(p. 786) bēdābhyāsa study of the Vedas. 42)

(p. 760) bidhāna a scriptural prescript or ruling; a prescript, a ruling (সভাপতির বিধান); a prescription (পথ্যবিধান); provision, arrangement (আনন্দবিধান); legislation; a law; a rule; a system (নববিধান). বিধান দেওয়া v. to prescribe; to issue a ruling, to rule. ̃কর্তা n. a director (fem. directress, directrix), a regulator, a controller; a law-giver; a legislator. fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । ̃তন্ত্র n. a code of laws; a system of legislation. বিধান-পরিষদ n. a legislative council. ̃শাস্ত্র n. jurisprudence, law. ̃সংসদ n. the Parliament. ̃সংহিতা n. a treatise on jurisprudence, a law-book. ̃সভা n. a legislative assembly. 3)

(p. 756) bidāraka splitting, rending; cleaving; piercing; causing to burst. হৃদয়-বিদারক a. heart-rending. 55)

(p. 715) baṅka, baṅkā (poet. & obs.) bent, curved, hunchbacked. 21)

(p. 713) baṃśī a flute or pipe made of bamboo, a reed; a flute, a pipe. ̃তট n. the bank of the Jamuna at Brindaban where Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) played his flute. ̃ধর, ̃ধারী, ̃বদন n. a fluter, a flutist, a piper: Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃বট n. a banyan tree at Brindaban under which Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) played his flute. ̃রব, ̃ধ্বনি n. the note of a flute. 19)

(p. 800) brātya degenerated; failed in observing one's vow or in religious rites, (loos.) outcast. 16)

(p. 717) banānō to cause to get on together, to cause to agree. 50)

(p. 786) bēdastura contrary to rule or practice, unconventional. 35)

(p. 794) byutpatti knowledge, learning (গণিতে ব্যুত্পত্তি); proficiency (অস্ত্রচালনায় ব্যুত্পত্তি); (gr.) derivation and original signification of words, etymology. ̃গত a. derivative, etymological. 109)

(p. 751) bigarhita abominable, detestable; forbidden (শাস্ত্রবিগর্হিত); disgraceful. 46)

(p. 767) bimāna a chariot or other vehicle capable of moving in the air; an aircraft, an aeroplane; a seven-storied building; (loos.) the sky. ̃আক্রমণ n. an air raid. ̃ঘাঁটি n. an aerodrome. ̃চলন n. aviation. ̃চালক n. a pilot, an aviator. ̃চারী a. moving in the sky or air; aerial, ethereal; aviating. n. one capable of moving in the sky or air; an aerial or ethereal being; an aviator. fem. ̃চারিণী । বিমান ডাক n. air-mail. ̃ধ্বংসী a. anti-aircraft. ̃পথ n. airway. ̃পরিবহন n. air-transport. ̃বন্দর n. an airport. ̃বাহিনী n. the Air Force. ̃বিদ্যা n. aeronautics. ̃যুদ্ধ n. an aerial battle. বিমানাঙ্গন n. an airfield. 28)

(p. 721) barnā, barnānō (poet.) to describe, to narrate, to delineate, to depict. 113)

(p. 740) bāṇa an arrow, a shaft, a dart. বাণ ছোড়া v. to shoot an arrow. ̃বিদ্ধ a. pierced with an arrow. ̃লিঙ্গ n. a phallic symbol of Shiva. 12)

(p. 751) bigata departed; passed by, gone by; past; dead. বিগত হওয়া v. to depart; to pass by, to pass away. ̃প্রাণ a. dead. ̃যৌবন a. past one's prime or youth. fem. ̃যৌবনা past one's prime. ̃শ্রী a. passed or fallen from one's glory or splendour; one who has lost one's beauty. ̃স্পৃহা a. one who has lost inclination or interest or appetite, rendered apathetic; one who has controlled or given up one's desires or cravings or longings. 45)

(p. 794) byābhāra (coll.) a gift, a present given for the sake of formality; coll. from of ব্যবহার । 92)