(p. 721) bara a desire granted by a deity or a superior person, a boon; a benison, a benediction, a blessing; a bridegroom; a husband. a. desired; greatest, most distinguished (নৃপবর); excellent, splendid, fine (বরতনু). বর দেওয়া v. to grant a boon. বর পাওয়া v. to obtain a boon. বরের ঘরের মাসি কনের ঘরের পিসি (fig.) one who hunts with the hound and runs with the hare. ̃কনে n. pl. the bride and the groom. ̃কর্তা n. the head of the bridegroom's party. ̃দ a. granting a boon; benedictory. ̃দা a. fem. of বরদ । n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃দাতা a. & n. one who grants a boon. fem. ˜দাত্রী । বরদান করা v. to grant a boon. ̃দান n. act of granting a boon or prayer. ̃পক্ষ n. the bridegroom's party. ̃পণ n. a dowry in cash paid by the bride's parents or party to the bridegroom. ̃পুত্র n. a minion (esp. of a deity), a darling, a favourite. ̃প্রদ same as বরদ । fem. ̃প্রদা । ̃বর্ণিনী n. an excellent woman; a woman of peerless beauty. ̃মাল্য n. a garland of flower which the bride puts ceremonially round the neck of the bridegroom whilst accepting him as her husband; a garland of highest honour. ̃যাত্রী, ̃যাত্র n. one who accompanies a bridegroom to a wedding. 45)

(p. 743) bābāḥ denoting: fright, amazement etc. 35)

(p. 721) bān̐cana living, keeping alive, subsisting; resuscitation, revival; rescue or relief; state of remaining unimpaired, freedom from involvement. 259)

(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. 721) bartikā a lamp; a wick of a lamp; a brush (esp. of a painter). 103)

(p. 713) bakabakama denoting: the cooing of the pigeon or any similar noise. 28)

(p. 721) bākasa a medicinal plant, Justicia gandrussa. 281)

(p. 743) bānaprasha the third stage of life according to the Vedas when a man advanced in years should leave his home and hearth and go to the forest to pass the remaining days of his life in spiritual meditation. 9)

(p. 738) bāṭṭā (comm.) a discount. আসল বাট্টা true discount. 50)

(p. 721) barṇana, barṇanā description; narration; delineation; depiction; a statement; coloration. বর্ণনা করা v. to describe; to narrate; to delineate; to depict; to colour, to paint. বর্ণনা দেওয়া v. to give an account (of). বর্ণনাকুশল a. proficient in describing or narrating or delineating or colouring or painting. বর্ণনাতীত a. indescribable. বর্ণনাতীত হওয়া v. to be indescribable, to beggar or defeat description. বর্ণনাপত্র n. a written statement describing or narrating something. বর্ণনীয় n. to be described or narrated; describable. 89)

(p. 792) bōtala a bottle. বোতলে ভরা, বোতলে পোরা v. to bottle. 35)

(p. 748) bāsā2 a medicinal plant, Justicia gandrussa. বাসারিষ্ট n. extract of Justicia gandrussa. 27)

(p. 738) bāṭakhārā a mass of metal adjusted to a standard and used in weighing or in calculating weight, a weight. 39)

(p. 779) bujaruka pretentious, pretending, charlatanic; quackish. n. a charlatan, a quack; an impostor. বুজরুকি n. pretension, charlatanism, quackery. 17)

(p. 721) baẏana2 weaving; knitting. বয়ন করা v. to weave; to knit. ̃বিদ্যা n. the art of weaving. ̃যন্ত্র n. a weaving machine; the loom. ̃শিল্প n. the weaving industry. ̃শিল্পী n. a weaver. 28)