(p. 721) bardhana increase, augmentation, multiplication, growth, development, expansion. a. same as বর্ধক (গৌরববর্ধন কার্য). বর্ধন করা v. to increase, to augment, to multiply, to enhance; to develop, to expand. ̃ক্ষম a. capable of being increased or augmented or multiplied or grown or developed or expanded. ̃শীল a. in a state of increase or augmentation or enhancement or development or expansion, growing, thriving, prosperous. বর্ধানাঙ্ক n. (phys.) power (of a lens). 111)

(p. 756) biḍ়biḍ় denoting: muttering, mumbling. বিড়বিড় করা to mutter or mumble. বিড়বিড়ানি n. muttering, mumbling. 22)

(p. 743) bādhōbādhō on the point of commencing or ensuing or breaking out (ল়ড়াই বাধোবাধো); uneasy or hesitating (বাধোবোধো গলায়). বাধোবাধো ঠেকা to be in two minds, to be embarrassed, to hesitate to do or act, to be in a state of indecision. 2)

(p. 746) bāraka prohibitive; prohibitory; preventive; resistive. 4)

(p. 743) bāẏanā2 earnest money. বায়না করা v. to deposit or advance earnest money. 50)

(p. 761) bibarā (poet.) to narrate or relate, to recount at length. 86)

(p. 751) bicañcala greatly agitated. 60)

(p. 743) bāra2 a royal court, a durbar; (of princes etc.) a sitting or presence in a court ('বার দিয়া বসিয়াছে বীরসিংহ রায়'); an appearance before applicants or visitors or in public esp. in state (জমিদার বা গুরু আজ বার দেবেন). 58)

(p. 748) bāhyēndriẏa the eye, the ear, the nose, the tongue, the skin; any one of these five external sense-organs. 63)

(p. 794) byaṅga mockery, taunt, ridicule; irony, sarcasm. ব্যঙ্গ করা v. to mock, to taunt, to ridicule, to jeer (at). ̃কবিতা n. a satire; a parody. ̃কাব্য n. satire. ̃চিত্র n. a cartoon. ̃প্রিয় a. given to taunting; satirical; given to sardonic merriment; jocose. ব্যঙ্গোক্তি n. a taunting remark or utterance, an ironical comment; an insinuation. 20)

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

(p. 713) bula a bud, a blossom. বউল ধরা v. to put forth buds, to bud, to be in blossom. 10)

(p. 767) biśṛṅkhala disorderly, confused, undisciplined; wayward, wild. বিশৃঙ্খল করা v. to disorder, to throw into confusion, to make a mess (of). ̃তা, বিশৃঙ্খলা n. disorderliness, disorder, confusion; indiscipline; waywardness, wildness. 112)

(p. 782) bṛkṣa a tree; a plant. ̃কান্ড n. a treetrunk. বৃক্ষচ্ছায় n. extensive shade of rows of trees. ̃চ্ছায়া n. shade of a tree, tree-shade. ̃তল n. the foot of a tree. ̃তলে adv. under or underneath the tree. ̃নির্যাস n. exudation of a tree. ̃বাটিকা n. a garden-house. ̃ময় a. abounding in trees, woody. ̃মূল n. a tree-root; the foot of a tree; a treestump. ̃রোপণ n. planting trees. বৃক্ষরোপণ করা v. to plant a tree or trees. বৃক্ষহীন a. treeless. বৃক্ষাগ্র n. tree-top. বৃক্ষান্তরাল n. a place screened from the view by a tree or trees. বৃক্ষরূঢ় a. mounted or perched on a tree. বৃক্ষোপাসনা n. tree-worship. 2)

(p. 721) barṇāndha colour-blind. 91)