(p. 715) baṭa the banyan tree. ̃পত্র n. a banyan leaf. ̃মূল n. the base or foot of a banyan tree. 35)

(p. 717) baḍ়i a pill, a globule; a tablet, a ball (কালির বড়ি); a small conical ball made of the paste of pigeon-pea and dried in the sun (this ball is eaten after being fried or cooked). 8)

(p. 721) bahana carrying, bearing, conveying (যাত্রীবহন, সংবাদবহন); enduring, suffering (দুঃখবহন); flowing. বহন করা v. to carry, to bear, to convey; to endure or suffer. ̃যোগ্য, বহনীয় a. carriageable; bearable; conveyable; portable. 189)

(p. 773) biśēṣōkti (rhet.) a figure of speech in which a cause is mentioned as not producing the usual result (cp. paradox). 6)

(p. 738) bāñchā a desire, a longing; a wish. বাঞ্ছা করা v. to desire or long or wish (for). ̃কল্পতরু n. (myth.) a wishing-tree of heaven; one who grants all desires of supplicants. 35)

(p. 782) bṛṣa the ox; the bull; (astrol.) the Taurus; (as a sfx.) the best specimen (নরবৃষ). ̃কাষ্ঠ n. a wooden stake to which are fastened the bulls of the Brisotsarga (বৃষোত্সর্গ) ceremony. ̃ধ্বজ n. one who is marked by one's bull; Shiva (শিব). ̃বাহন n. one who mounts on a bull; Shiva (শিব). ̃ভ same as বৃষ (except in the astrological sense). ̃রাশি n. (astrol.) the Taurus. ̃স্কন্ধ a. bull-necked; very strong. 18)

(p. 779) buka2 reservation in advance, booking (থিয়েটারের সিট বুক করা); railway-booking (মাল বুক করা). বুক করা v. to book (seats etc.); to book (goods) by rail. ̃কিপিং n. book-keeping. ̃পোস্ট n. book-post. বুকপোস্ট করা v. to send by book-post. ̃শেফল n. a book-shelf. 13)

(p. 721) bāgjāla a web or mesh or trap of words; wheedling language; rigmarole; circumlocution; grandiloquence. বাগ্জাল বিস্তার করা v. to weave a web or set a trap of words; to speak wheedlingly; to circumlocute. 291)

(p. 779) bītaspṛha disinclined; callous; apathetical; indifferent (to worldly desires etc.). 4)

(p. 794) byaktīkṛta expressed; revealed; manifested. 18)

(p. 748) bāstabya habitable. ̃বিদ্যা n. (bio.) ecology. 37)

(p. 721) bastu a thing, a material; subject-matter (usu. বিষয়বস্তু); substance (তোমার শরীরে বস্তু নেই); truth; (phil.) matter; (phys.) mass. ̃গত a. relating to a thing or matter. ̃গত মান intrinsic value. ̃জগত্ n. the material world, the world of matter. বস্তুত adv. in fact, indeed, really. ̃তত্ত্ব n. physics. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. a physicist. ̃তন্ত্র n. realism. ̃তন্ত্রী, ̃তন্ত্রীয়, ̃তান্ত্রীক a. realistic, materialistic. ̃নিষ্ঠ a. realistic; objective. ̃নিষ্ঠা n. realism; objectiveness. ̃বাদ n. realism; materialism. ̃বাদী a. & n. realist; materialist. 185)

(p. 761) biprakarṣa (gr.) anaptyxis, vowel insertion. 69)

(p. 748) bāhānna fifty-two. যাহা বাহান্ন তাহা তিপান্ন (fig.) when scores have been lost, what does it matter to lose a little more; the difference is too small to merit serious attention. 45)

(p. 738) bāṭa2 ingot, bullion. 38)