(p. 721) bāuṭi a kind of bracelet. 244)

(p. 717) bandiśa (in music) style; style of composition. 69)

(p. 756) bidika (rare) a point intermediate between two cardinal ones of the compass; (pop.) an opposite or wrong direction (দিগ্বিদিক). 58)

(p. 761) biprakarṣa (gr.) anaptyxis, vowel insertion. 69)

(p. 773) bisarpa2, bisarpaṇa act of moving slowly; creeping; sliding; spreading; pervading or diffusing. বিসর্পিত a. spread; diffused. বিপর্পী a. slowly moving; creeping; sliding; spreading; pervading; diffusive. fem. বিসর্পিণী । 47)

(p. 786) bētaribata uneducated; ill-bred, unmannerly. 5)

(p. 721) bān̐ṭakula a dumpy, a very short man, a short-statured man; a man of short height. a. short. see also বেঁটে । 265)

(p. 767) biẏōjaka (gr.) a disjunctive. 46)

(p. 761) bipatha a wrong or bad way; (fig.) an evil course of conduct. বিপথে যাওয়া v. to go astray; (chiefly astr.) to aberrate; (fig.) to go to the bad. ̃গামী a. gone astray; (chiefly astr.) aberrated; (fig.) gone to the bad; abandoned. fem. বিপথগামিনী । 54)

(p. 761) binatā2 (myth.) a wife of Kashyap the sage. ̃নন্দন n. a son of Binata (বিনতা); Aruna (অরুণ) the chariotdriver of the Sun-god; Garuda (গরুড়) the prince of birds. 6)

(p. 721) bā2 or adv. possibly, perhaps (হবেও বা); alternatively (তুমিই বা গেলে); used to emphasize a question (হবেই বা না কেন ?). 232)

(p. 742) bādaśā same as বাদশাহ । কুঁড়ের বাদশা a prince of idlers, an extremely lazy fellow. 4)

(p. 738) bāchāi choosing, choice, selection; picking and choosing; sorting or separating; elimination of unwanted elements. a. same as বাছা2 (a). বাছাই করা same as বাছা2 । 10)

(p. 782) bṛṣṭi rain; rain-water; a shower (শরবৃষ্টি); বৃষ্টি পড়া, বৃষ্টি হওয়া v. to rain. বৃষ্টি পড়ে v. it rains; বৃষ্টিচ্ছায় n. (geog.) rain-shadow. ̃জল n. rain-water. ̃পাত n. rainfall; (meteor.) precipitation. ̃বাদল n. rains. বৃষ্টিবাদলের দিন n. a rainy day. ̃বিন্দু n. a rain-drop. ̃মান, ̃মাপক n. a rain-gauge, a pluviometer. বৃষ্টি সম্বন্ধীয় a. pluvial. ̃স্নাত a. drenched or soaked in rain. ̃হীন a. rainless. 21)

(p. 786) bētra the cane-plant, cane, rattan, ratan (বেত্রকুঞ্জ); a cane, a ferule (বেত্রাঘাত). ̃দন্ড n. a cane, a ferule; a flagellum; a sentence of or punishment by caning or whipping. ̃ধর, ̃ধারী a. carrying a cane or rattan (esp. attributed to a guard). fem. ̃ধারিণী, ̃বতী । বেত্রাঘাত n. a stroke with a cane; caning, flagellation. বেত্রাঘাত করা v. to cane; to flagellate, to whip. বেত্রাসন n. a cane seat, a rattan chair. বেত্রাহত a. caned, whipped. বেত্রাহত কুকুরের মতো like a dog which has been whipped, (cp.) with the tail between the legs. 14)