(p. 721) bākasa a medicinal plant, Justicia gandrussa. 281)

(p. 786) bēnārasi made in Banaras (বেনারসি সিল্ক); made of Banaras silk (বেনারসি শাড়ি). n. a woman's sari (cloth) made of Banaras silk. 57)

(p. 713) bula a bud, a blossom. বউল ধরা v. to put forth buds, to bud, to be in blossom. 10)

(p. 773) bistāra stretching; stretch; tension; extension; extent; expansion; expanse; spread, amplification; width, breadth. বিস্তার করা v. to stretch; to extend; to expand; to spread; to amplify; to widen. বিস্তারিত same as বিস্তৃত । বিস্তারী a. spreading, extending. 53)

(p. 800) brahmaḍāṅā the first person of the Hindu Trinity entrusted with the task of creation, Brahma. 12)

(p. 721) bahitra a ship, a boat, a vessel; a scull; an oar. 196)

(p. 713) ban̐ṭi a kind of large knife fixed almost at right angle in a piece of wood on which one sits whilst cutting fish, vegetables etc. ̃ঝাঁপ n. the practice of throwing oneself from above upon aforesaid knives during the feast of charak (চড়ক). 23)

(p. 767) bilōkana seeing or viewing or looking eagerly or wistfully; observation. 93)

(p. 748) bāhubandhana a hug; an embrace. 53)

(p. 751) bikalāṅga crippled, physically handicapped; having defective limbs; disabled; (loos.) deformed.বিকলাঙ্গ লোক a cripple. 13)

(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. 755) bijita defeated, vanquished; conquered; subdued. fem. বিজিতা । 21)

(p. 717) baḍ়ā a kind of cake fried in oil (ডালের বড়া, ডিমের বড়া); a cake-like juicy sweet-meat (তালের বড়া). 5)

(p. 773) bisphōṭa, bisphōṭaka a boil, a furuncle; a malignant boil or follicle. 59)

(p. 721) barjāisa (print.) bourgeois. 85)