(p. 823) bhērēṇḍā the castor-oil plant, Ricinus communis. ভেরেণ্ডা ভাজা (fig.) idling, to while away time; to remain idle or unemployed. 16)

(p. 802) bhadra polished or elegant in taste or demeanour; (rare) civilized; courteous; polite; well-behaved, mannerly; amiable; suave; belonging to polished or high society; gentle, auspicious, propitious, salutary; honest, chaste. n. weal; welfare; Shiva (শিব). ভদ্র আচরণ gentlemanly conduct; good manners. ̃কালী n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃তা n. polished or elegant taste or demeanour; courtesy, politeness; amiability; suavity; gentility; auspiciousness, propitiousness, salutariness; honesty, chastity; formality. ভদ্রতা করা v. to treat one courteously, to be formal with; to be suave. ভদ্রতার অনুরোধে, ভদ্রতার খাতিরে for courtesy's sake, for the sake of formalities. ভদ্রতাচরণ n. courteous or polite deportment or conduct, courtesy. ভদ্রতাবিরুদ্ধ a. discourteous, impolite, uncivil. ভদ্রতামূলক a. pertaining to courtesy, formal. ̃মহিলা n. fem. a gentle woman; a lady. ̃লোক n. a gentleman; a courteous or amiable man; an honest man. ভদ্রলোকের এক কথা (fig.) a gentleman or an honest man is always true to his words or promise. ̃সন্তান n. one coming of a respectable family; a gentleman. ̃সমাজ n. society of cultured or decent people. ̃স্হ a. (coll.) in the state of a gentlemen; gentlemanlike. ভদ্রা a. fem. of ভদ্র (a.). n. (astr. & astrol.) the second, seventh or twelfth day of a lunar fortnight (these days are considered inauspicious. ভদ্র পড়া v. (dial.) to be obstructed or hindered; to have an impediment or a hitch or a set-back. ভদ্রাভদ্র n. good and evil; respectable and disreputable. ভদ্রেশ্বর n. a manifestation of Shiva (শিব). ভদ্রোচিত a. gentlemanlike, gentlemanly; polite; courteous; gentle. 43)

(p. 816) bhila one of an aboriginal non-Aryan tribe of India. 32)

(p. 818) bhun̐ḍ়ō pot-bellied, abdominous. 12)

(p. 826) bhraṃśa, bhraṃśana detachment; fall; downfall; deviation; a casting off (জাতিভ্রংশ); deprivation, loss (বুদ্ধিভ্রংশ); (phys.) displacement. ভ্রংশ-হার n. (phys.) the rate of displacement. ভ্রংশিত a. detached; fallen; downfallen; deviated; cast off; deprived of; (phys.) displaced. 20)

(p. 802) bhaga the six divine graces collectively, namely, riches, vigour, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation; godhead, divinity; glory; fortune, good luck; beauty (সুভগ); the vagina; the anus (ভগন্দর). 10)

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

(p. 810) bhādra, bhādrapada the fifth month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of August to the middle of September). 32)

(p. 825) bhōṭa1 Bhutan. a. Bhutanese. 16)

(p. 810) bhātē boiled along with rice (আলু ভাতে); cooked by keeping in the heat of boiled rice (মাছ ভাতে). n. any article of food thus boiled (ভাতেভাত = such articles of food and boiled rice). 30)

(p. 808) -bhāka (used as a sfx.) sharing. 27)

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

(p. 810) bhāṇḍāra a store, a storehouse, a storeroom; a treasury; a fund; a granary; a garner; a coffer. ̃-করণিক n. a storeclerk. ভাণ্ডারে রাখা, ভাণ্ডার়জাত করা v. to store; to garner. ভাণ্ডার পূর্ণ করা v. to fill one's coffer. ̃সহায়ক n. a depot assistant. ভাণ্ডারী n. a storekeeper; a treasurer. 22)

(p. 802) bhabana1 act of becoming, act of being reduced to (ঘনীভবন = condensation; বাষ্পীভবন = evaporation). 49)

(p. 820) bhēm̐pu a kind of wind-instrument; a bugle, a trumpet; a honk, a horn, a hoot (মোটরের ভেঁপু). ভেঁপু বাজানো v. to blow the aforesaid wind-instrument, to bugle, to trumpet; to honk, to hoot, to horn. 32)