(p. 800) brahmaḍāṅā the first person of the Hindu Trinity entrusted with the task of creation, Brahma. 12)

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

(p. 761) bipula huge (বিপুলাকায়); extensive, vast (বিপুল সমুদ্র); great in number or amount or degree (বিপুল সংখ্যা বা রাশি বা সম্পত্তি); very deep or great; extremely severe; magnanimous (বিপুল হৃদয়). fem. বিপুলা । বিপুলতা n. hugeness; extensiveness; vastness; greatness in number or amount or degree; great depth; extreme severity; magnanimity. 67)

(p. 751) bicikicchi extremely ugly; odd-looking; very unpleasant (বিচিকিচ্ছি ব্যাপার); very troublesome (বিচিকিচ্ছি কাজ বা অঙ্ক). বিচিকিচ্ছি অবস্হায় ফেলা v. to put (one) in a false position or embarrassing situation. 69)

(p. 786) bētasa the cane-plant; the rattan-plant; a variety of thin cane of which flutes are made. ̃পত্র n. a leaf of the cane-plant. 6)

(p. 715) bajra thunderbolt, thunder; the weapon of Indra (ইন্দ্র) the king of gods; (loos.) lightning; (astrol.) a cross-sign (×) on the palm or sole of a person; diamond. বজ্র আঁটুনি ফসকা গেরো the more laws, the more flaws; (cp.) summum jus summum injustitia. ̃কঠিন, ̃কঠোর a. extremely hard, adamantine. ̃কীট n. the pangolin. ̃গম্ভীর a. deep and loud as thunderclap. বজ্রগম্ভীর স্বরে in a voice as deep as thunder, in a thunderous voice. ̃গুণন n. (alg.) cross-multiplication. ̃তুল্য a. adamantine; fatally severe; thunderous. ̃ধর same as বজ্রপাণি । ̃ধ্বনি, ̃নাদ, ̃নির্ঘোষ n. thunderclap; thunder-peal; (fig.) a voice or noise as deep and loud as thunderclap. ̃পাণি n. one whose weapon is thunder, the thunderer; Indra (ইন্দ্র) the king of gods. ̃পাত n. a crash of thunder; thunderbolt. ̃বহ n. (phys.) a lightning conductor. ̃বারক n. (phys.) a lightning arrester. বজ্রাগ্নি n. lightning. বজ্রাঘাত n. a thunder-stroke; (fig.) a sudden and fatal calamity. বজ্রাহত a. thunder-struck. 30)

(p. 779) bakuni a particle; affected witty talk or remarks; tall talk; ludicrous mixture of a foreign language with one's own. বকুনি ঝাড়া v. (infor.) to indulge in witty talk or remarks affectedly; talk big; to mix a foreign language ludicrously with one's own. 15)

(p. 767) biśīrṇa extremely shrivelled or lean and thin or withered, wizened. fem. বিশীর্ণা । ̃তা n. state of being extremely shrivelled or lean and thin or withered or wizened. ̃বদন a. wizen-faced. 109)

