(p. 751) bikāla, bikālabēlā the afternoon. 20)

(p. 782) bṛṣōtsarga an obsequial ceremony in which four bulls are set free to move at liberty for the rest of their lives. 20)

(p. 721) bān̐dhā2 to bind, to tie, to fasten; to obstruct (স্রোত বাঁধা); to dam (খাল বাঁধা); to stop or park (গা়ড়ি বাঁধা); to restrain or appease (মন বাঁধা); to compose (গান বাঁধা); to form, to do (খোঁপা বাঁধা); to build or set up (ঘর বাঁধা); to attune (বীণা বাঁধা); to unite (প্রাণে প্রাণে বাঁধা); to be reduced to or rendered into, to turn into (জমাট বাঁধা, দান বাঁধা). a. bound; tied, fastened, obstructed; dammed; composed; formed, done; built, set up; attuned; routine (বাঁধা কাজ); regular (বাঁধা খদ্দের); stock (বাঁধা গত্); rigid (বাঁধা নিয়ম); fixed (বাঁধা মাইনে); brick-built or stone-built, pucka (বাঁধা ঘাট). বাঁধাই n. binding or cost of binding esp. a book; enframing or cost of enframing (as a picture). ̃কপি n. cabbage. বাঁধা গত্ a stock phrase; a rigid rule or system. ̃ছাদা n. rolling up and tying as a baggage. বাঁধাছাদা করা v. to pack. ̃ধরা a. fixed; rigid; routine; stock; monotonous, trite. ̃ঝুলি n. a catchphrase, a catchword, a slogan. বাঁধানো v. to bind (as a book); to enframe (as a picture); to fix or manufacture artificial ones (দাঁত বাঁধানো); to inlay (হিরে দিয়ে বাঁধানো); to plate (সোনা দিয়ে বাঁধানো); to pave, to macadamize (রাস্তা বাঁধানো); to build with stone or brick (ঘাট বাঁধা); to dam (খাল বাঁধানো); to cause to compose (গান বাঁধানো); to cause to build or set up (ঘর বাঁধানো); to cause to attune (বীণা বাঁধা); to reduce to or render into (জমাট বাঁধানো). a. bound; enframed; artificial (বাঁধানো দাঁত = a set of artificial teeth, denture); inlaid; plated; paved, macadamized; brick-built or stone-built, pukka; dammed; built or set up. ̃বাঁধি a. fixed, hard and fast, unalterable. n. a rigid rule or system; strictness. 276)

(p. 721) balana2 growth; increase; (bot.) nutation. 134)

(p. 748) bāsara2, bāsaraghara a bride-chamber. বাসরশয্যা n. bridal bed. 23)

(p. 786) bēdama out of breath, breathless (ছুটে ছুটে বেদম, বেদম ছুট)স; giving or taking no respite even to breathe (বেদম মার বা ভোজন). adv. out of breath, breathlessly; without respite even to breathe. 30)

(p. 743) bānaprasha the third stage of life according to the Vedas when a man advanced in years should leave his home and hearth and go to the forest to pass the remaining days of his life in spiritual meditation. 9)

(p. 773) bisarjita given up, abandoned; renounced; relinquished; sacrificed; lost; wasted or impaired; immersed esp. with solemnities. fem. বিসর্জিতা । 45)

(p. 721) bām̐ẏā a small semi-circular musical instrument of percussion played along with the tabla (তবলা). ঢাকের বাঁয়া (fig. & derisively) a useless accompaniment, a mere nothing; someone else's ditto. 277)

(p. 765) bibardhana thorough development, evolution; thorough enlargement or augmentation; (phys.) magnification; amplification. 5)

(p. 794) byākaraṇa, byākaraṇaśāstra grammar. ব্যাকরণগত a. grammatical. ব্যাকরণবিদ, ব্যাকরণশাস্ত্রজ্ঞ a. versed in grammar. n. a grammarian. 55)

(p. 743) bābalā the accacia, the bablah, the babul, Acacia arabica. বাবলার আঠা n. gum of accacia. 33)

(p. 781) budbuda bubble. বুদ্বুদ ওঠা v. to effervesce. বুদ্বুদন n. effervescence. 4)

(p. 773) bīkṣita carefully observed. 81)

(p. 747) bālā2 a bangle for the wrist. 20)