(p. 820) bhūmikā a preface, a preamble, an introductory talk preceding a speech or action; a prologue; a presage; assumption of a dress or disguise; transfiguration; a role, a part. ভূমিকা গ্রহণ করা v. to take up a role; to take up the role of, to act as. 16)

(p. 825) bhōjana eating; feeding (কাঙালি ভোজন); a feast (বনভোজন); an article of food, food (কুভোজন). ভোজন করা v. to eat. ভোজন করানো v. to feed. ভোজনং যত্রতত্র শয়নং হট্টমন্দিরে practice of living a wild life in which one has no settled place for eating or sleeping, (cp.) Bohemianism, vagabondage. ̃দক্ষিণা n. a honorarium paid by a host to a Brahman for the latter's condescending to eat the food offered by the former. ̃পটু a. capable of eating voraciously, voracious. ̃পাত্র n. a dinner-plate. ̃বিলাস n. gourmandise, indulgence in good eating; gluttony, voraciousness. ̃বিলাসী a. gourmand, voracious. ভোজনবিলাসী ব্যক্তি a gourmand; a glutton. ̃শালা, ভোজনাগার n. a dining-room, a dining-hall; an eating-house; a hotel, a restaurant. ভোজনাবশিষ্ট, ভোজনাবশেষ same as ভুক্তাবশিষ্ট । ভোজনালয় n. an eating-house, a restaurant, a hotel. 8)

(p. 802) bhart sanā scolding, rebuke; reproach; reprimand; censure. ভর্ত্ সনা করা v. to chide, to scold, to rebuke; to reproach; to reprimand; to censure. ভর্ত্ সনীয় a. blamable, censurable, condemnable; reprehensible. 85)

(p. 813) bhāśura an elder brother or counsinbrother of one's husband, a brother-in-law. ̃ঝি n. a daughter of such a brother-in-law. ̃পো n. a son of an aforesaid brother-in-law. 39)

(p. 819) bhuḍ়bhuḍ় denoting: noise of effervescence. ভুড়ভুড় করা v. to effervesce. ভুড়ভুড়ানি, ভুড়ভুড়ি n. effervescence. 4)

(p. 808) bhāgīdāra a sharer, a shareholder. 40)

(p. 816) bhikṣuka a beggar, a mendicant, a beggarman, an alms-man; a humble petitioner. ̃রমনী n. an alms-woman, a beggarwoman. ̃সম্প্রদায় n. the beggardom. 14)

(p. 802) bhabārṇaba the world conceived as an ocean, the ocean of the world. 52)

(p. 808) bhā glow, radiance, shine, lustre; light; a beam, a ray. 8)

(p. 802) bhagnōtsāha, bhagnōdyama repulsed in one's effort, disappointed, disheatened, depressed, balked, baulked; discouraged. 23)

(p. 802) bhagāṅkura the clitoris. 19)

(p. 808) bhāō geneal condition or tendency, trend; price; rate. 11)

(p. 813) bhābōnmāda the state of being beside oneself with emotion or ecstasy or reverie or with an idea. 12)

(p. 820) bhūtuḍ়ē, bhūtuḍ়iẏā relating to ghosts (ভূতুড়ে কাহিনি = a ghost-story); done by ghosts, ghostly (ভূতুড়ে কাণ্ড = a ghostly affair); haunted by ghosts (ভূতু়ড়ে বাড়ি = a haunted house); ghost-like, haggard ভূতুড়ে চেহারা, eerie, eery, weird, uncanny ভূতুড়ে আবহাওয়া. 7)

(p. 820) bhēñci a grimace, a grin. ভেংচি কাটা same as ভ্যাংচানো । 31)