(p. 781) budha the planet Mercury (also বুধগ্রহ); Wednesday (usu. বুধবার); a learned or wise man (also বুধজন). 5)

(p. 785) bēṭhika erroneous, incorrect, wrong; improper; uncertain. 18)

(p. 782) bēganiẏāmaka a speed-governor. 59)

(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)

(p. 767) biśada clear; elaborate; detailed (বিশদ বিবরণ); elucidated; white; clean. বিশদ করা v. to clarify; to elucidate. ̃ভাবে adv. in detail, elaborately. 103)

(p. 717) bandimukti release or liberation of prisoners. 67)

(p. 782) bē- denoting: absence, lack, negation, perversion etc. 31)

(p. 721) balānbita powerful; strong; having armed forces or soldiers. 145)

(p. 794) byāma a fathom. 93)

(p. 786) bēdabēdāṅga the Vedas and their branches or subsidiary parts (see বেদাঙ্গ). 28)

(p. 767) birēcana evacuation of the intestines, purgation. 68)

(p. 773) biśōdhana purification; sanctification; refinement; cleansing; rectification, correction; amendment. বিশোধনীয় same as বিশোধ্য । 9)

(p. 800) brāhma relating to Brahma (ব্রহ্ম) or God; endowed with knowledge about God. n. a Brahmo, a Brahmoist. ̃ধর্ম n. Brahmoism. ̃বিবাহ n. act of inviting a bridegroom versed in scriptures and marrying him to a bride with due obeisance; marriage (by registration) in accordance with the rules of the Brahmo Samaj. ̃সমাজ n. the Brahmo Samaj ̃মূহুর্ত n. the period of forty-eighth minute immediately preceding sunrise. 18)

(p. 786) bēla1 a kind of sweet-smelling flower, the Arabian Jasmine, Jasminum Sambac. 85)

(p. 773) bismaẏa wonder, astonishment, amazement, surprise; marvel. ̃কর, ̃জনক a. wonderful, marvellous; astonishing, amazing, surprising. ̃চিহ্ন n. (gr.) the note of admiration or exclamation (!). ̃বিস্ফারিত a. (of eyes) widened with amazement. ̃বিহ্বল a. beside oneself with wonder; astounded. ̃মগ্ন a. lost in wonder or amazement. বিস্ময়ান্বিত, বিস্ময়াপন্ন same as বিস্মিত । বিস্ময়াবহ same as বিস্ময়কর । বিস্ময়াবিষ্ট, বিস্ময়াভিভূত same as বিস্ময়বিহ্বল । বিস্ময়োত্পাদক, বিস্ময়োত্পাদী a. wonder-arousing; wonderful. বিস্ময়োত্পাদন করা v. to arouse wonder; to strike one with wonder. বিস্ময়োত্ফুল্ল a. elated with wonder. 64)