(p. 738) bāṭā3 a kind of metal tray (esp. one for holding betel-leaves). 43)

(p. 781) bulānō to pass one's hand or a brush or a pen etc. lightly over something. চোখ বুলানো v. to eye cursorily. তুলি বুলানো v. to touch lightly with a paint-brush, to brush. 15)

(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. 740) bāḍ়ba (myth.) relating to a sea-horse vomiting fire constantly. n. fire vomited by the aforesaid sea-horse (usu. বাড়বানল). 7)

(p. 794) byatirēka absence; lack; omission, exclusion; exception; distinction; difference; (rhet.) a figure of speech marked with excess of the subject over the object of comparison. ব্যতিরেকে prep. excluding, without, except, besides, in addition to. 28)

(p. 743) bāniẏā a trader; a tradesman; a shopkeeper; (dero.) a very commercialminded man, a commercialist; one guided only by profit and loss motive. 13)

(p. 721) barṣīẏāna older; elder; elderly; very old. 127)

(p. 721) bapu the body. ̃স্মান a. heavy-bodied, burly, corpulent, hefty. fem. ̃ষ্মিতী । 19)

(p. 751) bighōṣita extensively announced or proclaimed. বিঘোষিত করা v. to announce or proclaim extensively. 57)

(p. 794) bōrō a kind of inferior paddy. 8)

(p. 794) byabahārya fit to be used or applied, useful, serviceable; that which is to be used or applied. 42)

(p. 721) barṣa a year; (myth.) any one of the nine divisions of Jambu (জম্বু) or Asia; rain; cloud; shower or fall (তুষারবর্ষ). ̃কাল n. a period of one year; a full calendar year. ̃জীবী a. lasting or living for a year only; annual. বর্ষজীবী উদ্ভিদ an annual plant, an annual. ̃প্রবেশ n. New Year's Day (chiefly according to the Bengali calendar). ̃বলয় n. (bot.) the annual ring. ̃মান n. rain-gauge. 119)

(p. 786) bētāra1 tasteless, insipid; distasteful; (fig.) uninteresting, dull. 7)

(p. 800) bratacārī observing a vow; undergoing ascetical austerities or penance. n. a kind of folk-dance. fem. a. ব্রতচারিণী । 6)

(p. 721) barṣiṣṭha oldest; eldest; very old, burdened with age. 123)