(p. 717) bandiśa (in music) style; style of composition. 69)

(p. 748) bāsara1 a day (জন্মবাসর); a day of the week or a gathering on a particular day (রবিবাসর). 22)

(p. 782) bṛtrāri the enemy of Britra (বৃত্র) the demon: an appellation of Indra (ইন্দ্র) the king of gods. 8)

(p. 773) bītanidra sleepless; wakeful; awake. 90)

(p. 794) byabacchēda dissection. ব্যবচ্ছেদ করা v. to dissect. ব্যবচ্ছেদাগার n. dissection room. 36)

(p. 747) bārtāku, bārtākī the brinjal, eggplant, aubergine. 6)

(p. 794) byaṣṭi individuality; the individual as opposed to a collection. 48)

(p. 761) bibakṣu desirous of saying. 80)

(p. 761) bipattāriṇī a (Hindu) goddess; the goddess who keeps or saves from trouble or danger. 51)

(p. 765) bibardhana thorough development, evolution; thorough enlargement or augmentation; (phys.) magnification; amplification. 5)

(p. 721) bān̐kā to bend, to curve (রেখাটি বেঁকেছে); to turn (পথটি এখানে বেঁকেছে); to become reluctant or unfavourable or ungracious or antipathetic (কর্তা বেঁকেছেন). a. bent, curved (বাঁকা বাঁশ); stopping, hunched (বাঁকা পিঠ); slanting, aslant (খুটিখানা বাঁকা); winding, tortuous, sinuous, spiral, roundabout (বাঁকা পথ); furtive, squint, oblique (বাঁকা চাহনি); cynical or unfriendly (বাঁকা দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি); crooked (বাঁকা মন); rude, harsh (বাঁকা কথা); insinuating; sly (বাঁকা উক্তি); reluctant, unfavourable, antipathetic. ̃চোরা a. having many curves and twists; not straightforward, crooked (বাঁকাচোরা কথা). বাঁকানো. v. to bend; to make reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic. বেঁকে বসা v. to be placed or fixed slantingly; to become reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic; to revise or retract one's previous opinion, desire, resolve etc., to refuse to fall in with or accede to. 258)

(p. 713) b the twenty-third letter of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 721) bāḥ denoting: an exclamation in praise, wonder, taunt, disgust etc., ah, (cp. bah). 253)

(p. 721) bandha any device for binding or fastening (কোমরবন্ধ); a tie, a bond, bondage (প্রেমবন্ধ); a clasp, an embrace (ভুজবন্ধ); an obstacle (স্রোতোবন্ধ); construction (সেতুবন্ধ); composition (ছন্ধবন্ধ); restraint or stoppage (ইন্দ্রিয়বন্ধ). a. shut, closed (বন্ধ জানালা, বন্ধ অফিস); stopped, ceased, discontinued (কথাবার্তা বন্ধ); obstructed, confined, shut in (কারাগারে বন্ধ). বন্ধ করা v. to shut, to close; to stop, to cease, to discontinue; to obstruct; to confine, to shut in. গ্রীষ্মের বন্ধ the summar vacation. পূজার বন্ধ the Puja holidays, the Puja vacation. 5)

(p. 781) burula a unit of measure, a digit (= 1 inch approx.). 11)