(p. 748) bāstaba true, genuine; real; factual; actual; objective; material; materialistic. n. truth; reality; (phys.) an objective. বাস্তব তথ্য facts. ̃তা n. trueness, genuineness; reality; factuality; actuality; objectivity; materiality. ̃বাদ n. realism; objectivism; materialism. ̃বাদী a. realistic; objectivistic; materialistic. n. a realist; an objectivist; a materialist. 35)

(p. 794) byājōkti deceitful utterance; (rhet.) a figure of speech consisting of an attempt to conceal something by means of a pretence. 66)

(p. 721) bāināca the dance of a professional dancing girl. 237)

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

(p. 721) balana1 speaking or narrating. 133)

(p. 794) byāsa a diameter or its measure; width, breadth; expanse; Vyasa, the author of the Mahabharata. ̃কুট n. any one of the obscure passages of Vyasa's (ব্যাস) writings; an obscure composition. ̃বাক্য n. (gr.) formal words used in expounding a compound word. ব্যাসার্ধ n. a radius (pl.: radii). 103)

(p. 756) bidāẏa1 a gift or present, anything given in charity (ব্রাহ্মণবিদায়, কাঙালবিদায়). 52)

(p. 740) bāḍ়ba (myth.) relating to a sea-horse vomiting fire constantly. n. fire vomited by the aforesaid sea-horse (usu. বাড়বানল). 7)

(p. 794) byāpādita killed. 83)

(p. 738) bāchā2 to choose, to select; to pick and choose; to sort out or separate (ভালোমন্দ বাছা, খুদ বাছা); to eliminate unwanted elements from (চাল বাছা); to pick and eliminate or kill (উকুন বাছা). a. chosen, selected; sorted; freed from unwanted elements; choice, select (বাছা বাছা লোক = chosen or selected persons). 9)

(p. 779) buṭa2 a boot. বুট পরা v. to put on or wear boots. বুট খোলা v. to pull off boots. 22)

(p. 773) bistara many or much; too many or too much. n. a lot, plenty. 52)

(p. 756) biṭa2 a bulbous plant, beet. 13)

(p. 765) bibhājana a division; parting; partition; apportionment; distribution; (mech.) resolution of velocity. পরমাণু-বিভাজন n. splitting of atoms. বিভাজিত a. divided; separated. 37)

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