(p. 741) bātāsa air; wind; a gust of wind; fanning; (usu. dero.) influence or touch (নাস্তিকের বাতাস). বাতাস করা v. to fan. বাতাস খাওয়া v. to enjoy fanning; to cool oneself with fanning; to take the air. বাতাস দেওয়া v. to fan; (fig.) to kindle or encourage (ঝগড়ায় বাতাস দেওয়া). বাতাস পাওয়া v. to get air; (of boats etc.) to get favourable wind; (usu. dero.) to be influenced by. বাতাস লাগা v. to get air or (of boats etc.) wind; (usu. dero.) to be influenced by; to be possessed by an evil spirit. বাতাসে ওড়া v. to fly in air; (fig.) to move light-heartedly or airily. বাতাসে ভর করে চলা v. (fig.) to move as swiftly as the wind; (fig.) to move very lightly; (fig.) to move light-heartedly. 13)

(p. 773) bisadṛśa dissimilar; unequal; contradictory, contrary; hostile; incompatible; irrelevant; grotesque or odd (বিসদৃশ মূর্তি); unbecoming. 40)

(p. 713) baṃśa1 the bamboo; the backbone, the spine. ̃দন্ড n. a bamboo-staff, a bamboo-stick; (fig.) stinkard. ̃পত্র n. bamboo-leaf. ̃লোচন n. tabasheer, tabashir. ̃শলাকা n. a slender (and often short) slip of bamboo. 12)

(p. 790) baiparītya oppositeness, contrast (বর্ণবৈপরীত্য); contrariety; opposition; antipathy; adversity; an upset; a disaster. 50)

(p. 786) bēdanindaka a disparager or rejector of the teachings of the Vedas; an atheist. 24)

(p. 721) baraphi a kind of rhomb-shaped sweetmeat made of condensed cowmilk. 59)

(p. 743) bābui the weaver bird, the widow bird. বাবুই তুলসী n. a kind of wild basil. 37)

(p. 767) bimūrta formless, unbodied; abstract (বিমূর্ত ভাব). 34)

(p. 767) bibhāsa an Indian musical mode. 2)

(p. 715) bajāẏa in force or intact or in position. বজায় থাকা v. to be in force or intact or in position. বজায় রাখা v. to keep up, to keep going, to maintain. 28)

(p. 779) buṭi diaper. বুটি তোলা v. to diaper. ̃দার a. diapered. 23)

(p. 721) barṣa a year; (myth.) any one of the nine divisions of Jambu (জম্বু) or Asia; rain; cloud; shower or fall (তুষারবর্ষ). ̃কাল n. a period of one year; a full calendar year. ̃জীবী a. lasting or living for a year only; annual. বর্ষজীবী উদ্ভিদ an annual plant, an annual. ̃প্রবেশ n. New Year's Day (chiefly according to the Bengali calendar). ̃বলয় n. (bot.) the annual ring. ̃মান n. rain-gauge. 119)

(p. 792) bōn̐dē a kind of small globular sweetmeat made of powdered pigeon-pea dipped in liquefied sugar; bundia, bonde. 25)

(p. 758) bidura a character of the Mahabharata. বিদুরের খুদ an extremely small offering given in deep devotion, (cp.) a widow's mite. 2)

(p. 738) bāchāi choosing, choice, selection; picking and choosing; sorting or separating; elimination of unwanted elements. a. same as বাছা2 (a). বাছাই করা same as বাছা2 । 10)