.) a caustic curve. বক্রাংশুস্পর্শ n. (phys.) causticity. 5)

(p. 721) barābharaṇa dress and ornaments given as gifts to a bridegroom by the bride's party. 71)

(p. 713) bi3 without, except, other than (তোমা বই জানি না). 5)

(p. 782) bēgatika a helpless or unfavourable or awkward situation; a danger or difficulty; a tight corner. a. helpless or unfavourable; critical or difficult; awkward. 57)

(p. 794) byabakalana (math.) subtraction, deduction. ব্যবকলন করা v. to subtract, to deduct. 34)

(p. 785) bēta cane; rattan, ratan; a ferule; a stroke of ferule. বেত মারা, বেতানো v. to cane; to flagellate. বেত লাগানো v. to beat with a cane, to cane; to fit or mend with cane or strips of cane (as a chair). বেতের চেয়ার a cane-chair. বেতের ছড়ি a walking-stick made of cane, a rattan, a cane. বেতের ঝুড়ি a wicker-basket.