(p. 737) bāgha the tiger; (loos.) the panther, the leopard. fem. বাঘিনি the tigress. বাঘে গোরুতে এক ঘাটে জল খাওয়া (fig.) a very powerful administration under which even traditional antagonists behave as friends. বাঘের ঘরে ঘোগের বাসা (lit.) a tiger-wolf taking-up its abode in a tiger's lair; (fig.) a weakling settling in the lair of its deadly enemy. বাঘের বাচ্ছা a tiger's cub. বাঘের মাসি the cat. ̃ছড়ি, ̃ছাল n. the skin of a tiger. ̃নখ n. a tiger's nail; an ornamental pendant for the neck; an aromatic substance; (hist.) a nail-like weapon worn by Shivaji as handgloves. ̃বল্দি n. an indoor game akin to fox and geese. বাঘা n. (dero.) the tiger, a tigerling (গোবাঘা); (affec.) a traditional name of a dog. a. very large (বাঘা মাছ); very powerful (বাঘা শাসন); very efficient (বাঘা কেরানি, বাঘা খেলোয়াড়); extremely sour (বাঘা তেঁতুল); commanding submission from others, very imposing (বাঘা লোক). বাঘাম্বর n. a piece of tiger's skin worn as loincloth. 15)

(p. 773) bisadṛśa dissimilar; unequal; contradictory, contrary; hostile; incompatible; irrelevant; grotesque or odd (বিসদৃশ মূর্তি); unbecoming. 40)

(p. 751) bikiraṇa diffusion, dispersal, dispersion (as of light or rays); radiation (as of the sun). বিকিরণ করা v. to diffuse, to disperse. 23)

(p. 786) bēnā verbena. বেনার মূল vertiver, cuscus. বেনাবনে মুক্তো ছড়ানো (fig.) to cast pearls before swine, to scatter seed amidst thorns. 55)

(p. 794) byatīpāta a disaster; a natural calamity (such as, earthquake); (astrol.) an astral conjunction portending a natural calamity. 31)

(p. 737) bāṅālē (usu. dero.) like a Bengali of the East, like or about an East Bengali. 20)

(p. 717) baṇika a merchant, a trader; a banian; a vaishya or trader by caste. 11)

(p. 786) bēmāluma unperceivable, unperceived; stealthy. adv. imperceptibly; stealthily. 74)

(p. 789) bēlābasāna close the day, evening; (late) afternoon. 6)

(p. 782) bēāini unlawful; illegal; lawless; outlawed or proscribed (বেআইনি পুস্তক), banned. বেআইনি করা v. to prohibit by law, to interdict or outlaw, to proscribe; to ban; to do something unlawful. বেআইনি জনসমাগম an unlawful assembly. বেআইনিভাবে adv. illegally, unlawfully. 33)

(p. 773) bisūcikā cholera. 48)

(p. 794) byārōmiṭāra a barometer. 100)

(p. 765) bibhābasu the sun. 43)

(p. 782) bēguna the brinjal; the eggfruit or eggapple; the egg-plant. বেগুনি a. purple, violet. n. the purple or violet colour; a fried snack prepared by dipping slices of brinjal in a thin paste of pulse-powder.

(p. 738) bāṭana turning into paste by rolling something on a flat mortar with a pestle. বাটনা n. spices turned thus into paste; a quantity of spices to be rolled thus. 40)