(p. 721) barāṅga the best part of the body; the head. a. fine-limbed. 64)

(p. 782) bṛnta (bot.) a stalk; a nipple. ̃চ্যুত a. (bot.) detached or nipped from the stalk. ̃মধ্যক a. (bot.) interpetiolar. 15)

(p. 715) baṅka, baṅkā (poet. & obs.) bent, curved, hunchbacked. 21)

(p. 741) bāthuẏā, bēthō a variety of spinach. 24)

(p. 746) bāraṇa2 prohibition; prevention; resistance. বারণ করা v. to prohibit; to prevent; to resist. বারণীয় a. capable of being prohibited; preventible; resistible. বারণোপায় n. a preventive measure. 7)

(p. 751) bicchu the scorpion; (fig.) a very clever but naughty and mischievous person; (ছেলেটা একটা বিচ্ছু). a. (fig.) very clever but mischievous (বিচ্ছু ছেলে). 75)

(p. 789) bēlābēli when there is still daylight; with daylight still there. 7)

(p. 721) baśīkaraṇa act of bringing under one's control, enslavement by enchantment or mesmerism or incantation; enchantment, hypnotization; a weird process to bring somebody under one's control. বশীকরণ করা v. to bring somebody under one's control (esp. by means of some mysterious and weird process); to enchant. বশীকরণ-মন্ত্র n. incantation believed to possess occult power of bringing others under control. 172)

(p. 746) bārōmāsī, bārōmāsyā the versified account of the weal and woe (usu.) told by a woman; the tale of weal and woe.

(p. 761) bipina a forest; a grove. ̃বিহারী a. frequenting groves for pleasure. n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 66)

(p. 782) bēgama (Mus.) a queen; a lady (married or unmarried). 63)

(p. 761) binānō to plait (hair) in a pigtail, to queue, to tress; to intertwine into the shape (as of a pigtail); to narrate or fabricate at length, to spin out (বিনিয়ে বলা বা কাঁদা). 14)

(p. 717) badhira deaf; (fig.) refusing to listen. বধির করা v. to deafen. বধির হওয়া v. to become deaf; (fig.) to turn a deaf ear (to). বধিরতা, বধিরত্ব n. deafness. 39)

(p. 717) bana to get on together, to agree; to be on good terms (তাদের বনে না); to be reduced to or to be proved (বোকা বনা).. 47)

(p. 760) bidhāna a scriptural prescript or ruling; a prescript, a ruling (সভাপতির বিধান); a prescription (পথ্যবিধান); provision, arrangement (আনন্দবিধান); legislation; a law; a rule; a system (নববিধান). বিধান দেওয়া v. to prescribe; to issue a ruling, to rule. ̃কর্তা n. a director (fem. directress, directrix), a regulator, a controller; a law-giver; a legislator. fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । ̃তন্ত্র n. a code of laws; a system of legislation. বিধান-পরিষদ n. a legislative council. ̃শাস্ত্র n. jurisprudence, law. ̃সংসদ n. the Parliament. ̃সংহিতা n. a treatise on jurisprudence, a law-book. ̃সভা n. a legislative assembly. 3)