(p. 800) brahma2 the Absolute Being, God; a Brahman, a Brahmin. ̃চর্য n. a mode of life marked with devoted study of the Vedas and other scriptures and books of knowledge and with complete abstinence from sexual and secular pleasures. ̃চর্যাশ্রম n. the first stage of life (up to the age of 16) according to the Vedic Hindus when one has to practise brahmacharya (ব্রহ্মচর্য). ̃চারী n. one practising brahmacharya (ব্রহ্মচর্য); a Brahmin boy staying at the residence of the guru to receive his education, having undergone the sacrament of being invested with the holy sacrificial thread; one practising abstinence from sexual or other worldly pleasures and preparing to join an order of hermits. fem. চারিণী । ̃জ্ঞ a. one who has attained knowledge about God. ̃জ্ঞান n. knowledge about God. ̃জ্ঞানী a. having knowledge about God; following Brahmoism. n. one who has attained knowledge about God; a Brahmo. ̃ণ্য a. relating to God or to Brahmans. n. the superhuman power obtained through one's knowledge of God; uncommon spiritual power characteristic of Brahmans; Narayana নারায়ণ (usu. ব্রাহ্মণ্যদেব). ̃তালু n. the crown of the head, the palate. ̃তেজ n. uncommon power of a Brahman. ̃ত্ব n. Godhead; divinity. ̃ত্র n. a piece of rent-free land given away to a Brahman. ̃দৈত্য n. an anthropophagous ghost of a Brahman; a demoniac ghost of a Brahman; a Brahman demon. ̃পিশাচ n. a necrophagous ghost of a Brahman, a Brahman ghoul. ̃বাদী a. (capable of) expounding mysteries about God; engaged in studying the Vedas; having knowledge about God; versed in or following Vedantic philosophy. n. such a person. fem. ̃বাদিনী । ̃বিত্ same as ব্রহ্মজ্ঞ । ̃বিদ্যা n. a branch of learning imparting knowledge about God. ̃বৈবর্ত n. one of the eighteen puranas (পুরাণ). ̃ময় a. pervaded by the presence of God. ̃মীমাংসা n. the second part of the Vedanta treating of the nature and attributes of God. ̃রন্ধ্র n. the central pore of the palate. ̃লোক n. the abode of Brahma (ব্রহ্ম); the highest one of the seven mythological heavens. ̃শাপ n. a curse of or put by a Brahman. ̃সংহিতা n. a Vaishnava scripture. ̃সংগীত n. a song of devotion to God. ̃সূত্র n. the holy sacrificial thread worn by Brahmans; any one of the aphorisms of the Vedanta composed by Vyasa (ব্যাস). ̃স্ব n. property or possessions of a Brahman. ব্রহ্মস্বাপহরণ করা v. to rob or misappropriate the property of a Brahman. ̃স্বরূপ n. true nature and attributes of God. ̃হত্যা n. slaying of a Brahman. 11)

(p. 743) bānaprasha the third stage of life according to the Vedas when a man advanced in years should leave his home and hearth and go to the forest to pass the remaining days of his life in spiritual meditation. 9)

(p. 761) biparīta opposite; contrary; contradictory; opposing, contending; counteracting; unfavourable, adverse (বিপরীত ভাগ্য); (loos.) hideous, monstrous (বিপরীত মূর্তি); unusual, odd, strange (বিপরীত কর্ম); (phys.) inverted; (phys. & math.) reciprocal; (geom.) converse. বিপরীত করণী (alg.) conjugate surd. বিপরীত ক্রিয়া (alg.) an invertendo. বিপরীত প্রতিজ্ঞা (geom.) a converse proposition. বিপরীত প্রতিবিম্ব (phys.) an inverted image. বিপরীত শব্দ opposite word, antonym. বিপরীত শ্রেণি (alg.) a harmonic series. ̃কারী a. hostile, inimical; counteracting; disobeying. ̃ভাবে adv. in reverse order; in the opposite manner. 59)

(p. 721) bāināca the dance of a professional dancing girl. 237)

(p. 767) bibhīṣaṇa extremely terrible. n. a character of the Ramayana; (fig.) a traitor to one's own family or country, a quisling, a fish-columnist. বিভীষণ-বাহিনী n. the fifth column. 6)

(p. 751) bicchinna separated; torn or broken away; detached; isolated; estranged; stray or sporadic. fem. বিচ্ছিন্না । বিচ্ছিন্ন করা v. to separate; to tear or break away; to detach; to isolate; to estrange; to alienate. বিচ্ছিন্নতা n. separation; detachment; isolation; secession; estrangement; alienation; lack of compactness, strayness. বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদ n. separatism; disintegration. বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদী n. & a. separatist; a separatist. 74)

(p. 756) bitala (myth.) the second of seven underworlds. 36)