(p. 800) brahmāṇī the wife of Brahma. 13)

(p. 721) basanta the spring season, spring, the springtime; pox, small-pox, chickenpox; an Indian musical mode. ̃কাল n. the spring season, the spring time, spring. ̃কালীন a. of spring; vernal. ̃দূত n. the messenger of spring; the cuckoo. ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the light fortnight of Magh (মাঘ) when Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী) is worshipped. ̃বায়ু n. vernal breeze, the south wind. ̃সখ n. the friend of spring; the cuckoo. ̃সখা n. one attended upon by Spring; Madana (মদন) the Hindu god of love. বসন্তের কোকিল (fig.) a fair-weather friend. বসন্তোত্সব n. the spring festival; the festival of holi (হোলী). 177)

(p. 789) bēlā3 to roll (as chapaties with a roller). a. rolled. 3)

(p. 761) bipala a measure of time (=1/6 পল = 2/5 second). 63)

(p. 743) bāpaka one who causes to sow or weave; a sower; a weaver. 20)

(p. 800) bryānaḍi, bryānḍi brandy. 31)

(p. 738) bāchāi choosing, choice, selection; picking and choosing; sorting or separating; elimination of unwanted elements. a. same as বাছা2 (a). বাছাই করা same as বাছা2 । 10)

(p. 721) barga a class, a tribe, a genus, a species (প্রাণীবর্গ); a collection, an aggregate (বন্ধুবর্গ); (math.) the product of a quantity multiplied by itself, square (বর্গমূল); (gr.) any one of the five groups into which Bengali consonantal stops (that is, the letters from ক্ to ম্) are classified (ক্-বর্গ, চ্-বর্গ, ট্-বর্গ, ত্বর্গ, প্-বর্গ); a chapter or section of a book; (theol.) any one of the four principal pursuits of life (see চতুর্বর্গ). ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a square area, a square. ̃ঘন n. (math.) the square of a cube. ̃ফল n. square. ̃মূল n. (math.) the square root. বর্গমূল নির্ণয় করা বা বার করা v. to find the square root of. 81)

(p. 794) byutpādaka imparting knowledge; productive of proficiency; (gr.) causing to be derived from oneself, originating. fem. ব্যুত্পাদিকা । ব্যুত্পাদক শব্দ (gr.) a rootword. 111)

(p. 765) bibiẏānā the style of living in ease and foppishness (as of a European lady); adoption of this style by a non-European woman. 18)

(p. 715) bañcā (poet.) to deceive, to beguile; (poet.) to deprive (of); (poet.) to spend or pass ('সুখে বঞ্চিবে দিন'); (poet.) to live, to lead one's life. 33)

(p. 717) baḍ়u (obs.) a son of a Brahmin. 9)

(p. 717) banabana1 bonbon. 44)

(p. 721) baśī perfectly continent; free, independent; (erron.) dependent. 171)

(p. 761) bipra a Brahman. 68)