(p. 786) bēdānta the Vedanta, the Upanishad; a theological treatise by Vyasa (ব্যাস). ̃বাদ n. the doctrine contained in the Vedanta. বেদান্তবাদী same as বৈদান্তিক । 41)

(p. 786) bēdabyāsa Vyasa (ব্যাস) the author of the Mahabharata. 29)

(p. 785) bēṭā a son; (in affection) an infant boy or a younger man: (dero.) a fellow, a bugger. in comp. (used as a pfx.) male, he-. n. fem. বেটি a daughter; (in affection) an infant girl or a younger woman. বেটাছেলে (vul.) n. a male person, a male. বেটাচ্ছেলে, বেটার ছেলে n. a term of colourless abuse, a bugger. 16)

(p. 721) bardhita increased, augmented, multiplied, enhanced; grown; developed, expanded; accelerated (বর্ধিত বেগ). বর্ধিত করা same as বর্ধন করা (see বর্ধন). 112)

(p. 742) bādya instrumental music; a musical instrument. ̃কর n. an instrumentalist. ̃করদল n. a musical band; a concert party. ̃ধ্বনি n. sound of instrumental music. ̃ভাণ়্ড n. musical instruments collectively; a set of musical instruments. ̃যন্ত্র n. a musical instrument. 21)

(p. 717) badanā a kind of small pitcher with a slender spout. 30)

(p. 721) bahirindriẏa any one of the five sense organs, namely, the eye, the ear, the nose, the tongue, the skin. 201)

(p. 713) bakābaki a debate; an alteration; a scolding. বকাবকি করা v. to debate, to argue; to altercate, to bandy words; to scold; to chide. 41)

(p. 737) bāṅāli a native of Bengal, a Bengali. a. of Bengalis or of Bengal. 19)

(p. 751) bikāśa, bikāśana a manifestation; display, exhibition; act of cropping up or arising; development; opening or widening; blooming. বিকাশ পাওয়া same as বিকশিত হওয়া (see বিকশিত). বিকাশোন্মুখ a. on the point of being manifested or exhibited; on the point of cropping up or arising; about to arise or develop; on the point of development; on the point of opening or widening or blooming. 21)

(p. 782) bṛṣala a Shudra (শূদ্র); a sinner. fem. বৃষলী a Shudra (শূদ্র) woman; an adulteress or a profligate woman. 19)

(p. 713) baṃśānukrama a regular line of descent or succession; heredity. বংশানুক্রমিক a. hereditary. বংশানুক্রমে adv. from generation to generation; hereditarily. 15)

(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. 786) bēra a spoilt colour; a different colour; (in card-playing) a suit other than the trump. 80)

(p. 747) bālākhānā a building with two or more stories; a room in an upper story. 22)