(p. 751) bikēndraṇa decentralization. 27)

(p. 794) byabhicāra contrary or unlawful conduct or action; transgression; (rare) exception; unlawful sexual intercourse, adultery or fornication or incest. ব্যভিচার করা v. to behave or act contrarily or unlawfully: to transgress; to commit adultery or incest. ব্যভিচারী a. behaving or acting contrarily or unlawfully; transgressing; adulterous or incestuous. n. one who behaves or acts contrarily or unlawfully; a transgressor; an adulterer (fem. ব্যভিচারিণী = adulteress) or fornicator. 45)

(p. 786) bēdasammata conforming to the Vedas. 34)

(p. 747) bārniśa varnish. বার্নিশ করা v. to varnish. 11)

(p. 748) bāsara2, bāsaraghara a bride-chamber. বাসরশয্যা n. bridal bed. 23)

(p. 721) balihāri (iron.) excellent (বলিহারি বুদ্ধি). adv. rendered speechless, dumbfounded (বলিহারী যাই). int. excellent, bravo. 155)

(p. 721) bandhya fit to be bound or tied; unproductive, barren, sterile; childless. fem. বন্ধ্যা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. fitness for being bound or tied; unproductivity, barrenness, sterility; childlessness. 12)

(p. 761) bināẏaka a leader of the people; Ganesha (গণেশ) the god of the people; a teacher; a disciplinarian. 16)

(p. 721) bāila a stalked leaf of the coconuttree, palm-tree, etc,; a leaf of a door esp. of a folding door. 239)

(p. 773) bisarjana giving up or renouncing; abandonment; renouncing, renouncement; renunciation; relinquishment; sacrifice (জীবনবিসর্জন); loss (বন্ধুবিসর্জন); waste or impairment (স্বাস্হ্যবিসর্জন); immersion esp. with solemnities (প্রতিমাবিসর্জন); immersion of the image of a deity (বিসর্জনের বাদ্য). বিসর্জন করা, বিসর্জন দেওয়া v. to give up; to abandon; to relinquish; to sacrifice; to lose; to waste or impair; to immerse esp. with solemnities. বিসর্জনীয় a. to be given up or abandoned or relinquished or sacrificed or lost or wasted or impaired or immersed. 44)

(p. 746) bārabaradāra a porter; a traveller's luggage-carrying attendant. বারবরদারি n. porterage; service of a traveller's luggage-carrying attendant. 11)

(p. 767) biśṛṅkhala disorderly, confused, undisciplined; wayward, wild. বিশৃঙ্খল করা v. to disorder, to throw into confusion, to make a mess (of). ̃তা, বিশৃঙ্খলা n. disorderliness, disorder, confusion; indiscipline; waywardness, wildness. 112)

(p. 751) bikaca2 blooming; gleaming ('করুণাকিরণে বিকচ নয়ান'). 5)

(p. 721) bāga1 a garden (গোলাপবাগ). 289)

(p. 721) bara a desire granted by a deity or a superior person, a boon; a benison, a benediction, a blessing; a bridegroom; a husband. a. desired; greatest, most distinguished (নৃপবর); excellent, splendid, fine (বরতনু). বর দেওয়া v. to grant a boon. বর পাওয়া v. to obtain a boon. বরের ঘরের মাসি কনের ঘরের পিসি (fig.) one who hunts with the hound and runs with the hare. ̃কনে n. pl. the bride and the groom. ̃কর্তা n. the head of the bridegroom's party. ̃দ a. granting a boon; benedictory. ̃দা a. fem. of বরদ । n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃দাতা a. & n. one who grants a boon. fem. ˜দাত্রী । বরদান করা v. to grant a boon. ̃দান n. act of granting a boon or prayer. ̃পক্ষ n. the bridegroom's party. ̃পণ n. a dowry in cash paid by the bride's parents or party to the bridegroom. ̃পুত্র n. a minion (esp. of a deity), a darling, a favourite. ̃প্রদ same as বরদ । fem. ̃প্রদা । ̃বর্ণিনী n. an excellent woman; a woman of peerless beauty. ̃মাল্য n. a garland of flower which the bride puts ceremonially round the neck of the bridegroom whilst accepting him as her husband; a garland of highest honour. ̃যাত্রী, ̃যাত্র n. one who accompanies a bridegroom to a wedding. 45)