(p. 721) basanta the spring season, spring, the springtime; pox, small-pox, chickenpox; an Indian musical mode. ̃কাল n. the spring season, the spring time, spring. ̃কালীন a. of spring; vernal. ̃দূত n. the messenger of spring; the cuckoo. ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the light fortnight of Magh (মাঘ) when Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী) is worshipped. ̃বায়ু n. vernal breeze, the south wind. ̃সখ n. the friend of spring; the cuckoo. ̃সখা n. one attended upon by Spring; Madana (মদন) the Hindu god of love. বসন্তের কোকিল (fig.) a fair-weather friend. বসন্তোত্সব n. the spring festival; the festival of holi (হোলী). 177)

(p. 785) bējāta a different caste; a degenerated caste. a. degenerated in caste; bastard, illegitimate. 8)

(p. 782) bṛddhāṅguṣṭha the thumb; the big toe. বৃদ্ধাঙ্গুষ্ঠ দেখানো v. (iron. or joc.) to show the thumb to indicate deception, hoodwinking or befooling. 13)

(p. 794) byāsārdha radius. 104)

(p. 756) bidāraka splitting, rending; cleaving; piercing; causing to burst. হৃদয়-বিদারক a. heart-rending. 55)

(p. 782) bṛddhā of বৃদ্ধ । 11)

(p. 794) byāṅgamā a kind of telltale or tattler birds mentioned in folk tales. fem. ব্যাঙ্গমি । 62)

(p. 721) bāuri a lowly Hindu caste; a member of this caste. 247)

(p. 746) bārita prohibited; prevented; warded off; resisted; (chiefly law) barred (তামাদিদোষে বারিত = barred by limitation). 22)

(p. 738) bājana the state of being played or beaten or sounded or rung (as a musical instrument, bell, coin etc.); the sound of beating or playing on a musical instrument, a bell etc. ̃দার, বাজনাদার, বাজনাওয়ালা n. an instrumentalist (esp. a professional one). বাজনা n. act or sound of playing on a musical instrument; music; a musical instrument. 17)

(p. 758) bidūṣaka (in dramas) a clown, a jester, a buffoon. 6)

(p. 758) -bidha sort, kind, type etc. (বহুবিধ = of many kinds.) 24)

(p. 786) bētāra1 tasteless, insipid; distasteful; (fig.) uninteresting, dull. 7)

(p. 800) brāhmiśāka Bacopa monnieri, a herb used chiefly as medicine. 21)

(p. 721) bami vomited matter, vomit, spew, spue. গা বমি-বমি করা v. to have nausea. বমিত a. vomited; violently ejected (as by a volcano). 23)