(p. 721) bandhya fit to be bound or tied; unproductive, barren, sterile; childless. fem. বন্ধ্যা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. fitness for being bound or tied; unproductivity, barrenness, sterility; childlessness. 12)

(p. 758) bidhātā a director, a controller, a regulator (ভাগ্যবিধাতা); God; Providence; Brahma (ব্রহ্ম). ̃পুরুষ n. Providence personified (who is believed to write down the future of a newborn baby on its forehead).

(p. 721) barā2 the boar, the hog. 63)

(p. 786) bēdanīẏa capable of being felt; perceivable; cognizable. 25)

(p. 765) bibāda a quarrel, a brawl; altercation; a dispute; a conflict; strife, hostility; a fight; an action at law, litigation; a breach of friendly relation. বিবাদ করা v. to quarrel, to brawl; to altercate; to dispute; to fight; to fight at law; to sever friendly relation. ̃প্রিয় a. quarrelsome; factious; litigious. ̃বিসংবাদ n. quarrels or brawls; disputes. ̃সূচি n. cause list. বিবাদী a. concerning a quarrel or dispute; under dispute (বিবাদী সম্পত্তি); contending; contesting; litigant; opposing, hostile. n. a contestant; a litigant; an opponent; the opposite party; the defendant (as opposed to the plaintiff); a note opposing the principal note of a musical mode. fem. বিবাদিনী (not in the musical sense). 12)

(p. 721) balā2 a sacrifice; sacrificing, sacrifice, immolation; a sacrificial beast, a victim; (fig.) one subjected to forcible death or suffering; a victim. বলি দেওয়া v. to immolate, to sacrifice; to victimize. 149)

(p. 773) biśbāsa belief, faith; trust, reliance; confidence; a religious faith; a notion. বিশ্বাস করা v. to believe, to put faith in; to trust, to rely (on), to confide in; to have a notion (that), to think. বিশ্বাস করে বলা v. to confide in. ̃ঘাতক, ̃ঘাতী a. treacherous; traitorous; betraying. n. a traitor (fem. a traitress); a betrayer. fem. ̃ঘাতিকা, ̃ঘাতিনী । ̃ঘাতকতা n. treachery; betrayal. বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা করা v. to commit treachery; to betray; to play one false. বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা করে ধরিয়ে দেওয়া v. to betray. ̃পাত্র n. a reliable or trustworthy person, a confidant (fem. a confidante). fem. ̃পাত্রী । ̃ভঙ্গ n. breach of trust; perfidy; treachery. ̃ভাজন n. same as ̃পাত্র । a. trustworthy; reliable. ̃যোগ্য a. believable, credible; trustworthy, reliable. ̃হন্তা same as ̃ঘাতক । fem. হন্ত্রী । 15)

(p. 713) baṃśa1 the bamboo; the backbone, the spine. ̃দন্ড n. a bamboo-staff, a bamboo-stick; (fig.) stinkard. ̃পত্র n. bamboo-leaf. ̃লোচন n. tabasheer, tabashir. ̃শলাকা n. a slender (and often short) slip of bamboo. 12)

(p. 748) bāhā2 the High Bengali form of বাওয়া2 । 42)

(p. 751) bikarṣī pulling in the opposite direction; (sc.) repulsive. 10)

(p. 773) bisphōṭa, bisphōṭaka a boil, a furuncle; a malignant boil or follicle. 59)

(p. 761) bindhya the Vindhyas. ̃বাসিনী a. fem. dwelling on the Vindhyas. n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). masc. a. বিন্ধ্যবাসী । 43)

(p. 721) bāṃlā2, bāṃlō a bungalow. 252)

(p. 773) bisṛta extended, spread out. 50)

(p. 746) bārabrata holy rites. 13)