(p. 738) bājā to sound or be sounded (মোটরের হর্ন বাজা); to ring or be rung, to toll (ঘন্টা বাজা); to be played on (বীণা বাজা); to be beaten (ঢাক বাজা); to strike (ঘড়ি বাজা, তিনটে বাজা); to be announced by a sound (প্রহর বাজা); to be felt (হাতে বাজ); to jar on (কানে বাজা); to smart or pain (মনে বাজা). ঘড়ি বাজে the clock chimes or strikes. ঘড়িতে একটা বাজে the clock strikes one, it is one o'clock. স্কুলের ঘন্টা বাজ the school-bell goes. 21)

(p. 773) biṣāda low spirits, dejection; melancholy; sorrow, sadness; grief. ̃গ্রস্ত, বিষাদিত, বিষাদী a. low-spirited, dejected, down-hearted, down in the mouth; melancholy; sorrowful, sad; full of grief. fem. ̃গ্রস্তা, বিষাদিতা, বিষাদিনী । 32)

(p. 743) bāra2 a royal court, a durbar; (of princes etc.) a sitting or presence in a court ('বার দিয়া বসিয়াছে বীরসিংহ রায়'); an appearance before applicants or visitors or in public esp. in state (জমিদার বা গুরু আজ বার দেবেন). 58)

(p. 751) bikarṣaṇa a pull in the opposite direction; (sc.) repulsion. 9)

(p. 743) bānaprasha the third stage of life according to the Vedas when a man advanced in years should leave his home and hearth and go to the forest to pass the remaining days of his life in spiritual meditation. 9)

(p. 794) byūha a line of battle. ব্যূহ স্হাপন করা v. to array or form a line of battle, to line up; to align (troops). ব্যূহ ভেদ করা to break through a line of battle. ব্যূহিত a. (of soldiers) lined up; (of a line of battle) arrayed. 114)

(p. 743) bādha2 a flood, a deluge; a kind of tidal wave, a bore, an eagre (গঙ্গার বান); (fig.) a great flourish (আনন্দের বান). বান ডাকা v. to rise in flood, to be in flood or deluge; to rise in bore or eagre; (fig.) to flourish greatly. বানে ভেসে যাওয়া v. to be swept off or carried off in a flood; to be overflooded. 5)

(p. 782) bṛhatī of বৃহত্ । 24)

(p. 717) bandi imprisoned; confined; captivated. n. a prisoner; a captive. বন্দি করা v. to imprison; to capture, to take one prisoner. 63)

(p. 717) banaspati a tree that bears fruit apparently without blossoms (such as, the fig tree); a very large tree. 46)

(p. 721) balada1 the bull, the bullock; the ox. 132)

(p. 779) bīrya heroism; prowess, valour, might, vigour, strength; spiritedness, spirit; (of an adult male) semen. ̃বত্তা n. heroism; valorousness, prowess, mightiness, vigorousness; spiritedness. ̃বন্ত, ̃বান, ̃শালী a. heroic; valorous, mighty, vigorous; spirited. fem. ̃বতী, ̃শালিনী । ̃হানি n. loss of prowess or valour or strength or vigour; loss of seminal fluid; (med.) spermatorrhoea. ̃হীন a. lacking heroism or prowess or valour or vigour or power or spiritedness; impotent. 10)

(p. 721) baẏēta a couplet (esp. one in Arabic or Persian or Urdu). 38)

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