(p. 721) basti1 quarters for the poor people (কুলি-বস্তি); a slum esp. one consisting of cutcha huts. ̃বাসী n. a slum-dweller, inhabitant of a slum. 183)

(p. 721) baragā2 a temporary lease of land on condition that a fixed portion of crop will be paid as revenue. ̃দার n. a lessee holding a piece of land under the aforesaid condition, a sharecropper. 50)

(p. 756) bitāna a structure in a garden for sitting in, a summer-house (লতাবিতান); a canopy, an awning; a tent; a pavilion; tension, stretch. 40)

(p. 781) bṛkka the kidney. বৃক্কাকার n. kidneyshaped, reniform.

(p. 740) bāta1 word, speech (লম্বা বাত); news, information ('পুছে বাত'). 15)

(p. 751) bikalpa an alternative concept; an alternative; a substitute; doubt; (gr.) a variant or a doublet; (phil.) fancy. বিকল্প প্রমাণ alternative proof. বিকল্পে adv. alternatively; as a substitute. 15)

(p. 756) biṭakēla hideous or monstrous (বিটকেল মূর্তি); abominable or repulsive (বিটকেল গন্ধ); very ludicrous or queer (বিটকেল ব্যাপার); given to playing antics or cracking practical jokes; of a queer sort (বিটকেল লোক). বিটকেলমি n. practice of playing antics or cracking practical jokes. 14)

(p. 765) bibhābarī the night. 42)

(p. 782) bēimāna perfidious, unfaithful, false; (loos.) false to one's religious faith (esp. to Islam). বেইমানি n. perfidy. 39)

(p. 786) bēbāka entire, whole; all. 71)

(p. 738) bāṭā2 a variety of small silvery-white fresh-water fish. 42)

(p. 794) byabhicāra contrary or unlawful conduct or action; transgression; (rare) exception; unlawful sexual intercourse, adultery or fornication or incest. ব্যভিচার করা v. to behave or act contrarily or unlawfully: to transgress; to commit adultery or incest. ব্যভিচারী a. behaving or acting contrarily or unlawfully; transgressing; adulterous or incestuous. n. one who behaves or acts contrarily or unlawfully; a transgressor; an adulterer (fem. ব্যভিচারিণী = adulteress) or fornicator. 45)

(p. 741) bātsalya affection; love; parental love, philoprogenitveness; the sentiment of parental love. 3)

(p. 781) buddha awakened; enlightened; wise. n. Gautama Buddha; the ninth incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃ত্ব n. supreme enlightenment or wisdom (esp. what Buddha attained). 2)

(p. 773) biharaṇa sporting or frolicking; amorous frolicking, dalliance; promenading. 71)