(p. 721) bān̐daralāṭhi the drumstick tree, Cassia fistula. 270)

(p. 721) balābali conversation; talk; talking; discussion; repeated requests. বলাবলি করা v. to converse; to discuss; to request repeatedly. 147)

(p. 794) byāpikā pert and flippant; tomboyish. 85)

(p. 748) bāsanta, bāsantika of spring or springtime, vernal. বাসন্তী a. fem. vernal; light orange-coloured (বাসন্তীবাস পরা). n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). বাসন্তীপূজা n. a spring-festival when Goddess Durga is worshipped. 17)

(p. 721) ballari, ballarī a spike; a creeper. 165)

(p. 794) bōẏāla a kind of large fish akin to the flounder. 4)

(p. 721) barakhāsta removed from service, dismissed; cashiered. বরখাস্ত করা v. to remove from service, to dismiss; to cashier. 48)

(p. 746) bārē bārē off and on; frequently; time and again. 29)

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

(p. 721) bāōẏā1 to row; to steer, to propel; to paddle; to pass over; to cover; to go or ply or move along (পথ বেয়ে যাওয়া); to climb up or down (সিঁড়ি বেয়ে নামা). 249)

(p. 760) bidhi a prescript, an edict; a prescription; a rule; a regulation; a law, an act; a means; a procedure; a method; a system; destiny, fate; God, Providence; Brahma (ব্রহ্মা). বিধি-অধিকারিক n. law officer. ̃জ্ঞ a. conversant with laws or rules; versed in scriptures. ̃নির্দেশক n. legal remembrancer. ̃নির্দিষ্ট a. regulated or prescribed or determined by rules or regulations. ̃নিষেধ n. restrictions or inhibitions. ̃প্রয়োগ n. application of a rule or law. ̃বদ্ধ a. regulated; enacted, codified; in keeping with form or established mode, formal. বিধিবদ্ধ করা v. to enact, to codify. ̃বিড়ম্বনা n. deception by fate; irony of fate. ̃বিড়ম্বিত a. beguiled by fate; suffered or suffering from irony of fate. ̃বিরুদ্ধ a. unlawful; irregular; informal. ̃বিহিত a. lawful; law-abiding; regular; formal. ̃ভঙ্গ n. breaking the rules or regulations; infringement or violation of a rule or law. ̃মতো a. in keeping with scriptural prescripts or edicts or rules; in keeping with rules or laws; just, rightful (বিধিমতো শাস্তি); (loos.) adequate; formal; (loos.) utmost (বিধিমতো চেষ্টা). ̃লিপি n. the prescript of Providence; destiny, fate. ̃সংগত, ̃সম্মত a. in keeping with scriptural prescripts or edicts or rules; lawful, rightful; formal. 7)

(p. 717) banabana2 denoting: a swift whirling motion. বনবন করে ঘোরা v. to rotate or whirl swiftly. 45)

(p. 767) biśuṣka very dry; wizened (বিশুষ্ক দৃষ্টি); glum, morose (বিশুষ্ক মুখ). ̃তা n. extreme dryness; state of being wizened, glumness, moroseness. 111)

(p. 721) bandh a strike, a cease-work movement; closure. 6)

(p. 794) byādhimandira (lit.) a shrine of diseases; (fig.) the body. 74)