(p. 779) bīrya heroism; prowess, valour, might, vigour, strength; spiritedness, spirit; (of an adult male) semen. ̃বত্তা n. heroism; valorousness, prowess, mightiness, vigorousness; spiritedness. ̃বন্ত, ̃বান, ̃শালী a. heroic; valorous, mighty, vigorous; spirited. fem. ̃বতী, ̃শালিনী । ̃হানি n. loss of prowess or valour or strength or vigour; loss of seminal fluid; (med.) spermatorrhoea. ̃হীন a. lacking heroism or prowess or valour or vigour or power or spiritedness; impotent. 10)

(p. 715) bakra bent, curved, tortuous; oblique; squint: crooked; (chiefly astrol.) antipatheitc. n. a bend, a turn. ̃গতি a. having a curved or sinuous or tortuous motion. ̃গামী a. curvedly or sinuously or tortuously moving crooked. ̃চ্ছেদ n. (geom.) an oblique section. ̃তা n. curvedness; sinuosity; obliqueness; squintness; curvature; crookedness. (chiefly astrol.) antipathy. বক্রতাকেন্দ্র n. (phys.) a centre of curvature. ̃দৃষ্টি a. squint-eyed, cock-eyed; looking askance; squinting. ̃নাস a. having a curved or aquiline nose. ̃পৃষ্ঠ a. convex; arch-backed. ̃রেখা n. curved line, a curve. ̃শিরাল a. (bot.) curviveined. ̃সংঘাত n. (mech.) an oblique impact. বক্রাংশুরেখা n. (phys.) a caustic curve. বক্রাংশুস্পর্শ n. (phys.) causticity. 5)

(p. 755) bijabija denoting; repugnant crowding as of worms (পোকা বিজবিজ করছে). 13)

(p. 794) byātta expanded; opened; gaping. 68)

(p. 790) bēhāga an Indian musical mode. 9)

(p. 721) balē says; speaks; talks. adv. & conj. because, as, on the plea of, owing to (মা বকেছেন বলে খাবে না?). □ adv. shortly, presently (বৃষ্টি এল বলে). 159)

(p. 786) bēdi, bēdikā an altar; a pulpit; a dais, a platform. 43)

(p. 721) baliẏē having good speaking power, eloquent; having the gift of the gab. বলিয়ে-কইয়ে a. having the gift of good talking, eloquent. 153)

(p. 755) bichānā a bed. বিছানা করা, বিছানা পাতা v. to make a bed. বিছানা নেওয়া v. to keep one's bed; take to one's bed, take to bed; to be ill. 6)

(p. 790) baiṭhaka a club, an assembly, a majlis; a conference, a meeting; a sitting; a hookahstand; a system of physical exercise by repeated sitting down and standing up alternately. ̃খানা n. a drawing-room, a parlour, a salon; a lounge. বৈঠকি a. suitable for an assembly or party (বৈঠকি গান বা গল্প). 31)

(p. 747) bālaka a boy, a male child; a tyro (রাজনীতিতে সে বালক); a greenhorn. ̃কাল n. childhood days, boyhood. ̃তা ̃ত্ব n. boyhood. ̃বয়স same as বালককাল । ̃ভৃত্য n. a boy-servant; a page. ̃সুলভ, বালকোচিত a. boyish; childish. 15)

(p. 748) bāsi washed; placed for washing; not washed or cleansed since morning (বাসি মুখ, বাসি ঘর); stale, not fresh (বাসি দুধ, বাসি খবর); used or made or collected etc. overnight (বাসি কাপড় বা ভাত বা মাল বা জল). বাসি করা v. to wash (কাপড় বাসি করা). বাসি বিয়ে solemnities to be performed on the morning following the wedding night. বাসি মড়া the body of a person dead overnight. 29)

(p. 756) bitasti the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger when fingers are extended, a span. 38)

(p. 715) baṭu, baṭuka (obs.) a Brahmin lad. 41)

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