(p. 802) bhaṅgā leaves and shoots of hemp, bhang. 25)

(p. 826) bhramāndha blinded with errors or illusions. 25)

(p. 808) bhāgānō to put to flight, to drive away, to chase away. 34)

(p. 823) bhōn̐tā blunt (ভোঁতা ছুরি); dull (ভোঁতা বুদ্ধি). ভোঁতা করা v. to blunt, to dull, to take away the edge of. 25)

(p. 818) bhukta eaten; enjoyed; suffered or experienced; enjoyed as one's property; included or incorporated (গ্রন্হভুক্ত, রাজ্যভুক্ত). ̃ভোগী a. having had similar suffering or experience in the past. ভুক্তাবশিষ্ট, ভুক্তাবশেষ a. (of food and drink) left from a meal. n. leavings of a meal, orts. ভুক্তি n. eating; enjoyment; possession as one's own; inclusion, incorporation, comprisal; an ancient administrative division of land, a district. 14)

(p. 820) bhūta one of a class of supernatural beings who attend on Shiva (শিব), (cp.) genii; a ghost; an evil spirit; a bogey; a goblin; a spectre, an apparition; a creature (সর্বভূত); any one of the five constituent elements (namely, earth, water, heat, air and space). a. past, gone by; (as sfx.) reduced to (প্রস্তরীভূত). n. the past (ভূত-ভবিষ্যত্). ভূত ছাড়ানো, ভূত ছাড়া, ভূত তাড়ানো v. to exorcise. ভূত দেখা v. to see an apparition; (fig.) to be frightened suddenly. ভূত নামানো same as ভূত ছাড়ানো, and (as by spiritualists) to call up ghosts in order to obtain messages from them. ভূতে ধরা, ভূতে পাওয়া v. to be possessed by an evil spirit, to be possessed. ভূতের ওঝা an exorciser. ভূতের নাচ devil's dance; (fig.) devil of a mess, the devil and all. ভূতের বাপের শ্রাদ্ধ (fig.) great and gross waste or extravagance. ভূতের বেগার, ভূতের বোঝা (fig.) profitless toil or venture. ভূতের রোজা an exorciser. ঘাড়ে ভূত চাপা (fig.) to be seized with an evil influence or company or practice or intention; to be possessed; to be obsessed. সরষের মধ্যে ভূত (fig.) virus in the antidote. ̃কাল n. days gone by, the past; (gr.) the past tense. ̃গ্রস্ত a. possessed by an evil spirit, possessed; (fig.) working or moving mechanically as if possessed; dazed. fem. ̃গ্রস্তা । ̃তত্ত্ব n. demonology. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. proficient or versed in demonology. ̃নাথ n. Shiva (শিব). ̃পক্ষ n. the dark lunar fortnight. ̃পূর্ব a. former, erstwhile, previous, late, (arch.) whilom. ̃প্রেত n. evil spirits collectively, ghosts and spirits collectively. ̃বলি same as ভূতযজ্ঞ । ̃ভবিষ্যত্ n. the past and the future. ̃ভাবন n. the creator and protector of all living beings; Shiva (শিব). ̃ভোজন. n. (often joc.) same as ̃যজ্ঞ । ̃যজ্ঞ n. the ceremonial feeding of all living beings by a householder. ̃যোনি n. existence in the shape of a ghost after one's death. ভূতযোনি প্রাপ্ত হওয়া to become a ghost after one's death. ̃শুদ্ধি n. purification of the elemental or mortal body. ̃সঞ্চার n. inhabitation of a ghost. ভূতসঞ্চার হওয়া v. to be inhabited or possessed by a ghost or devil or evil spirit. ভূতাত্মা n. the elemental body; the human body; Brahma (ব্রহ্মা) or Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ভূতাবিষ্ট same as ভূতগ্রস্হ । ভূতাবেশ n. possession by a ghost or evil spirit. 5)

