(p. 740) bāḍ়bāḍ়nta great or growing prosperity; (iron.) bluster; lofty show. 6)

(p. 800) brāhmiśāka Bacopa monnieri, a herb used chiefly as medicine. 21)

(p. 773) biśba the world, the earth; the universe. a. all; entire, whole. ̃কর্মা n. (myth.) the heavenly architect (cp. Vulcan). ̃কোষ n. an encyclopaedia, a cyclopaedia. ̃চরাচর n. the entire universe mobile and immobile. ̃জন n. all people of the world; mankind. ̃জননী n. the mother of the universe; Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃জনীন a. universal; philanthropic. ̃জনীনতা n. universality; philanthropy. ̃জিত্ n. conqueror of the world. ̃নাথ n. God; Shiva (শিব). ̃নিখিল same as বিশ্বসংসার । ̃নিন্দুক a. (given to) decrying the whole world, decrying everything and everybody in the world; (loos.) censorious; cynical. ̃পরিক্রমা n. going or walking round the world, travelling round the world. ̃পা, ̃পাতা, ̃পালক n. the preserver of the world; God. ̃পিতা n. the father of the world; God. ̃প্রীতি, ̃প্রেম n. universal love; philanthropy. ̃প্রেমিক a. loving the whole universe; philanthropic. n. one who loves the whole universe; a philanthropist, a philanthrope. ̃বন্দিত a. world famous, universally acclaimed. ̃বাসী a. inhabiting the world; cosmopolitan. n. same as ̃জন । ̃বিখ্যাত a. world-famous. ̃বিদ্যালয় n. a university. ̃বিধাতা n. the creator of the world, God. ̃বিমোহন, ̃বিমোহী a. charming or bewitching the whole world. fem. ̃বিমোহিনী । ̃বিশ্রুত same as ̃বিখ্যাত । ̃ব্যাপি a. world-wide. ̃ব্রহ্মাণ্ড n. the whole universe. ̃ভ্রাতৃত্ব, ̃মানবতা n. international brotherhood, internationalism. ̃মৈত্রী n. universal or international friendship or amity. ̃ম্ভর n. one who sustains the world; God; Narayana (নারায়ণ). ̃ম্ভরা n. fem. She who sustains all creatures; Mother Earth; the earth. ̃যুদ্ধ n. a world war. ̃রূপ n. the body in which the entire universe is reflected or exhibited; one whose form is represented by the entire universe; Narayana (নারায়ণ). ̃শান্তি n. world peace. ̃সংসার n. the whole universe. ̃সংসারে adv. in the whole universe; all over the world. ̃সাহিত্য n. the literature of the world, world literature. ̃সৃষ্টি n. the creation of the world. ̃স্রষ্টা n. the Creator of the world, God. 13)

(p. 792) baiśiṣṭya speciality; importance or distinction; prominence; a peculiarity, a characteristic. ̃রেখা n. (phys.) a characteristic curve. 13)

(p. 717) banānī a great forest; an extensive forest. 49)

(p. 782) bēn̐ḍ়ē dock-tailed; tailless; (facet.) dwarfish (বেঁড়ে শয়তান). 47)

(p. 756) bijña learned, erudite; wise; experienced; expert; judicious, prudent. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. erudition, learning; wisdom; experience; expertness; judiciousness, prudence. 4)

(p. 738) -bāja3 denoting: skilled, given to, full of etc. (ফন্দিবাজ, স্ফূর্তিবাজ). 15)

(p. 800) brīḍ়ita shy; bashful. 26)

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

(p. 713) b the twenty-third letter of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 721) bān̐cā to live, to keep alive; to subsist (বাঙালি ভাতে বাঁচে); to get back life, to be resuscitated, to revive (বিশল্যকরণীর গুণে লক্ষণ বাঁচলেন); to be saved or rescued or relieved; to remain unimpaired, to be kept up or maintained or protected (স্বাস্হ্য বাঁচা, মান বাঁচা); to escape, avoid or to be spared (লোকসান বাঁচা, খরচ বাঁচা); to become surplus (ভোজের শেষে অনেক সন্দেশ বেঁচেছে). বাঁচানো v. to give back life, to resuscitate, to revive; to save or rescue or relieve; to keep up, to maintain, to protect; to escape, to save, to cut, to curtail (খরচা বাঁচানো); to save from being consumed (খাবার বাঁচানো); to carry on, to maintain (চাকরি বাঁচানো). কারও পরে বেঁচে থাকা to outlive a person. কিছুর পরে বা কিছু এড়িয়ে বেঁচে থাকা to survive something. 260)

(p. 721) bām̐śa the bamboo. বাঁশ দেওয়া (sl.) to take the wind out of one's sails; to ruin. বুকে বাঁশ দেওয়া to make a person lie at full length in between two bamboo-poles and then roll the poles oppressively as a punishment; (fig.) to torment severely. বাঁশের চেয়ে কঞ্চি দড় (fig.) the chip is harder than the old block, the greenhorn is tougher than the veteran. বাঁশ বনে ডোম কানা (fig.) one cannot see the wood for the trees. ̃গাড়ি n. (law) planting a bamboo-pole in the ground of an estate as a sign of taking possession of it. ̃ঝাড় n. a bamboo-clump. 278)

(p. 721) bahiḥ outside, the exterior. a. outer, exterior, external. ̃কর্ণ n. the external ear, the auricle. ̃কোণ n. (geom.) an external or exterior angle. ̃প্রকাশ n. expression, external expression. ̃প্রকোষ্ঠ n. a room at the side of a house. ̃প্রকোষ্ঠাস্হি n. the outer bone of the forearm, the radius. প্রকোষ্ঠাস্হিগত a. radial. ̃শত্রু n. external enemy; enemy from without. ̃শুল্ক n. customs duty. ̃সমুদ্র n. the high sea. ̃স্হ a. external; exterior; outer. 195)

(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)