(p. 786) bēda any one of the four Vedas, a Veda. 16)

(p. 738) bāṭikā a small house; (loos.) a house (উদ্যানবাটিকা). 48)

(p. 782) bṛṣṭi rain; rain-water; a shower (শরবৃষ্টি); বৃষ্টি পড়া, বৃষ্টি হওয়া v. to rain. বৃষ্টি পড়ে v. it rains; বৃষ্টিচ্ছায় n. (geog.) rain-shadow. ̃জল n. rain-water. ̃পাত n. rainfall; (meteor.) precipitation. ̃বাদল n. rains. বৃষ্টিবাদলের দিন n. a rainy day. ̃বিন্দু n. a rain-drop. ̃মান, ̃মাপক n. a rain-gauge, a pluviometer. বৃষ্টি সম্বন্ধীয় a. pluvial. ̃স্নাত a. drenched or soaked in rain. ̃হীন a. rainless. 21)

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

(p. 765) bibhābasu the sun. 43)

(p. 737) bāgāḍ়mbara grandiloquence; tall talk; verbiage. বাগাড়ম্বর করা v. to speak grandiloquently; to talk big; to brag; to speak verbosely. 6)

(p. 748) bāsanā2 desire, longing; wish; intention. বাসনা করা বা হওয়া v. to desire, to long (for); to wish; to intend. ̃কুল a. seized or overwhelmed with passion or desire. 16)

(p. 748) bāhāra a beautiful show or exhibition; an ostentatious display; glamour; beauty; an Indian musical mode. বাহারে, বাহারি a. having a beautiful show; showy, ostentatious; glamorous; beautiful. 46)

(p. 756) bita (obs.) details. 28)

(p. 794) byabasāẏa, byabasā a profession, a calling, a vocation; trade, business, traffic, commerce. ব্যবসা করা v. to be engaged in trade or commerce; to trade (in), to traffic (in), to deal (in). ব্যবসায়ী, ব্যবসাদার a. engaged in business or commerce; trading or trafficking or dealing (in); commercial; mercantile; businesslike; commercial in spirit or temperament. n. a trader, a merchant, a tradesman, a trafficker, a dealer; a man in business; one who is commercial in spirit or temperament; one skilled in worldly affairs; one keenly alive to one's own interests. ব্যবসা-বাণিজ্য n. trade and commerce. ব্যবসায়ী প্রতিষ্ঠান a mercantile firm. ব্যবসায়ী-সংঘ n. a traders' guild; a mercantile corporation; a chamber of commerce. 38)

(p. 751) bikārya changeable; prone to change (usu. for the worse). 19)

(p. 767) bilōla quickly moving (বিলোল কটাক্ষ); greedy or wistful (বিলোল দৃষ্টি); dishevelled (বিলোল বেশবাস). 99)

(p. 751) bikrīḍ়ita various sports and frolics, gambol. 32)

(p. 800) braja a pasture, esp. for cows; a path; a village near Mathura where Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) passed his childhood, (also ব্রজধাম) । ̃কিশোর n. the young lad of Braja (ব্রজ); Krishna (কৃষ্ণ ।) ̃কিশোরী n. fem. Radha (রাধা) the sweetheart of Krishna. ̃বিহারী n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) who sported in Braja (ব্রজ). ̃বুলি n. a kind of mixed language used originally by Vidyapati in his poems. ̃ভাষা n. a branch of Hindi. ̃লীলা n. activities of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) in Braja. ব্রজাঙ্গনা n. any one of the milkmaids of Braja (ব্রজ) who were enamoured of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ব্রজেশ্বর n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) the lord of Braja (ব্রজ). ব্রজেশ্বরী same as ব্রজকিশোরী । 2)

(p. 765) bibasbāna the sun or the sungod (cp. Sol.) 9)