(p. 758) bidbatkalpa appearing to be learned (though not really so); near learned, just short of being learned. 12)

(p. 748) bāhaka carrying, bearing, conveying. n. a carrier, a bearer (বাহক মারফত); a porter; (rare) a conveyance. 40)

(p. 742) bādī1 the principal note of a musical mode. 16)

(p. 765) bibijāna (Mus.) a term of endearment to address one's wife; a European lady or a foppish and ease-loving woman. 16)

(p. 779) bīra valiant, valorous; heroic; skilled in warfare; spirited. n. a valiant person; a heroic person, a hero; a skilled warrior; a spirited person; a great person (কর্মবীর). ̃চূড়ামণি n. the greatest of heroes. ̃জননী n. the mother of a hero. ̃জায়া n. the wife of a hero. ̃ত্ব n. valour; heroism. বীরত্বপূর্ণ a. valorous; heroic. বীরত্বব্যঞ্জক a. indicating valour or heroism; valorous, heroic. ̃দর্প n. a hero's challenge; a heroic assertion or declaration. ̃নারী same as বীরাঙ্গনা । ̃প্রসবিনী, ̃প্রসূ a. fem. giving birth to a hero or heroes; (of a country etc.) producing heroes. ̃বর n. a great hero. ̃বৌলি n. an earring worn by a hero (or generically by men). ̃ভোগ্যা a. fem. enjoyable only by heroes. বীরভোগ্যা বসুন্ধরা it is for the brave to conquer and enjoy the earth. ̃মাতা n. a hero's mother; a heroic mother. ̃রস n. (rhet.) a description that inspires heroism in the mind of a reader or hearer. ̃শ্রেষ্ঠ a. the greatest among heroic men. n. a most valiant man. বীরা a. fem. of বীর (a.). n. a woman having both husband and son; a kind of wine. বীরাঙ্গনা n. a heroic woman; a hero's wife. বীরাচার n. a system of worship according to Tantrism. বীরাচারী a. one who has adopted this system. বীরাসন n. a particular posture of sitting on one's haunches whilst practising বীরাচার । বীরেশ্বর n. the greatest hero; Shiva (শিব). 9)

(p. 790) baibasbata solar (বৈবস্বত মন্বন্তর = the solar dissolution). n. God Sani (শনি); Yama (যম) the god of death. 53)

(p. 785) bēḍh়ā (poet. & obs.) to encircle; to encompass, to beset. 28)

(p. 800) blaṭi mpēpāra blotting paper. 33)

(p. 767) birāma cessation; pause; intermission; interval; respite, leisure, rest. ̃চিহ্ন n. (gr.) a punctuation mark. ̃হীন a. ceaseless, non-stop, incessant: unending. 60)

(p. 721) barṇita described; narrated; delineated; stated; depicted; painted, portrayed. 96)

(p. 751) bikāśa, bikāśana a manifestation; display, exhibition; act of cropping up or arising; development; opening or widening; blooming. বিকাশ পাওয়া same as বিকশিত হওয়া (see বিকশিত). বিকাশোন্মুখ a. on the point of being manifested or exhibited; on the point of cropping up or arising; about to arise or develop; on the point of development; on the point of opening or widening or blooming. 21)

(p. 790) baiḍ়āla feline. ̃ব্রত n. (fig.) simulated holiness, sanctimony. ̃ব্রতী n. a hypocrite; hypocrisy. 32)

(p. 790) baitaraṇī (myth.) a river which the spirits of the dead have to cross in order to reach the abode of the dead, (cp.) the Styx. বৈতরণীর মাঝি n. the ferryman across the Baitarani (বৈতরণী), (cp.) Charon. 34)

(p. 748) bāsudēba Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) the son of Vasudeva (বসুদেব). 34)

(p. 721) balānō to make one say or speak or tell or confess or divulge. 144)