(p. 748) bāsanā1 a dried bark or spathe of the banana and other plants. 15)

(p. 717) baṇikasaṅgha a corporation or association of the traders; a guild. 12)

(p. 751) bikalpa an alternative concept; an alternative; a substitute; doubt; (gr.) a variant or a doublet; (phil.) fancy. বিকল্প প্রমাণ alternative proof. বিকল্পে adv. alternatively; as a substitute. 15)

(p. 751) bicikicchi extremely ugly; odd-looking; very unpleasant (বিচিকিচ্ছি ব্যাপার); very troublesome (বিচিকিচ্ছি কাজ বা অঙ্ক). বিচিকিচ্ছি অবস্হায় ফেলা v. to put (one) in a false position or embarrassing situation. 69)

(p. 717) badana face, countenance; mouth; appearance. ̃কমল n. a lotus-like face; a face conceived as a lotus. ̃ভরে adv. with full-throated ease. ̃মন্ডল n. face, countenance. 29)

(p. 786) bēniẏāna a broker or financier; a kind of loose jacket or undergarment; a banian, a banyan. 59)

(p. 721) balihāri (iron.) excellent (বলিহারি বুদ্ধি). adv. rendered speechless, dumbfounded (বলিহারী যাই). int. excellent, bravo. 155)

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

(p. 715) bagi1 a hooded buggy. 18)

(p. 715) bakharā a share. বখরা করা v. to divide into shares, to share, to apportion. বখরা দেওয়া v. to give a share, to share. বখরা পাওয়া v. to get a share, to share. বখরা নেওয়া v. to take a share, to share. ̃দার n. a sharer, a shareholder, a partner. 10)

(p. 721) bām̐ōḍ় the bend of a river where the current is obstructed, (cp.) an eddy, a whirlpool. 255)

(p. 767) birāśi eighty-two. 61)

(p. 789) bēśumāra innumerable, countless. 23)

(p. 758) bidyut lightning; electricity. ̃গর্ভ a. impregnated with electricity; charged with electricity. ̃প্রবাহ n. an electric current. ̃প্রভ a. as dazzlingly bright as a flash of lightning. fem. ̃প্রভা । ̃স্পন্দন, ̃স্ফুরণ n. electric vibration. ̃স্পৃষ্ট a. struck by lightning. ̃স্ফুলিঙ্গ n. an electric spark. বিদ্যুদ্দাম n. a flash of lightning; a garland-like series of lightning flashes. বিদ্যুদ্বর্ষী a. discharging electricity. বিদ্যুদ্বেগ n. lightning speed. বিদ্যুদ্বেগে adv. as speedily as lightning. বিদ্যুন্মালা same as বিদ্যুদ্দাম । বিদ্যুল্লতা n. a streak of lightning. 18)

(p. 781) buddhi understanding; discernment, judgment; gumption; sagacity; intelligence; intellect; talent; counsel, advice; a device or scheme; propensity, tendency (পাপবুদ্ধি). বুদ্ধি করা v. to plan, to scheme; to consult or confer with. বুদ্ধি খাটানো v. to apply tact and ingenuity, to have recourse to a contrivance. বুদ্ধি দেওয়া v. to advise, to counsel. বুদ্ধি নেওয়া v. to take counsel or advice of. বুদ্ধি হারানো v. to be at one's wit's end; to lose one's senses; to become rash or injudicious. বুদ্ধির ঢেঁকি (fig.) an utterly foolish or stupid person, a dunce. ̃গম্য a. comprehensible; intelligible; conceivable. ̃জীবী a. earning one's livelihood by means of one's intellect; (loos.) intellectual. n. an intellectual. বুদ্ধিজীবী সম্প্রদায় the intelligentsia. ̃দাতা n. an adviser, a counsellor. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃নাশ same as ̃ভ্রংশ ̃বিকাশ n. growth of intelligence or understanding. ̃বৃত্তি n. the faculty of understanding, intellect; sense, wit; reasoning, discernmeat, judgment. ̃বৃত্তিমূলক a. intellectual; rational. ̃ভ্রংশ n. loss or impairment of intellect, mental unhingement; folly; bewilderment; mental distraction; loss or corruption of senses. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. mentally unhinged; one with intellect impaired; bewildered; mentally distracted; out of one's senses; foolish, stupid. ̃মতী fem. of বুদ্ধিমান । ̃মত্তা n. intellectuality; intelligence; talent; sagacity. ̃মান a. intelligent; talented; sagacious; shrewd; intellectual. ̃হীন a. unintelligent; stupid, foolish. fem. ̃হীনা । ̃হীনতা n. stupidity, foolishness; a folly. বুদ্ধীন্দ্রিয় n. the organ of cognition, the mind, a sense-organ. 3)