(p. 721) bahana carrying, bearing, conveying (যাত্রীবহন, সংবাদবহন); enduring, suffering (দুঃখবহন); flowing. বহন করা v. to carry, to bear, to convey; to endure or suffer. ̃যোগ্য, বহনীয় a. carriageable; bearable; conveyable; portable. 189)

(p. 721) barābara always or each time (বরাবর ভুল করা); all through, all along (বরাবর জঙ্গলের ভিতর দিয়ে); straightway (বরাবর উত্তরে যাও). prep. to, towards, near, along (নদী বরাবর). a. equivalent or similar to ('সুধা বিষে বরাবর'). বরাবরেষু prep. to, addressed to (used in Bengali letterwriting). 69)

(p. 786) bēra coll. corrup. of বাহির (a.). 79)

(p. 756) bidāraka splitting, rending; cleaving; piercing; causing to burst. হৃদয়-বিদারক a. heart-rending. 55)

(p. 767) biśārada learned, erudite; wise; wellversed; skilled, expert. 105)

(p. 773) bihāra sport or frolic; dalliance; amorous frolic; promenading; a pleasure trip; a promenade; a pleasure ground; a Buddhist or Jaina monastery or convent. বিহার করা v. to sport or frolic; to indulge in amorous frolic, to dally; to promenade. 73)

(p. 781) budha the planet Mercury (also বুধগ্রহ); Wednesday (usu. বুধবার); a learned or wise man (also বুধজন). 5)

(p. 738) bājana the state of being played or beaten or sounded or rung (as a musical instrument, bell, coin etc.); the sound of beating or playing on a musical instrument, a bell etc. ̃দার, বাজনাদার, বাজনাওয়ালা n. an instrumentalist (esp. a professional one). বাজনা n. act or sound of playing on a musical instrument; music; a musical instrument. 17)

(p. 737) bāṅāla a native of East Bengal; (iron.) an unrefined rustic. a. of East Bengal (বাঙাল প্রথা); born in East Bengal. fem. n. বাঙালিনি, বাঙালনি । 18)

(p. 790) baimānika aeronautical. n. an airman, an aeronaut, an aviator.

(p. 773) bisbāda distasteful; tasteless, insipid; vapid; (fig.) dull or disgusting. 63)

(p. 715) bagi3 a high-rimmed metal dish (also বগিথালা). 20)

(p. 794) byākhyēẏa that which is to be or can be explained; explainable. 58)

(p. 794) byabashā arrangement; preparation; procurement (মূলধনের ব্যবস্হা); provision (ভবিষ্যতের ব্যবস্হা); prescription or direction (শাস্ত্রীয় ব্যবস্হা); a law, a statute, a rule; legislation; order, system (এ সংসারে কোনো ব্যবস্হা নেই); settlement (ঝগড়ার ব্যবস্হা). ব্যবস্হা করা. v. to arrange (for); to make preparations for; to procure; to provide for; to prescribe or direct; to settle. ব্যবস্হা দেওয়া v. to prescribe; to direct; to enjoin. ব্যবস্হা হওয়া v. to be arranged or prepared for or procured or provided for or prescribed or directed; to be settled. ̃পক islative; law-giving; regulative; prescribing or directing, prescriptive; arranging for; preparative; founding, instituting. n. a legislator; a law-giver; a regulator; a prescriber or director; one who makes arrangements or preparations (for); a founder. ব্যবস্হাপক পরিষত্ a legislative council. ব্যবস্হাপক সভা a legislative assembly. ̃পত্র n. a prescription; a prescript; a directive. ̃পন n. legislation; enactment; law-making; regulation; arrangement; preparation; prescription or direction; founding, institution. ̃পনা n. arrangement; preparation; organisation. ব্যবস্হা-পরিষত্ n. a legislative council. ̃পিত a. legislated; enacted; regulated; prescribed or directed; arranged (for); founded, instituted. ̃শাস্ত্র n. jurisprudence, the law; a law-book; the Smriti (স্মৃতি) or the code of ancient Hindu laws. ব্যবস্হিত same as ব্যবস্হাপিত । ব্যবস্হিত-চিত্ত a. of settled mind, calm and composed, of unruffled temperament; determined. 40)

(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)