(p. 721) bapu the body. ̃স্মান a. heavy-bodied, burly, corpulent, hefty. fem. ̃ষ্মিতী । 19)

(p. 792) baiẏāsakī, baiẏāsikī a treatise on scriptural law compiled by Vyasa. 5)

(p. 721) baẏāma a jar (usu. with a detachable lid and made of porcelain or glass). 37)

(p. 786) bēdhana boring, piercing; perforation. বেধনী, বেধনিকা n. an instrument for boring; a drill, an auger; an awl. 51)

(p. 756) biṭapāla a variety of spinach of the goosefoot family. 18)

(p. 758) bidhā sort, kind, variety, type; manner, mode; arrangement (সুবিধা). 27)

(p. 789) bēlābasāna close the day, evening; (late) afternoon. 6)

(p. 800) brahmāṇī the wife of Brahma. 13)

(p. 761) binindita (used chiefly as a sfx.) reproached, put to shame (মৃণালবিনিন্দিত = reproaching or abashing even a lotusstalk). 21)

(p. 790) bēhāri of Bihar. n. a native of Bihar. 13)

(p. 765) bibhāṣā a foreign language; an alternative; a dialect.

(p. 721) barṣa a year; (myth.) any one of the nine divisions of Jambu (জম্বু) or Asia; rain; cloud; shower or fall (তুষারবর্ষ). ̃কাল n. a period of one year; a full calendar year. ̃জীবী a. lasting or living for a year only; annual. বর্ষজীবী উদ্ভিদ an annual plant, an annual. ̃প্রবেশ n. New Year's Day (chiefly according to the Bengali calendar). ̃বলয় n. (bot.) the annual ring. ̃মান n. rain-gauge. 119)

(p. 717) banāta broad-cloth; baize. 48)

(p. 790) baiḍ়āla feline. ̃ব্রত n. (fig.) simulated holiness, sanctimony. ̃ব্রতী n. a hypocrite; hypocrisy. 32)

(p. 786) bētara indisposed বেতর শরীর; fuddled, sottish, besotted (নেশায় বেতর); embarrassed, off one's guard (জেরায় বেতর); dissimilar. 4)