(p. 713) bakkāla a medicinal tree-bark. 45)

(p. 790) bēhēśta, bēhēsta heaven. 20)

(p. 767) bimātā a step-mother. 26)

(p. 717) batsa the young of the cow (or of any animal), a calf; (in affectionate address) a dear boy. 19)

(p. 743) bāburci (Mus.) a cook or chef. ̃খানা n. a cookhouse, a kitchen. 38)

(p. 761) bibakṣu desirous of saying. 80)

(p. 773) biṣṇu the second person of the Hindu Trinity who sustains the creation; Narayana (নারায়ণ), Hari (হরি). ̃প্রিয়া n. Goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষ্মী) the wife of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃লোক n. the abode of Lord Vishnu. 38)

(p. 773) biśbasta faithful; trusty, trustworthy, reliable, true; bonafide; believing; trusting, trustful, relying; confident. fem. বিশ্বস্তা । ̃তা n. trustworthiness; sincerity, bona fides. ̃সূত্রে adv. from a reliable source. 14)

(p. 715) bakhā to be spoilt by bad association; to sow one's wild oats: to go to the bad. a. spoilt by bad association; dissipated; gone to the bad; (euph.) saucy. বখাটে a. same as বখা (a.). বখানো v. to make one sow one's wild oats, to cause to go to the bad, to deprave. বখামি, বখামো n. dissipation, depravity; (euph.) sauciness. 11)

(p. 721) bartulākāra spherical, round, circular. 108)

(p. 786) bēniẏama illegality; irregularity; unlawfulness; violation of the rule. বেনিয়ম করা v. to break the rule, to violate the rule; to perpetrate an irregularity. 58)

(p. 767) bilīna dissolved; faded away or vanished; gone to extinction; absorbed; destroyed. 88)

(p. 721) balānbita powerful; strong; having armed forces or soldiers. 145)

(p. 767) bibhinna of different kinds; diverse, various; of a different kind, different (বিভিন্ন লোকের). বিভিন্ন পথে যাওয়া v. to go severally. ̃তা n. diversity, variety; difference. বিভিন্নার্থ n. various or different meanings. বিভিন্নার্থক a. having or bearing various meanings. 4)

(p. 721) bāōẏā1 to row; to steer, to propel; to paddle; to pass over; to cover; to go or ply or move along (পথ বেয়ে যাওয়া); to climb up or down (সিঁড়ি বেয়ে নামা). 249)