(p. 767) bibhūti Godhead; godhead, divinity; special powers of Shiva (শিব); sanctifying grace, unction; prosperity; riches, wealth; ashes. ̃ভূষণ n. one who smears one's body with ashes; Shiva (শিব). 10)

(p. 794) byaẏa expenditure, expense; (loos.) cost; consumption (শক্তিব্যয়); waste or loss (জীবনব্যয়); use or application (বুদ্ধিব্যয়); passing (সময়ব্যয়). ব্যয় করা v. to expend, to spend, to consume; to waste; to use or apply; to pass. ব্যয় হওয়া v. to be expended or spent or consumed or wasted or be used or applied or passed. ̃কুন্ঠ a. stingy, niggardly, closefisted; miserly; parsimonious. ব্যয়কুন্ঠ ব্যক্তি a niggard; a miser. ̃কুন্ঠতা n. stinginess, niggardliness, closefistedness; miserliness. ব্যয়ন n. disbursement. ̃নাধিকারিক n. a disbursing officer. ̃বরাদ্দ n. allotted expenditure. ̃বহুল a. expensive, costly. ̃বাহুল্য n. prodigality; extravagance; expensiveness, costliness. ̃বিহীন a. inexpensive; involving no expenditure, free. ̃লাঘব n. cutting the expenditure short, curtailment of expenditure; reducing thditure. ̃শীল a. prodigal; spendthrift, lavish, extravagant. ব্যয়শীল ব্যক্তি a prodigal; a spendthrift. ̃শীলতা n. lavishness, extravagance. ̃শূন্য same as ̃বিহীন । ̃সাধ্য, ̃সাপেক্ষ a. expensive, costly. ̃হ্রাস same as ব্যয়লাঘব । ব্যয়িত a. spent, disbursed; used up. ব্যয়ী a. one who spends; spendthrift, extravagant, prodigal, lavish. 46)

(p. 767) billi the cat. 101)

(p. 781) budha the planet Mercury (also বুধগ্রহ); Wednesday (usu. বুধবার); a learned or wise man (also বুধজন). 5)

(p. 721) balihāri (iron.) excellent (বলিহারি বুদ্ধি). adv. rendered speechless, dumbfounded (বলিহারী যাই). int. excellent, bravo. 155)

(p. 773) bisamillā, bisamillāh (Mus.) an invocation of Allah whilst starting a work. বিসমিল্লায় গলদ (fig.) a mistake at the very beginning, an erroneous start. 41)

(p. 800) brahma2 the Absolute Being, God; a Brahman, a Brahmin. ̃চর্য n. a mode of life marked with devoted study of the Vedas and other scriptures and books of knowledge and with complete abstinence from sexual and secular pleasures. ̃চর্যাশ্রম n. the first stage of life (up to the age of 16) according to the Vedic Hindus when one has to practise brahmacharya (ব্রহ্মচর্য). ̃চারী n. one practising brahmacharya (ব্রহ্মচর্য); a Brahmin boy staying at the residence of the guru to receive his education, having undergone the sacrament of being invested with the holy sacrificial thread; one practising abstinence from sexual or other worldly pleasures and preparing to join an order of hermits. fem. চারিণী । ̃জ্ঞ a. one who has attained knowledge about God. ̃জ্ঞান n. knowledge about God. ̃জ্ঞানী a. having knowledge about God; following Brahmoism. n. one who has attained knowledge about God; a Brahmo. ̃ণ্য a. relating to God or to Brahmans. n. the superhuman power obtained through one's knowledge of God; uncommon spiritual power characteristic of Brahmans; Narayana নারায়ণ (usu. ব্রাহ্মণ্যদেব). ̃তালু n. the crown of the head, the palate. ̃তেজ n. uncommon power of a Brahman. ̃ত্ব n. Godhead; divinity. ̃ত্র n. a piece of rent-free land given away to a Brahman. ̃দৈত্য n. an anthropophagous ghost of a Brahman; a demoniac ghost of a Brahman; a Brahman demon. ̃পিশাচ n. a necrophagous ghost of a Brahman, a Brahman ghoul. ̃বাদী a. (capable of) expounding mysteries about God; engaged in studying the Vedas; having knowledge about God; versed in or following Vedantic philosophy. n. such a person. fem. ̃বাদিনী । ̃বিত্ same as ব্রহ্মজ্ঞ । ̃বিদ্যা n. a branch of learning imparting knowledge about God. ̃বৈবর্ত n. one of the eighteen puranas (পুরাণ). ̃ময় a. pervaded by the presence of God. ̃মীমাংসা n. the second part of the Vedanta treating of the nature and attributes of God. ̃রন্ধ্র n. the central pore of the palate. ̃লোক n. the abode of Brahma (ব্রহ্ম); the highest one of the seven mythological heavens. ̃শাপ n. a curse of or put by a Brahman. ̃সংহিতা n. a Vaishnava scripture. ̃সংগীত n. a song of devotion to God. ̃সূত্র n. the holy sacrificial thread worn by Brahmans; any one of the aphorisms of the Vedanta composed by Vyasa (ব্যাস). ̃স্ব n. property or possessions of a Brahman. ব্রহ্মস্বাপহরণ করা v. to rob or misappropriate the property of a Brahman. ̃স্বরূপ n. true nature and attributes of God. ̃হত্যা n. slaying of a Brahman. 11)

(p. 794) byāpāra an incident, a happening, an occurrence; a ceremony, a function (বিবাহ ব্যাপার); an affair, a matter (সর্বব্যাপারে); trade, commerce. ব্যাপার কী what's the matter? ̃স্যাপার n. happenings; goingson; matter, business (ব্যাপারস্যাপার ভালো ঠেকছে না); behaviour; system, working. ব্যাপারী n. a trader, a dealer, a trafficker, a merchant. 84)

(p. 738) bājīkaraṇa an aphrodisiac process or drug, an aphrodisiac. 30)

(p. 756) bijōḍ় odd, uneven; separated from the partner, unpaired, uncoupled; disjoined. বিজোড় সংখ্যা an odd number. 3)

(p. 779) bujha consolation; gumption; mutual understanding or agreement; explanation or manipulation (হিসাবের বুঝ); বুঝ থাকা v. to have mutual understanding or agreement. বুঝ দেওয়া v. to console or comfort; to explain or manipulate (accounts). বুঝ মানা v. to agree to be consoled, to accept consolation. ̃সুঝ n. gumption and patience. 19)

(p. 794) byāpana spreading or extending far and wide; pervasion; prevalence; (bot.) diffusion, covering. 80)

(p. 782) bṛnta (bot.) a stalk; a nipple. ̃চ্যুত a. (bot.) detached or nipped from the stalk. ̃মধ্যক a. (bot.) interpetiolar. 15)

(p. 721) baẏḥ age; longevity or lifetime; youth or majority. ̃ক্রম n. age. ̃প্রাপ্ত, ̃স্হ a. one who has attained youth or (loos.) marriageable age; of age, grown-up. fem. ̃প্রাপ্তা, ̃স্হা । বয়ঃপ্রাপ্ত পুরুষ বা স্ত্রীলোক an adult, a major. ̃সন্ধি n. adolescence. ̃সীমা n. age-limit. 25)

(p. 715) baṭaṭhākura an elder brother of one's husband. 37)