(p. 758) bidyā learning; erudition; scholarship; skill; a subject of study (সর্ববিদ্যাবিশারদ); a science (পদার্থবিদ্যা); an art (জাদুবিদ্যা, চুরিবিদ্যা); philosophy. বিদ্যার জাহাজ a prodigy of learning; (cp.) a walking encyclopaedia. বিদ্যার বহর (facet.) range of knowledge, extent of learning. ̃গম n. acquirement of learning. ̃চর্চা n. culture or cultivation of learning; practice of learning; acquisition of knowledge. ̃দাতা n. a teacher; a preceptor (fem. a preceptress), a guru. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃দান n. imparting of knowledge or learning. বিদ্যাদান করা v. to teach; to impart learning gratuitously. ̃দেবী n. Saraswati (সরস্বতী) the goddess of learning. ̃ধন n. knowledge conceived as wealth. ̃ধর n. one of an order of demi-gods famous for their personal beauty and skill in music. fem. ̃ধরী । ̃নিধি n. an ocean of learning: a title conferred on a scholar. বিদ্যানুরাগ n. love of learning, attachment to learning. বিদ্যানুরাগী a. fond of or attached to learning. fem. বিদ্যানুরাগিণী । বিদ্যানুশীলন same as ̃চর্চা । বিদ্যানুশীলন করা v. to cultivate learning or a science; to study. ̃পীঠ n. a centre of learning; an academy; a school. ̃বতী fem. of বিদ্যাবান ।̃বত্তা n. possession of learning, scholarship. ̃বল n. power or force of learning. ̃বান a. learned. ̃বিনোদ n. delight of Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী): a title conferred on a scholar. ̃বিশারদ a. vastly learned. n. a title conferred on a scholar. ̃ব্যবসায়ী a. & n. one who teaches professionally. ˜ভূষণ n. an ornament of learning: a title conferred on a scholar. বিদ্যাভ্যাস same as বিদ্যাচর্চা । বিদ্যাভ্যাস করা v. to learn an art or science; to study; to learn one's lessons. ̃মন্দির, বিদ্যায়তন n. a temple of learning; a school. ̃রত্ন n. a jewel of learning; a title conferred on a scholar. বিদ্যারম্ভ n. initiation into one's studies (esp. with religious solemnities). বিদ্যারম্ভ করা v. to commence one's studies (esp. with religious solemnities). বিদ্যার্জন same as বিদ্যালাভ । বিদ্যার্থী a. desirous of acquiring learning; (loos.) engaged in studies. n. one who is desirous of acquiring learning; (loos.) a student, a scholar, a pupil, fem. বিদ্যার্থিনী । ̃লব্ধ a. gained or earned by learning. ̃লয় n. a school; an academy; (rare) a college; an institution; an institute; a seminary. বিদ্যালয়ের ছুটির দিন a school holiday. বিদ্যালয়ের ছুটির সময় closing time of a school; school vacation. বিদ্যালয়ের সময় school time; school hours. ̃লাভ n. acquisition of learning; act of receiving education. বিদ্যালাভ করা v. to acquire learning; to receive education, to have one's education. ̃শিক্ষা n. learning; act of receiving education. বিদ্যাশিক্ষা করা v. to learn; to receive education. ̃শূন্য a. unlearned, uneducated; ignorant. ̃সাগর same as বিদ্যানিধি ।̃হীন same as বিদ্যাশূন্য । fem. বিদ্যাহীনা । 17)

(p. 794) byājāra2 a badger, a dark-grey furry animal usu, going about at night. 65)

