(p. 721) basu one of a class of demigods; wealth, riches. ̃ধা n. the earth. ̃ধারা n. an auspicious symbol painted on the inner wall of a room by Hindus at wedding etc. বসুন্ধরা, ̃মতী n. the earth (often personified as mother-earth). 181)

(p. 717) baḍ়śi, ban̐ḍ়śi a fish-hook. 4)

(p. 717) -batī of -বান্ । 26)

(p. 721) balā to say; to deliver a lecture, to speak; to mention (ও কথা আর বোলো না); to inform; to tell (এ খবর কাউকে বোলো না); to permit (ডাক্তার ভাত খেতে বলেছে); to order or request, to ask (আসতে বলো); to counsel or advise (কী করি বল); to invite, to call (বিয়েতে কাউকে বলিনি); to speak out, to express (মনের কথা বলা); to narrate, to relate (গল্প বলা); to rubuke or censure; to consider (ধন বল, মান বল, সবই দুদিনের). 137)

(p. 761) biphala fruitless, unsuccessful, vain, futile, abortive, unavailing, inefficacious, ineffective; useless. বিফল করা v. to baffle, to foil, to frustrate. বিফল হওয়া v. to abort, to be of no avail; to be foiled; to become unsuccessful, to fail. বিফলতা n. failure, futility, fruitlessness; uselessness. ̃প্রযত্ন a. failed in one's attempt, baffled. বিফলীকরণ n. baffling or foiling. বিফলীকৃত a. baffled, foiled. বিফলীভূত a. baffled, foiled, frustrated. বিফলে adv. in vain; in case of failure. 77)

(p. 765) bibhaṅga method; plan or design or draft outline of a work. 30)

(p. 751) bighna an obstacle or impediment; a hindrance; a hitch; harm, woe. বিঘ্ন উত্পাদন বা সৃষ্টি করা v. to create a hitch or impediment. ̃কর a. obstructive, hindering, impeding; creating a hitch. ̃কারী a. & n. one who impedes or creates a hitch or trouble. ˜নাশক, ̃নাশন, ̃বিনাশন, ̃হর, ̃হারী a. removing obstacles or impediments or harms or woes. ̃পূর্ণ, ̃ময় a. full of obstacles or impediments; with so many obstacles or hitches. বিঘ্নিত a. hindered, impeded, obstructed. 58)

(p. 785) bējāẏa much or many; excessive; tremendous. adv. very much; excessively; tremendously. 9)

(p. 790) bēsudi without interest, bearing no interest, interest-free. 6)

(p. 790) baikāla the afternoon, the close of the day. বৈকালিক, বৈকালিন a. of the afternoon, afternoon. fem. বৈকালিকী । বৈকালী n. the evening food-offering to a deity. 22)

(p. 721) bām̐śi, bām̐śari a flute made of a kind of slender bamboo, a reed; a flute, a pipe. বাঁশি বাজানো v. to play on a flute, to pipe. 279)

(p. 800) brīḍ়ā bashfulness, shyness, coyness. ̃নত, ̃বনত a. hanging down one's head in coyness. 25)

(p. 773) bisphōṭa, bisphōṭaka a boil, a furuncle; a malignant boil or follicle. 59)

(p. 782) bṛṣōtsarga an obsequial ceremony in which four bulls are set free to move at liberty for the rest of their lives. 20)

(p. 786) bēmakkā unbecoming; irrelevant; inappropriate; sudden (বেমক্কা মার). adv. suddenly or unreasonably (বেমক্কা মেরে বসল). 72)