(p. 786) bēdabyāsa Vyasa (ব্যাস) the author of the Mahabharata. 29)

(p. 721) basanta the spring season, spring, the springtime; pox, small-pox, chickenpox; an Indian musical mode. ̃কাল n. the spring season, the spring time, spring. ̃কালীন a. of spring; vernal. ̃দূত n. the messenger of spring; the cuckoo. ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the light fortnight of Magh (মাঘ) when Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী) is worshipped. ̃বায়ু n. vernal breeze, the south wind. ̃সখ n. the friend of spring; the cuckoo. ̃সখা n. one attended upon by Spring; Madana (মদন) the Hindu god of love. বসন্তের কোকিল (fig.) a fair-weather friend. বসন্তোত্সব n. the spring festival; the festival of holi (হোলী). 177)

(p. 748) bāhya3 external; exterior; outer; meterial; visible but unreal or superficial (এক বাহ্য). ̃জগত্ n. the material world. ̃জ্ঞান n. knowledge or consciousness about external or surrounding objects; sense-perception: consciousness. ̃জ্ঞানরহিত, ̃জ্ঞানশূন্য a. (so dazed as to be) deprived of consciousness about external or surrounding objects; deprived of sense-perception or consciousness; stupefied; rapt; frantic; beside oneself. ̃ত adv. externally: outwardly; superficially. ̃দৃশ্য n. externnal or outward view or form. ̃বস্তু n. a visible or material object. 60)

(p. 786) bēdacarcā the study of the Vedas. 19)

(p. 773) bisaraṇa (chiefly in phys.) deviation. বিসরণ-কোণ n. an angle of deviation. গরিষ্ঠ বা বরিষ্ঠ বিসরণ-কোণ the angle of maximum deviation. লঘিষ্ঠ বিসরণ-কোণ the angle of minimum deviation. 42)

(p. 756) bijñapti a notice, a circular; a bill; a placard; an advertisement or a notification. 5)

(p. 765) bibaśa benumbed; stupefied or overwhelmed; fatigued; utterly helpless; inconsolable; divested of selfcontrol, beside oneself with; (ori.) beyond control. fem. বিবশা । ̃তা n. numbness; stupefaction, insensateness. 7)

(p. 773) biṣṭhā faeces, stool, excreta; (of beasts, birds, etc.) dung, excrement(s). 37)

(p. 786) bēẏāḍ়ā odd-looking; ungainly; awkward (বেয়াড়া অবস্হা); refractory or selfwilled (বেয়াড়া ছেলে); queer, odd, outlandish, difficult (বেয়াড়া প্রশ্ন). 76)

(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. 758) biduṣī learned, erudite. n. fem. a learned woman. 3)

(p. 789) bēlābasāna close the day, evening; (late) afternoon. 6)

(p. 740) bāḍ়na2 a besom, a broom. 4)

(p. 765) bibhaṅga method; plan or design or draft outline of a work. 30)

(p. 751) bicañcala greatly agitated. 60)