(p. 743) bāmākṣī a fair-eyed woman. 44)

(p. 789) bēlā4 a time of day (and not of night) (বেলা বারোটা); daytime (বেলাশেষ); advance of the morning (বেলা বাড়া); delay (esp. made in the morning) (বালা করা); length, duration (জীবনের বেলা); time, specified time (খাওয়ার বেলা); turn (তোমার বেলা); an opportunity, an advantageous point of time (এইবেলা). 4)

(p. 721) bartiṣṇu durable, lasting; stable. 105)

(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. 721) balādhikya excess or abundance or increase of strength or forces. 142)

(p. 721) barārōhā having well-shaped and well-developed hips. 72)

(p. 721) bapā (poet.) to sow or plant. 18)

(p. 765) bibhābasu the sun. 43)

(p. 721) baragā2 a temporary lease of land on condition that a fixed portion of crop will be paid as revenue. ̃দার n. a lessee holding a piece of land under the aforesaid condition, a sharecropper. 50)

(p. 756) biḍ়i a kind of slender cigarette rolled in a tree-leaf. 27)

(p. 781) buddhi understanding; discernment, judgment; gumption; sagacity; intelligence; intellect; talent; counsel, advice; a device or scheme; propensity, tendency (পাপবুদ্ধি). বুদ্ধি করা v. to plan, to scheme; to consult or confer with. বুদ্ধি খাটানো v. to apply tact and ingenuity, to have recourse to a contrivance. বুদ্ধি দেওয়া v. to advise, to counsel. বুদ্ধি নেওয়া v. to take counsel or advice of. বুদ্ধি হারানো v. to be at one's wit's end; to lose one's senses; to become rash or injudicious. বুদ্ধির ঢেঁকি (fig.) an utterly foolish or stupid person, a dunce. ̃গম্য a. comprehensible; intelligible; conceivable. ̃জীবী a. earning one's livelihood by means of one's intellect; (loos.) intellectual. n. an intellectual. বুদ্ধিজীবী সম্প্রদায় the intelligentsia. ̃দাতা n. an adviser, a counsellor. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃নাশ same as ̃ভ্রংশ ̃বিকাশ n. growth of intelligence or understanding. ̃বৃত্তি n. the faculty of understanding, intellect; sense, wit; reasoning, discernmeat, judgment. ̃বৃত্তিমূলক a. intellectual; rational. ̃ভ্রংশ n. loss or impairment of intellect, mental unhingement; folly; bewilderment; mental distraction; loss or corruption of senses. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. mentally unhinged; one with intellect impaired; bewildered; mentally distracted; out of one's senses; foolish, stupid. ̃মতী fem. of বুদ্ধিমান । ̃মত্তা n. intellectuality; intelligence; talent; sagacity. ̃মান a. intelligent; talented; sagacious; shrewd; intellectual. ̃হীন a. unintelligent; stupid, foolish. fem. ̃হীনা । ̃হীনতা n. stupidity, foolishness; a folly. বুদ্ধীন্দ্রিয় n. the organ of cognition, the mind, a sense-organ. 3)

(p. 792) baiśēṣika a system of philosophy propounded by Kanada (কণাদ). 14)

(p. 781) bubhukṣā craving for food; hunger. বুভুক্ষিত, বুভুক্ষু a. hungry. 9)

(p. 721) balkala, balka the rind of a tree, bark. বল্কলধারী a. wearing bark (instead of a loincloth). fem. বল্কলধারিণী । 160)

(p. 790) baitaraṇī (myth.) a river which the spirits of the dead have to cross in order to reach the abode of the dead, (cp.) the Styx. বৈতরণীর মাঝি n. the ferryman across the Baitarani (বৈতরণী), (cp.) Charon. 34)