(p. 816) bhita foundation, base; plinth; a wall; direction, side, a point of the compass (চারিভিতে). 22)

(p. 808) bhasma ash, ashes; cinder; calx; remains of human body when burnt, ashes. ভস্ম করা v. to reduce or burn to ashes; to calcine. ̃সাত্ a. reduced or burnt to ashes. ̃স্তূপ n. an ash-heap. ভস্মাচ্ছন্ন, ভস্মাচ্ছাদিত same as ভস্মাবৃত । ভস্মাধার n. a vase for holding ashes of the dead, an urn; an ash-bucket, an ash-can; an ashtray. ভস্মাবশেষ n. remains of anything burnt; remains of the human body when burnt; ashes. ভস্মাবৃত a. covered or smeared with ashes; (fig.) concealed or disguised (ভস্মাবৃত রূপ). ভস্মীকরণ n. reducing or burning to ashes; calcination. ভস্মীকৃত, ভস্মীভূত a. reduced or burnt to ashes; calcined; (fig.) utterly destroyed. 7)

(p. 820) bhūmi the earth; the surface of the earth; soil; ground; floor; agricultural land, land, a field, a place, a site (রণভূমি): a country (জন্মভূমি); a repertory or receptacle (বিশ্বাসভূমি); (geom.) a base. ̃কম্প, ̃খন্ড, ̃গর্ভ same as ভূকম্প, ভূখণ্ড and ভূগর্ভ respectively (see ̃ভূ). ̃গ্রহ n. land acquisition. ভূমিগ্রহ-আধিকারিক n. land acquisition officer. ভূমিগ্রহ-সমাহর্তা n. a Land Acquisition Collector. ̃জ a. grown out of the earth; earth-born; holding tenancy of land in lieu of menial services. ভূমিজ প্রজা (hist.) a villein. ̃তল n. the surface of the earth; ground; floor. ̃দান n. a grant of land. ̃রাজস্ব n. land revenue. ̃রেখা n. base line. ̃লেখা n. land records. ̃শয্যা, ̃শায়িত, ̃শায়ী same as ভূশয্যা, ভূশায়িত and ভূশায়ী respectively (see ভূ). ভূমিষ্ঠ হওয়া v. to fall to the ground; to prostrate oneself on the ground (ভূমিষ্ঠ হয়ে প্রণাম); to be born. ̃সাত্ a. fallen to the ground; razed to the ground. ভূমিসাত্ করা v. to pull down to the ground; to raze to the ground. ভূমিসাত্ হওয়া v. to fall to the ground; to be razed to the ground. ̃সুত n. the Mars. ̃স্হ, ̃স্হিত a. lying or situated on the ground. 15)

(p. 802) bhakṣita eaten; eaten up, consumed. 9)

(p. 808) bhām̐ōtā a hoax; a bluff; deception. ভাঁওতা দেওয়া v. to hoax; to bluff; to deceive. ̃বাজ n. a hoaxer; a bluffer; a deceiver. ̃বাজি n. hoaxing; bluffing; deceiving. 15)

(p. 816) bhitara the interior, the inside; the midst, the middle; the inmost part (মনের ভিতরটা খাঁ-খাঁ করছে). prep. & adv. in, within, into, inside; in the midst of, amidst. a. inner. ভিতরের কথা, ভিতরের খবর a secret, inside information. ভিতরের ব্যাপার a secret; an internal affair. ̃দিক n. the inside; the inward direction or portion. ̃বাড়ি n. the inner apartments of a residential building; the gynaeceum, the seraglio. ̃বাহির n. the inside and outside; ins and outs. ভিতর-ভিতর adv. inwardly; at heart; secretly, surreptitiously; under the counter. ̃মহল same as ভিতরবাড়ি । ভিতরে prep. & adv. same as ভিতর (prep. & adv.). ভিতরে-ভিতরে same as ভিতর-ভিতর । 23)

(p. 813) bhābōddīpaka thought-inspiring, thoughtprovoking; awakening ideas or emotions. 8)

(p. 818) bhīṣma terrible. n. a character of the Mahabharata. ভীষ্মের প্রতিজ্ঞা an unalterable or resolute vow or pledge; a firm resolve. 9)

(p. 820) bhūrja the birch. ̃পত্র n. the birch; the bark of the birch (formerly used in lieu of paper). 18)

(p. 816) bhāsā to float, to drift; to swim; to be buoyant; to be flooded (with) (বন্যায় দেশ ভাসা); to rise or strike or appear in, to occur to (মনে ভাসা); (fig.) to be overflowing. ভাসান n. immersion (as of an image of a deity); a kind of folksong celebrating activities of some deities (মনসার ভাসান). ভাসা-ভাসা a. shallow, superficial. ভাসা-ভাসা জ্ঞান indexlearning, skin-deep or superficial knowledge. ভাসানো v. to cause to float; to float; to levitate, to set adrift; to flood or overflow. 6)

(p. 808) bhāgī2 receiving (upon oneself), a sharer, partaking of, participating in. 38)

(p. 826) bhrāmyamāṇa that which is being made to travel or rotate; that which is being circulated; (pop.) itinerant, travelling (ভ্রাম্যমাণ বিক্রেতা); (pop.) circulating (ভ্রাম্যমাণ পাঠাগার); mobile (ভ্রাম্যমাণ ডাকঘর, হাসপাতাল ইত্যাদি). n. (inc.) a traveller (ভ্রাম্যমাণের দিনপঞ্জিকা). 35)

(p. 820) bhūbhārata India and the rest of the world; the whole world. 11)

(p. 808) bhāgya fate, fortune, luck, destiny; chance; good fortune, good luck. ̃ক্রমে adv. fortunately, luckily; by chance. ̃গণনা n. fortune-telling. ভাগ্যগণনা করা v. to foretell or tell one's fortune. ̃গণনাকারী n. a fortune-teller, an astrologer. ̃গুণে adv. by dint of one's good fortune; (often ironically) as one's fate would have it; because of one's ill fate. ̃চক্র n. the wheel of fortune; everchangeful fortune. ̃দেবতা n. the god or goddess of fortune or destiny, Destiny, (cp.) the Fates. fem. ̃দেবী । ̃দোষে adv. through bad luck, unfortunately, as ill luck would have it. ̃নিয়ন্তা same as ̃বিধাতা । ̃পরীক্ষা n. a trial of luck. ভাগ্য পরীক্ষা করা v. to try one's luck. ̃পুরুষ same as ̃বিধাতা । ̃ফল n. one's destiny; astrological reading of one's fortune. ̃বতী fem. of ̃বান । ̃বন্ত same as ̃বান । ̃বল n. strength of one's good fortune; fortune's favour. ̃বাদী n. a fatalist. ̃বান a. fortunate, lucky. ̃বিড়ম্বনা n. bad or ill luck; misfortune; reverses of fate. ̃বিধাতা n. the divine ordainer of fortune or destiny, Destiny. fem. ̃বিধাত্রী । ̃বিপর্যয় n. reverses of fortune; reversal of fortune; misfortune. ̃মন্ত same as ̃বান । ̃লিখন, ̃লিপি n. one's foreordained fortune (esp. as supposed to have been written on one's forehead by the god of destiny). ̃হীন a. unfortunate, luckless, ill-fated, unlucky. fem. ̃হীনা । ভাগ্যি n. dial. corrup. of ভাগ্য । int. expressing: it is fortunate that, luckily (ভাগ্যি তুমি এলে). ভাগ্যিস int. same as ভাগ্যি (int.). ভাগ্যোদয় n. dawning of one's good fortune. 42)

(p. 816) bhāskara the sun; a sculptor. 7)