(p. 721) baẏakaṭa boycott; (social or political) refusal. বয়কট করা v. to boycott. 26)

(p. 743) bābāḥ denoting: fright, amazement etc. 35)

(p. 746) bārāntara another time, a different occasion. বারান্তরে adv. at another time; on a different occasion. 19)

(p. 773) biṣṇu the second person of the Hindu Trinity who sustains the creation; Narayana (নারায়ণ), Hari (হরি). ̃প্রিয়া n. Goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষ্মী) the wife of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃লোক n. the abode of Lord Vishnu. 38)

(p. 715) bacana speech; utterance; a saying, an adage, an apophthegm, a maxim; (gr.) number (একবচন = the singular number; দ্বিবচন = the dual number; বহুবচন = the plural number). ̃বাগীশ a. having the gift of the gab; eloquent, very talkative. ̃বিন্যাস n. art or mode of speaking; eloquence; arrangement of words or speech. বচনসর্বস্ব ব্যাক্তি a person of mere words, a wind-bag. বচনীয় a. speakable; blamable. 25)

(p. 721) bān̐ṭula a small ball (usu. of iron and used as a missile); (iron.) a short and fat man, a dumpy. 268)

(p. 715) bajjāta (lit. & rare) base-born; wicked; naughty; mischievous. বজ্জাতি n. wickedness; naughtiness; mischievousness, mischief-making. 29)

(p. 785) bēta cane; rattan, ratan; a ferule; a stroke of ferule. বেত মারা, বেতানো v. to cane; to flagellate. বেত লাগানো v. to beat with a cane, to cane; to fit or mend with cane or strips of cane (as a chair). বেতের চেয়ার a cane-chair. বেতের ছড়ি a walking-stick made of cane, a rattan, a cane. বেতের ঝুড়ি a wicker-basket.

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

(p. 721) barṇāśrama the four stages of the life of a Hindu as enjoined in the Vedas (see চতুরাশ্রম). ̃ধর্ম n. duties of the aforesaid four stages of life. 95)

(p. 721) barāṅganā an excellent lady. 65)

(p. 794) byāja2 a pretext, a pretence, simulation, deceit; a hindrance; interest for money; interest, use; delay. ̃স্তুতি n. false praise or eulogy; (rhet.) a figure of speech consisting of praise in garb of censure or censure in garb of praise, (cp.) irony, sarcasm. 64)

(p. 746) bāri water. ̃দ n. cloud. ̃ধারা n. a shower or stream or torrent of rain. ̃ধি, ̃নিধি n. the sea; the ocean. ̃পাত n. rainfall; a shower of rain. ̃প্রবাহ n. a stream or current of water. ̃বাহ n. cloud. ̃মণ্ডল n. the hydrosphere. ̃রাশি n. a mass of water (esp. of a sea or a river). 21)

(p. 748) biuli a variety of husked pigeon-pea.