(p. 773) bisphārita widened; enlarged; trembling, trembled, shaken. ̃নেত্রে adv. with eyes opened wide, looking widely. 57)

(p. 721) barṇāndha colour-blind. 91)

(p. 765) bibēcita deliberated; considered; judged; thought. 25)

(p. 751) bikāra deviation from the natural or normal state; perversion, perversity (রুচি বিকার); corruption (চরিত্রবিকার); decomposition (শবদেহের বিকার); aberration, derangement (মনের বিকার); (loos.) aversion or apathy (নেতৃত্বের প্রতি বিকার); morbidity (যৌনবিকার); delirium (জ্বরবিকার); a converted or altered form (স্বর্ণের বিকার হল অলংকার). জ্বরবিকার see জ্বর । বিকারক n. (sc.) a reagent. বিকারক রশ্মি n. (phys.) actinic rays. ̃গ্রস্ত a. perverted; corrupted; (loos.) averse or apathetic; morbid; delirious. ̃তত্ত্ব n. pathology. ̃তাত্ত্বিক a. pathological. n. a pathologist. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. changed; converted; decomposed. 18)

(p. 743) bānaprasha the third stage of life according to the Vedas when a man advanced in years should leave his home and hearth and go to the forest to pass the remaining days of his life in spiritual meditation. 9)

(p. 794) bōrā2 a community of Mussalmans (usu. of Surat). 7)

(p. 767) biẏōga separation or estrangement (বন্ধুবিয়োগ); death or bereavement (পিতৃবিয়োগ); absence or want; (math.) subtraction. বিয়োগ করা v. (math.) to subtract. ̃ফল n. (math.) the result of subtraction. difference. ̃বিধুর a. suffering from or afflicted with the pangs of separation or estrangement or bereavement. fem. ̃বিধুরা । ̃ব্যথা n. pain or pang of separation or estrangement or bereavement. বিয়োগান্ত a. ending unhappily or in separation of lovers, tragic (বিয়োগান্ত নাটক = a tragedy); ending in death, disaster, estrangement etc. (বিয়োগান্ত ব্যপার). 45)

(p. 717) bandinī of বন্দী1 65)

(p. 794) byāna one of the five vital airs of a living body. 77)

(p. 721) bara a desire granted by a deity or a superior person, a boon; a benison, a benediction, a blessing; a bridegroom; a husband. a. desired; greatest, most distinguished (নৃপবর); excellent, splendid, fine (বরতনু). বর দেওয়া v. to grant a boon. বর পাওয়া v. to obtain a boon. বরের ঘরের মাসি কনের ঘরের পিসি (fig.) one who hunts with the hound and runs with the hare. ̃কনে n. pl. the bride and the groom. ̃কর্তা n. the head of the bridegroom's party. ̃দ a. granting a boon; benedictory. ̃দা a. fem. of বরদ । n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃দাতা a. & n. one who grants a boon. fem. ˜দাত্রী । বরদান করা v. to grant a boon. ̃দান n. act of granting a boon or prayer. ̃পক্ষ n. the bridegroom's party. ̃পণ n. a dowry in cash paid by the bride's parents or party to the bridegroom. ̃পুত্র n. a minion (esp. of a deity), a darling, a favourite. ̃প্রদ same as বরদ । fem. ̃প্রদা । ̃বর্ণিনী n. an excellent woman; a woman of peerless beauty. ̃মাল্য n. a garland of flower which the bride puts ceremonially round the neck of the bridegroom whilst accepting him as her husband; a garland of highest honour. ̃যাত্রী, ̃যাত্র n. one who accompanies a bridegroom to a wedding. 45)

(p. 743) bāmana2 a Brahman; a Brahman priest or cook. fem. বামনি । বামন গেল ঘর তো লাঙল তুলে ধর (fig.) when the master is away, servants neglect their work. বামনের গোরু (fig.) a person or a thing that yields maximum benefit at the minimum cost. ̃ঠাকুর n. a Brahman priest or cook. fem. ̃ঠাকরুন a female Brahman cook. বামনাই n. (dero.) practice of a Brahman or an exhibition of this. 41)

(p. 737) bāgurā (obs.) a net, a snare. বাগুরাবদ্ধ a. caught in a trap or snare. 13)

(p. 773) biśruta celebrated, famous. 23)

(p. 761) bipala a measure of time (=1/6 পল = 2/5 second). 63)

(p. 790) baidarbha of Bidarbha (বিদর্ভ) a province of India. fem. বৈদর্ভী । বৈদর্ভী রীতি a style of literary composition in which compound words are avoided as far as practicable and great attention is paid to sweetness of diction. 38)