(p. 721) bān̐kā to bend, to curve (রেখাটি বেঁকেছে); to turn (পথটি এখানে বেঁকেছে); to become reluctant or unfavourable or ungracious or antipathetic (কর্তা বেঁকেছেন). a. bent, curved (বাঁকা বাঁশ); stopping, hunched (বাঁকা পিঠ); slanting, aslant (খুটিখানা বাঁকা); winding, tortuous, sinuous, spiral, roundabout (বাঁকা পথ); furtive, squint, oblique (বাঁকা চাহনি); cynical or unfriendly (বাঁকা দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি); crooked (বাঁকা মন); rude, harsh (বাঁকা কথা); insinuating; sly (বাঁকা উক্তি); reluctant, unfavourable, antipathetic. ̃চোরা a. having many curves and twists; not straightforward, crooked (বাঁকাচোরা কথা). বাঁকানো. v. to bend; to make reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic. বেঁকে বসা v. to be placed or fixed slantingly; to become reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic; to revise or retract one's previous opinion, desire, resolve etc., to refuse to fall in with or accede to. 258)

(p. 767) bilōla quickly moving (বিলোল কটাক্ষ); greedy or wistful (বিলোল দৃষ্টি); dishevelled (বিলোল বেশবাস). 99)

(p. 721) bān̐ṭana dividing, apportionment, allotment; distribution. 266)

(p. 794) bōmbāi Bombay. a. grown or produced in Bombay (বোম্বাই ছিট); largeshaped (বোম্বাই আখ); of a superior quality (বোম্বাই আম). 2)

(p. 767) bibhēdaka that which divides; that which creates a difference or dissension; that which separates; divisive; separating. n. a divisor; that which divides; a separator. 14)

(p. 721) barābharaṇa dress and ornaments given as gifts to a bridegroom by the bride's party. 71)

(p. 751) bikāla, bikālabēlā the afternoon. 20)

(p. 721) bahāla appointed, employed (চাকরিতে বহাল); installed, continuing in (পদে বহাল); (still) in force or effective (বহাল আদেশ বা চুক্তি); hale, healthy (বহাল তবিয়ত). বহাল করা v. to appoint, to employ; to instal; to bring in force, to make effective. বহাল থাকা v. to continue in; to be in force. বহাল রাখা v. to let (one) continue in; to keep in force; to keep up, to maintain (ঠাট বহাল রাখা). বহাল তবিয়তে in good or sound or perfect health. 194)

(p. 721) baśitā, baśitba perfect continence (which is one of the eight divine graces of Shiva), attainable by men through asceticism); the power to control or charm everybody. 170)

(p. 748) bālya age up to one's sixteenth birth day; boyhood or girlhood, childhood, infancy. ̃কাল n. childhood, infancy. ̃প্রণয়, ̃প্রেম n. calf-love; childhood friendship. ̃বন্ধু n. a friend of one's childhood days. ̃বিধবা same as বালবিধবা । see বাল ।̃বিবাহ n. early marriage, child-marriage. ̃শিক্ষা n. child education; primary education. ̃সখা same as বাল্যবন্ধু । ̃সস্গী, ̃সহচর n. a companion of one's childhood days. বাল্যাবস্হা n. childhood. 3)

(p. 790) baitānika sacrificial. n. burnt-offering. 35)

(p. 717) banabana2 denoting: a swift whirling motion. বনবন করে ঘোরা v. to rotate or whirl swiftly. 45)

(p. 794) byāṅka the bank; an institution for the keeping, lending, exchanging etc. of money. ব্যাংক করণিক n. a bank clerk. ব্যাংকের বই n. a bank passbook. ব্যাংক ম্যনেজার a bank manager or agent. 53)

(p. 721) balmīka, balmika an ant-hill. 162)

(p. 721) baẏāma a jar (usu. with a detachable lid and made of porcelain or glass). 37)