(p. 802) bhagabadagītā a part of the Mahabharata epitomizing the teaching of the Upanishad (abbr. গীতা). 14)

(p. 802) bharaṇī the second of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy. 68)

(p. 808) bhān̐jā to fold, to plait; (mus.) to hum or utter esp. to practise (সুর ভাঁজা); to move or brandish or wave (মুগুর ভাঁজা); to exercise with (ডাম্বেল ভাঁজা); to shuffle (as playing cards); (usu. dero.) to excogitate, to devise, to scheme (ফন্দি ভাঁজা). 17)

(p. 808) bhān̐ḍ়2 a case for containing barber's implements. 21)

(p. 808) bhān̐ḍ়ānō to deceive, to hoodwink, to bamboozle; to assume a false name, appellation etc. suppressing what is true or authentic (নাম ভাঁড়ানো, পরিচয় ভাঁড়ানো). 24)

(p. 810) bhātuḍ়iẏā, bhātuḍ়ē dependant on others for maintenance. 28)

(p. 813) bhāri the skylark; the quail. 20)

(p. 813) bhārārpita entrusted with a charge. 28)

(p. 808) bhallāta, bhallātaka a kind of nut-bearing plant or its nut, the gall-nut (?), the anacardium (?). 2)

(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. 802) bharadbāja the skylark. 72)

(p. 816) bhīma terrible, terrific, horrible; awful; tremendous. n. the second son of King Pandu (পাণ্ডু). 37)

(p. 826) bhōlā2 forgetful, oblivious; forgotten. n. a forgetful person; Shiva (শিব). 4)

(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. 816) bhikṣuṇī a Buddhist mendicant nun; a mendicant nun; a beggar-woman. 15)