(p. 721) bān̐dara the monkey; the ape; (dero.) a mischievous person. fem. বাঁদরি । ̃মুখো a. having a face as ugly as that of a monkey. fem. বাঁদরমুখি । বাঁদরামি, বাঁদরামো n. mischievousness; a monkey-trick; monkeyism. বাঁদুরে a. monkeyish. 269)

(p. 782) bēn̐ṭē dwarfish, short-statured. ̃খাটো, ̃খেঁটে a. dumpy. 46)

(p. 758) bidhātā a director, a controller, a regulator (ভাগ্যবিধাতা); God; Providence; Brahma (ব্রহ্ম). ̃পুরুষ n. Providence personified (who is believed to write down the future of a newborn baby on its forehead).

(p. 773) bismaraṇa forgetting; oblivion. বিস্মরণ হওয়া v. to forget. ̃শীল a. forgetful, oblivious. বিস্মরণীয় a. forgettable. 65)

(p. 765) bibhājaka dividing (বিভাজক গিরিশ্রেণি); parting; partitioning; apportioning; distributing. n. one who divides, a divider; (math.) a divisor. 36)

(p. 782) bē- denoting: absence, lack, negation, perversion etc. 31)

(p. 738) bāchā1 (in affectionate address) a son or a daughter or a person deserving to be treated as such (cp. My child.) 8)

(p. 767) bibhūti Godhead; godhead, divinity; special powers of Shiva (শিব); sanctifying grace, unction; prosperity; riches, wealth; ashes. ̃ভূষণ n. one who smears one's body with ashes; Shiva (শিব). 10)

(p. 751) bikēndrita decentralized. বিকেন্দ্রিত করা v. to decentralize. বিকেন্দ্রীকরণ same as বিকেন্দ্রণ । বিকেন্দ্রীকৃত same as বিকেন্দ্রিত । 28)

(p. 781) bulānō to pass one's hand or a brush or a pen etc. lightly over something. চোখ বুলানো v. to eye cursorily. তুলি বুলানো v. to touch lightly with a paint-brush, to brush. 15)

(p. 715) baṅga, baṅgadēśa Bengal; the ancient name of East Bengal. ̃জ a. born or produced in Bengal. n. a section of kayasthas (কায়স্হ) of Bengal (also বঙ্গজ কায়স্হ). ̃দেশীয় same as বঙ্গীয় । ̃ভাষা n. Bengali. ̃বিভাগ, ̃ভঙ্গ n. the partition of Bengal. বঙ্গাধিপ same as বঙ্গেশ্বর । বঙ্গানুবাদ n. translation or rendering into Bengali. বঙ্গাব্দ n. the Bengali era (counted from 693 A.D.). বঙ্গীয় a. of Bengal; born or produced in Bengal; Bengali. বঙ্গেশ্বর n. a king of Bengal. 23)

(p. 786) bētāra1 tasteless, insipid; distasteful; (fig.) uninteresting, dull. 7)

(p. 717) banāntara another forest. 52)

(p. 761) bināmā shoe; boot; slipper. 15)

(p. 751) bicakṣaṇa judicious, discreet; wise; experienced; farsighted; expert, adroit. ̃তা n. judiciousness, discreetness; discretion; prudence; wisdom; experience; experiencedness; farsightedness; expertness, adroitness. 59)