(p. 741) bātidāna a lampstand; a candle-stick. 18)

(p. 721) bahirāgamana issuing out or issuing forth, emergence. 199)

(p. 743) bāpadhana (usu. facet.) a dear son. 22)

(p. 800) brija a structure spanning a river, road etc., a bridge; a kind of card game. bridge. 23)

(p. 746) bāramukhyā a leading prostitute; (loos.) a courtezan. 14)

(p. 761) bindhyācala the Vindhya mountains. 44)

(p. 773) bisphōraka explosive. n. an explosive. 60)

(p. 767) bima (in house-building etc.) a beam. 18)

(p. 713) bula a bud, a blossom. বউল ধরা v. to put forth buds, to bud, to be in blossom. 10)

(p. 721) baraṇa2 devotional or respectful or cordial (and esp. ceremonial) reception or acceptance or nomination or election, welcome (প্রতিমাবরণ, গুরুবরণ, বধূবরণ, সভপতিপদে বরণ); submissive or deliberate acceptance (দুর্ভাগ্যবরণ); appointment, employment. বরণ করা v. to receive or accept or nominate or elect devotionally or respectfully or cordially (and esp. ceremonially), to welcome; to accept submissively or voluntarily; to appoint, to employ. ̃ডালা n. a wicker-tray holding articles with which one is received ceremonially. ̃পত্র n. a warrant. বরণীয় a. fit to be received or accepted or nominated or elected devotionally or respectfully or cordially (and esp. ceremonially), fit to be welcomed; fit to be accepted submissively or voluntarily; adorable; venerable; acceptable. fem. বরণীয়া । 53)

(p. 767) bilōla quickly moving (বিলোল কটাক্ষ); greedy or wistful (বিলোল দৃষ্টি); dishevelled (বিলোল বেশবাস). 99)

(p. 765) bibijāna (Mus.) a term of endearment to address one's wife; a European lady or a foppish and ease-loving woman. 16)

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

(p. 782) bṛddhāṅguli the thumb; the big toe, the great toe. 12)

(p. 800) blaka a connected group of houses rooms villages etc., a block. 32)