(p. 721) barāta charge, commission (কাজের বরাত); order (often pl.); necessity or business (এদিকে একটু বরাত ছিল); authority to represent, assignment; order (to supply goods): fate, luck (মন্দ বরাত). বরাত দেওয়া v. to entrust a charge, to commission; to authorize or assign. ̃চিঠি n. a letter of authority or assignment; (comm.) a bill of exchange. ̃গুণে adv. by virtue of good luck. ̃জোরে adv. through good luck, through a stroke of luck. বরাতি a. (of a task) entrusted. 66)

(p. 748) bāhana a riding animal, a mount; a vehicle; a medium (শিক্ষার বাহন); (iron.) a faithful follower; (dial.) rowing. sfx. denoting: mounting on (মহিষবাহন). 41)

(p. 743) bāpa3, bāparē, bāpasa denoting: fright, amazement etc; O my God! O my! 19)

(p. 761) bipaṇana act of putting (goods) on the market for sale, marketing. 49)

(p. 746) bārā (poet.) to prohibit; to prevent; to ward off; to resist. 17)

(p. 746) bāruṇī a variety of wine; wine; the west; a bathing festival held on the eve of the fourteenth lunar day of the darkfortnight of Chaitra (চৈত্র); the wife of the sea god (cp. Tethys). 25)

(p. 786) bēla1 a kind of sweet-smelling flower, the Arabian Jasmine, Jasminum Sambac. 85)

(p. 741) bātāhata wind-beaten, wind-stricken; (rare) wind-bound. 15)

(p. 782) bṛhadākāra large in shape, big, enormous, huge, colossal. 29)

(p. 756) biḍ়biḍ় denoting: muttering, mumbling. বিড়বিড় করা to mutter or mumble. বিড়বিড়ানি n. muttering, mumbling. 22)

(p. 761) bibara a hole, a cave; a cavity (মুখবিবর); a crevice. 84)

(p. 790) baibhāṣika alternative, variant. 56)

(p. 756) bithara a tier, a layer (থরে-বিথরে). 43)

(p. 782) bēgāra corvee. বেগার খাটা v. to work without wages, to render service gratis under pressure. ̃ঠেলা a. reluctantly and negligently done under duress. 67)

(p. 767) bilakula entirely, wholly; unreservedly, outright; thoroughly, completely; altogether. 73)