(p. 767) birūpākṣa one with eyes beyond the measure of beauty; Shiva (শিব). 66)

(p. 721) bān̐kā to bend, to curve (রেখাটি বেঁকেছে); to turn (পথটি এখানে বেঁকেছে); to become reluctant or unfavourable or ungracious or antipathetic (কর্তা বেঁকেছেন). a. bent, curved (বাঁকা বাঁশ); stopping, hunched (বাঁকা পিঠ); slanting, aslant (খুটিখানা বাঁকা); winding, tortuous, sinuous, spiral, roundabout (বাঁকা পথ); furtive, squint, oblique (বাঁকা চাহনি); cynical or unfriendly (বাঁকা দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি); crooked (বাঁকা মন); rude, harsh (বাঁকা কথা); insinuating; sly (বাঁকা উক্তি); reluctant, unfavourable, antipathetic. ̃চোরা a. having many curves and twists; not straightforward, crooked (বাঁকাচোরা কথা). বাঁকানো. v. to bend; to make reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic. বেঁকে বসা v. to be placed or fixed slantingly; to become reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic; to revise or retract one's previous opinion, desire, resolve etc., to refuse to fall in with or accede to. 258)

(p. 737) bāgbitanḍā alteration, wrangling; a hot dispute. 3)

(p. 790) baiguṇya lack of good quality; defect; hostility (গ্রহবৈগুণ্য). 26)

(p. 738) bāchana, bāchani1 same as বাছাই । (n.). 6)

(p. 738) bāñchanīẏa desirable; agreeable. 34)

(p. 756) bitasti the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger when fingers are extended, a span. 38)

(p. 756) bidīrṇa split, rent; cleft; pierced; burst. বিদির্ণ করা v. to split, to rend; to cleave; to pierce; to cause to burst.

(p. 713) bakābaki a debate; an alteration; a scolding. বকাবকি করা v. to debate, to argue; to altercate, to bandy words; to scold; to chide. 41)

(p. 738) bāchā1 (in affectionate address) a son or a daughter or a person deserving to be treated as such (cp. My child.) 8)

(p. 751) bighata the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger when fingers are extended, a span. ̃প্রমাণ a. equal to a span, about nine inches in length. 53)

(p. 765) bibi a Musalman or European lady; (Mus.) a wife; a foppish and ease-loving woman; (of playing-cards) the queen. a. fem. foppish and easeloving (বিবি বউ). 14)

(p. 792) bōjhā2 a burden, a load. বোঝাই n. loading; filling or repleting, repletion. a. loaded; loaded to the full (বোঝাই নৌকা); filled or replete (with) (পুঁজে বোঝাই); burdened (with) (দুঃখে বোঝাই). বোঝাই করা v. to load; to load to the full; to burden; to fill or replete (with). বোঝাই-করা a. loaded, packed or loaded to the full. বোঝা-টানা a. load-carrying. বোঝা-টানা ঘোড়া a pack-horse. বোঝা-টানা জানোয়ার a beast of burden, a pack-animal. 28)

(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. 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)