(p. 767) bimātā a step-mother. 26)

(p. 782) bēgārē available for or rendering corvee service. 68)

(p. 713) baṃśa2 a race; a family; lineage; pedigree; posterity; offspring, children. বংশে বাতি দেওয়া (fig.) to continue a line of descent (as by a descendant). ̃ক্ষয়, ̃নাশ n. loss, end or extinction of a family or race. ̃গত a. hereditary. ̃গতি n. heredity. গৌরব n. family prestige or pride; the glory of a family. ̃জ a. born of a particular family; of good lineage; born of a kulin (কুলীন) family which has been socially lowered by matrimonial alliance with an inferior family. ̃তালিকা n. a genealogical table, a family tree; a genealogy. ̃তিলক n. one who is the gem or the crowning glory of a family; the most remarkable member of a family. ̃ধর n. a descendant; a scion. ̃পরম্পরা same as বংশানুক্রম । ̃পরিচয় n. the family identity; the genealogy. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. increase or multiplication of a race or family, growth in family size; procreation; breeding. বংশবৃদ্ধি করা v. to increase or multiply one's race or family; to procreate; to breed. ̃বৈশিষ্ট্য n. a family characteristic. ̃মর্যাদা n. family prestige. ̃রক্ষা n. saving one's family or race; protection of one's family. ̃লতা same as বংশতালিকা । ̃লোপ same as বংশক্ষয় । 13)

(p. 761) biniyukta appointed; commissioned; sent; entrusted with; (of money) invested. বিনিযুক্তক n. the Minister in charge of appointments. 27)

(p. 758) bidūra remote (বিদূর সম্পর্ক). n. a remote place (দূরে-বিদূরে). 4)

(p. 794) byaṅga mockery, taunt, ridicule; irony, sarcasm. ব্যঙ্গ করা v. to mock, to taunt, to ridicule, to jeer (at). ̃কবিতা n. a satire; a parody. ̃কাব্য n. satire. ̃চিত্র n. a cartoon. ̃প্রিয় a. given to taunting; satirical; given to sardonic merriment; jocose. ব্যঙ্গোক্তি n. a taunting remark or utterance, an ironical comment; an insinuation. 20)

(p. 756) biṭa1 a round or course (as of postman or watchman); a beat. 12)

(p. 761) bibarjana abandonment, renunciation, rejection; quitting. 87)

(p. 717) badhira deaf; (fig.) refusing to listen. বধির করা v. to deafen. বধির হওয়া v. to become deaf; (fig.) to turn a deaf ear (to). বধিরতা, বধিরত্ব n. deafness. 39)

(p. 790) baiṭhaka a club, an assembly, a majlis; a conference, a meeting; a sitting; a hookahstand; a system of physical exercise by repeated sitting down and standing up alternately. ̃খানা n. a drawing-room, a parlour, a salon; a lounge. বৈঠকি a. suitable for an assembly or party (বৈঠকি গান বা গল্প). 31)

(p. 721) baẏana1 (poet. & obs.) the face. 27)

(p. 743) bāmācāra a religious practice, prescribed in Tantrism, to be performed by a man in collaboration with a woman. বামাচারী n. a follower of this practice. 45)

(p. 721) bāunḍulē regarding nobody or nothing as one's own; Bohemian, vagabond. n. a vagabond; a tramp. 245)

(p. 743) bāpa-ṭhākuradādā, bāpadādā ancestors, forefathers. 21)

(p. 756) biḍ়mbanā deception, (loos.) mockery or irony (ভাগ্যবিড়ম্বনা); unnecessary trouble or harassment (চাকরির জন্য চেষ্টা বিড়ম্বনা মাত্র). 23)