(p. 717) baddha tied, bound, fastened; bound by an obligation (প্রতিজ্ঞাবদ্ধ); interwoven, dressed, put up (বদ্ধকবরী); shut, closed (বদ্ধদ্বার); confined, imprisoned, encaged (বদ্ধসিংহ); entrapped, ensnared (বদ্ধ মৃগ); caught in (পাশবদ্ধ); clasped (আলিঙ্গনে বদ্ধ); restrained, arrested (বদ্ধ স্রোত); stagnant (বদ্ধ জল); joined together (বদ্ধপাণি, একতাবদ্ধ); placed, put, arrayed, well-ordered (শ্রেণিবদ্ধ); firm (বদ্ধমূল); deep-rooted, deep-seated (বদ্ধ ধারনা); downright, thorough, confirmed, stark (বদ্ধ পাগল); (arith.) concrete (বদ্ধসংখ্যা). ̃দৃষ্টি n. a fixed or steadfast look, a gaze. ̃পরিকর n. firmly resolved; determined; resolute; girdled. বদ্ধ পরিকর হওয়া v. to be firmly resolved; to gird up one's loins, to gird oneself up. বদ্ধ পাগল crazy to the extreme. ̃মুষ্টি a. having closed or clenched one's palm; (fig.) close-fisted, niggardly, miserly. ̃মূল a. deeprooted, deep-seated. বদ্ধাঞ্জলি হওয়া v. to fold or join one's palms. বদ্ধাধান n. (phys.) a bounded charge. 36)

(p. 786) bērōnō to go or get out, to come out; to be out; to be published (পরীক্ষার ফল বেরিয়েছে); to emerge. 84)

(p. 751) bighurṇana (High Beng.) thorough revolution; wild or dreadful rolling (অক্ষিবিঘূর্ণন); reeling (মস্তকবিঘূর্ণন). 55)

(p. 747) bālāma a superior variety of rice; a boat for carrying this rice. 23)

(p. 741) bātidāna a lampstand; a candle-stick. 18)

(p. 721) bandha any device for binding or fastening (কোমরবন্ধ); a tie, a bond, bondage (প্রেমবন্ধ); a clasp, an embrace (ভুজবন্ধ); an obstacle (স্রোতোবন্ধ); construction (সেতুবন্ধ); composition (ছন্ধবন্ধ); restraint or stoppage (ইন্দ্রিয়বন্ধ). a. shut, closed (বন্ধ জানালা, বন্ধ অফিস); stopped, ceased, discontinued (কথাবার্তা বন্ধ); obstructed, confined, shut in (কারাগারে বন্ধ). বন্ধ করা v. to shut, to close; to stop, to cease, to discontinue; to obstruct; to confine, to shut in. গ্রীষ্মের বন্ধ the summar vacation. পূজার বন্ধ the Puja holidays, the Puja vacation. 5)

(p. 717) batsā (rare) (in affectionate address) a dear girl. 23)

(p. 773) bisamillā, bisamillāh (Mus.) an invocation of Allah whilst starting a work. বিসমিল্লায় গলদ (fig.) a mistake at the very beginning, an erroneous start. 41)

(p. 761) binaṣṭi destruction; ruin; extinction; (pop. & coll.) misuse, waste. 12)

(p. 765) bibhākara the sun. 34)

(p. 767) birasa having no or little juice; sapless, dry; dull, insipid; dispirited, displeased, sullen, glum (বিরস বদন). ̃তা n. want of juice or sap; dullness, insipidity, dispiritedness, displeasure, sullenness, glumness. বিরস বদন n. a glum face; a gloomy face. 55)

(p. 741) bātāndōlita agitated or moved or tossed by wind. 6)

(p. 761) bipada a danger; a mishap, a disaster; a difficulty, a trouble; adversity. বিপদে পড়া v. to run or fall into a danger, to be involved in a danger. বিপদে ফেলা v. to involve in a danger, to endanger, to imperil. বিপদাপদ n. pl. dangers and difficulties. বিপদাপন্ন a. endangered, imperilled. বিপদুদ্ধার করা v. to rescue or deliver from danger. ̃কাল n. time of danger, a critical time. ̃গ্রস্হ same as বিপন্ন । ̃চিহ্ন n. danger signal. ̃বহুল a. fraught with dangers and difficulties. ̃বার্তা n. a warning. ̃ভঞ্জন a. removing or counteracting dangers and difficulties. ̃সংকুল same as ̃বহুল 55)