(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. 748) bāsudēba Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) the son of Vasudeva (বসুদেব). 34)

(p. 758) bidhā sort, kind, variety, type; manner, mode; arrangement (সুবিধা). 27)

(p. 792) baiẏāsakī, baiẏāsikī a treatise on scriptural law compiled by Vyasa. 5)

(p. 721) bariṣṭha best; greatest; most honourable; chief; seniormost; (loos.) senior. fem. বরিষ্ঠা । বরিষ্ঠ সেবক a staff nurse. 75)

(p. 738) bāñchita desired, longed-for, wished-for. fem. বাঞ্ছিতা । 36)

(p. 721) barṣōpala hail-stone. 128)

(p. 743) bāra2 a royal court, a durbar; (of princes etc.) a sitting or presence in a court ('বার দিয়া বসিয়াছে বীরসিংহ রায়'); an appearance before applicants or visitors or in public esp. in state (জমিদার বা গুরু আজ বার দেবেন). 58)

(p. 743) bāniẏā a trader; a tradesman; a shopkeeper; (dero.) a very commercialminded man, a commercialist; one guided only by profit and loss motive. 13)

(p. 781) bunō grown or produced in the forest, wild; born or living in the forest, savage, of the woods, arboreal; uncivilized, churlish (বুনো লোক, বুনো কথাবার্তা); (dero.) aboriginal. n. (dero.) an aboriginal. 8)

(p. 721) bāula one of a class of Hindu stoical devotees singing songs in a special mode illustrating their doctrine; their song or mode of singing. 248)

(p. 773) biśbasta faithful; trusty, trustworthy, reliable, true; bonafide; believing; trusting, trustful, relying; confident. fem. বিশ্বস্তা । ̃তা n. trustworthiness; sincerity, bona fides. ̃সূত্রে adv. from a reliable source. 14)

(p. 779) bītaśōka relieved of grief; past all grief. 2)

(p. 800) bryānaḍi, bryānḍi brandy. 31)

(p. 721) bākhāri cuna unslaked lime, quick-lime. 288)