(p. 748) bāhubandhana a hug; an embrace. 53)

(p. 781) bubhukṣā craving for food; hunger. বুভুক্ষিত, বুভুক্ষু a. hungry. 9)

(p. 713) ban̐ṭi a kind of large knife fixed almost at right angle in a piece of wood on which one sits whilst cutting fish, vegetables etc. ̃ঝাঁপ n. the practice of throwing oneself from above upon aforesaid knives during the feast of charak (চড়ক). 23)

(p. 773) bisbāda distasteful; tasteless, insipid; vapid; (fig.) dull or disgusting. 63)

(p. 721) basu one of a class of demigods; wealth, riches. ̃ধা n. the earth. ̃ধারা n. an auspicious symbol painted on the inner wall of a room by Hindus at wedding etc. বসুন্ধরা, ̃মতী n. the earth (often personified as mother-earth). 181)

(p. 767) bibhīṣaṇa extremely terrible. n. a character of the Ramayana; (fig.) a traitor to one's own family or country, a quisling, a fish-columnist. বিভীষণ-বাহিনী n. the fifth column. 6)

(p. 743) bāpēra janmē never in my life (বাপের জন্মে শুনিনি). 29)

(p. 743) bāẏanā2 earnest money. বায়না করা v. to deposit or advance earnest money. 50)

(p. 747) bārdhakyatattba, bārdhakyabidyā the study of the problems of old age; gerontology. 10)

(p. 785) bēñca, bēñci a bench, a form. 15)

(p. 792) bōn̐cakā a small bundle tied up in a piece of cloth, a pack. বোঁচকাবুঁচকি n. luggage. বোঁচকাবুঁচকিসমেত bag and baggage. 22)

(p. 717) -banta denoting: possession or endowment (লক্ষ্মীবন্ত, রূপবন্ত). 59)

(p. 782) bēkhēẏāla without attention or intent, inattentive; absent-minded. n. inattention; absent-mindedness. 54)

(p. 713) bakkāla a medicinal tree-bark. 45)

(p. 767) birala sparse, thinly scattered or placed (বিরলদন্ত); very thinly frequented or inhabited by (জনবিরল); rare (বিরল ঘটনা). n. a secluded or lonely place, solitude. বিরলকেশ a. thin-haired; baldheaded, almost without hair on one's head. ̃তা n. sparseness: rareness, rarity. ̃বসতি a. thinly populated. বিরলে adv. in seclusion. 54)