(p. 790) bēhēśta, bēhēsta heaven. 20)

(p. 741) bātābarta a whirlwind; a cyclone. 10)

(p. 767) bimā insurance. বিমা করা v. to insure. বিমার কিস্তি an insurance premium. বিমার দালাল an insurance agent. অগ্নিবিমা n. fire-insurance. জাহাজি বিমা marine insurance. জীবনবিমা n. life insurance. ̃কারী n. the insured (বিমাকারী ব্যক্তি). or the insurer (বিমা প্রতিষ্ঠান). ̃পত্র n. an insurance policy. 25)

(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. 794) byabahita lying at a distance, lying apart; drawn apart, removed; screened off; covered. 43)

(p. 748) bāsanta, bāsantika of spring or springtime, vernal. বাসন্তী a. fem. vernal; light orange-coloured (বাসন্তীবাস পরা). n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). বাসন্তীপূজা n. a spring-festival when Goddess Durga is worshipped. 17)

(p. 792) bōddhā able to understand or comprehend or appreciate, knowing, knowledgeable. 39)

(p. 800) brajyā wandering; travelling. 3)

(p. 721) baśya controllable; tamable; subduable; subjugated; dependent; obedient; submissive; attached or addicted (to); influenced (by). fem. বশ্যা । ̃তা n. dependence; obedience; submissiveness; attachment or addiction; the state of being influenced (by); loyalty. বশ্যতা স্বীকার করা v. to surrender; to give in; to accept the suzerainty of; to yield (to). 175)

(p. 721) bāuri a lowly Hindu caste; a member of this caste. 247)

(p. 715) bakṣa the breast, the bosom; the chest; (fig.) the heart. বক্ষঃস্হ a. lying on the breast or chest or in the heart. বক্ষঃস্হল n. the region of the chest. ̃স্পন্দন n. palpitation or throbbing of the heart. 8)

(p. 748) bāsagṛha a dwelling-house. 12)

(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. 767) bimōcana act of letting loose; release; liberation, deliverance; relieving, relief (সংকট বিমোচন); dispelling or removal or cure (দুঃখবিমোচন, ব্যাধিবিমোচন); discharge (শরবিমোচন). 36)

(p. 789) bēśi excess (কমবেশি). a. in excess (বেশি হওয়া); many (বেশি লোক); much (বেশি দুধ). adv. excessively, much (বেশি হাসা). বেশির ভাগ the greater part or portion or number (বেশির ভাগ খাবার বা টাকা); for the most part. বেশির ভাগ লোক the majority; most people. 21)