(p. 713) baṃśa1 the bamboo; the backbone, the spine. ̃দন্ড n. a bamboo-staff, a bamboo-stick; (fig.) stinkard. ̃পত্র n. bamboo-leaf. ̃লোচন n. tabasheer, tabashir. ̃শলাকা n. a slender (and often short) slip of bamboo. 12)

(p. 737) bāṅmaẏa full of words, wordy; composed of words, worded. বাঙ্ময়ী a. fem. of বাঙ্ময় । n. Saraswati (সরস্বতী) the goddess of speech. 21)

(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. 717) bandana, bandanā singing in adoration, hymning; a song of praise, a hymn; extolment; salutation; a salute; worship, adoration. বন্দনা করা v. to sing in adoration, to hymn; to extol, to salute; to worship, to adore. বন্দনীয় a. worthy of being glorified in songs; deserving obeisance; worshipful, adorable. fem. বন্দনীয়া । 61)

(p. 786) bēladāra1 a digger. 93)

(p. 761) biparyasta topsy-turvy, topsy-turvied; disorderly; thrown into confusion; upset; destroyed; routed; inverted; utterly embarrassed. বিপর্যস্ত করা v. to topsyturvy; to put into disorder, to disorder; to throw into confusion; to upset; to disrupt; to convulse; to destroy; to rout; to invert; to embarrass utterly. 61)

(p. 715) baṭēra a species of small partridge akin to the quail. 44)

(p. 761) binaśbara perishable, destructible. 10)

(p. 751) bikaśita manifested (বিকশিত মহিমা); displayed, exhibited (বিকশিত দন্ত); arisen, cropped up (বিকশিত ভাব); developed (বিকশিত বুদ্ধি); opened or widened (বিকশিত নেত্র); blown, blooming (বিকশিত পুষ্প). বিকশিত করা v. to manifest; to display, to exhibit, to show; to cause to rise or crop up; to develop; to open or widen; to cause to bloom. বিকশিত হওয়া v. to be revealed or exhibited; to arise, to crop up; to develop; to open or widen; to bloom. 16)

(p. 740) bāṇī word; speech; a message; a maxim, an apophthegm; Saraswati (সরস্বতী) the goddess of speech. 14)

(p. 794) byatikrama infringement, violation, contravention (রীতির ব্যতিক্রম); exception. ব্যতিক্রম করা v. to infringe, to violate, to contravene. ব্যতিক্রমী a. discriminating; (loos.) exceptional; extraordinary. 25)

(p. 721) bardhaka causing or promoting increase or growth or development or improvement or prosperity or expansion, augmentative, multiplicative. 110)

(p. 721) bān̐ṭakula a dumpy, a very short man, a short-statured man; a man of short height. a. short. see also বেঁটে । 265)

(p. 717) baṇikasaṅgha a corporation or association of the traders; a guild. 12)

(p. 748) bāsi washed; placed for washing; not washed or cleansed since morning (বাসি মুখ, বাসি ঘর); stale, not fresh (বাসি দুধ, বাসি খবর); used or made or collected etc. overnight (বাসি কাপড় বা ভাত বা মাল বা জল). বাসি করা v. to wash (কাপড় বাসি করা). বাসি বিয়ে solemnities to be performed on the morning following the wedding night. বাসি মড়া the body of a person dead overnight. 29)