(p. 810) bhāpā, bhāpānō manufactured or cooked by application of vapour (ভাপানো দই, ভাপানো মাংস). 40)

(p. 823) bhēḍ়ākānta (fig.) an utter fool. 9)

(p. 810) bhāṅā to break or be broken, to split or be split; to fracture or be fractured; to grind (পাথর ভাঙা, গম ভাঙা); to pull down or come off, to demolish or to crumble down, to erode (বাড়ি ভাঙা, কুল ভাঙা); to open (প্যাকেট ভাঙা); to impair, to deteriorate (স্বাস্হ্য ভাঙা); to debase or be debased (কুল ভাঙা); to spoil or be spoiled; to weaken or be weakened, to discourage or be discouraged (মন ভাঙা); to remove or be removed, to dispel or be dispelled (মান ভাঙা, ভয় ভাঙা); to dissolve or be dissolved, to disband (সৈন্যবাহিনী ভাঙা); to disintegrate or be disintegrated (দল ভাঙা); to break off negotiations etc. (সম্বন্ধ ভাঙা); to sever or be severed; to estrange or be estranged (বন্ধুত্ব ভাঙা); to sow dissension or disunion (ঘর ভাঙা); to disclose or divulge (সে কথাটা ভাঙেনি); to elaborate (ভেঙে বলা); to make or become hoarse (গলা ভাঙা); to walk, to traverse (পথ ভাঙা); to wade through (জল ভাঙা, জলা ভাঙা). a. broken, split; (fractured; ground; pulled down, demolished or impaired; deteriorated; debased; weakened, discouraged; dissolved; disintegrated; broken up; severed, estranged; rent with disunion; breached, hoarsened. ভাঙা কপাল ill fate, bad luck. ভাঙা কপাল জোড়া লাগা (fig.) to thrive again after a downfall; to retrieve one's fortunes. ভেঙে বলা v. to say in detail. ̃চোরা a. broken and unserviceable (ভাঙাচোরা বাসন); dilapidated (ভাঙাচোরা বাড়ি). ̃নি n. small coins, change; act of prejudicing (one) secretly against (কানভাঙানি). a. fem. given to intrigues, sowing dissension (ঘরভাঙানি বউ); prejudicing (one) secretly against (মনভাঙানি কথা). a. masc. ভাঙানে । ̃নো v. to cause to break or split or grind or pull down or open or debase or spoil or weaken or discourage or remove or dispel or disintegrate or break up or sever or estrange or produce breach, dissension etc. or walk or traverse or wade through; to change (as a coin or currency note); to cash (as a cheque). ভাঙা-ভাঙা a. almost broken; scattered or rent here and there (ভাঙাভাঙা মেঘ); broken (ভাঙা-ভাঙা হিন্দি); half-articulate, babbling (ভাঙা-ভাঙা বোল). ভাঙাভাঙি n. disruption, dissension; disintegration; prejudicing against; discouragement; repeated breaking or split. 5)

(p. 816) bhikha (coll.) alms. ভিখ মাগা same as ভিক্ষা করা (see ভিক্ষা). গেঁয়ো যোগী ভিখ পায় না (fig.) a prophet is never honoured in his own country; (cp.) familiarity breeds contempt. 16)

(p. 826) bhōlānātha (fig.) an utterly forgetful person; Shiva (শিব). 5)

(p. 808) bhāgāḍ় a waste land for depositing dead bodies of animals; a carrion-depot. 33)

(p. 802) bh the twenty-fourth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 820) bhṛṅgi, bhṛṅgī one of the two chief attendants of Shiva (শিব). 27)

(p. 818) bhīru timid; cowardly, dastardly. ভীরু ব্যক্তি a timid person, a faint-heart; a coward, a dastard, a poltroon. ̃চিত্ত a. faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, timid; cowardly. ̃তা n. timidness, faint-heartedness; cowardice, poltroonery. ̃স্বভাব a. timid or timorous or cowardly by nature. 7)