(p. 825) bhōjya eatable, edible. n. an article of food, an eatable; food; food offering to the manes of ancestors. ̃তেল n. edible oil. 15)

(p. 826) bhyā denoting: bleating; baa; loud weeping (ভ্যা করে কাঁদা). 13)

(p. 820) bhūsbāmī a landowner; a landlord, a zeminder; a king. fem. ভূস্বামিনী a female landowner; a landowner's wife; a queen. 22)

(p. 808) bhān̐ṭā12 a discus, a quoit. 18)

(p. 810) bhābārtha inner significance; purport, gist, substance.

(p. 802) bhagna broken; fractured (ভগ্ন অস্হি); severed, detached (ভগ্নশাখ); pulverized (ভগ্ন শস্য); curved, stooping, hunched (ভগ্নপৃষ্ঠ); dilapidated (ভগ্নমন্দির); demolished (ভগ্নকুটির); impaired, ruined, shattered (ভগ্নস্বাস্হ্য); ungratified, unentertained (ভগ্নমনোরথ); depressed or dejected; defeated or routed (ভগ্নবাহিনী); hoarse, husky (ভগ্নস্বর); (arith.) fractional (ভগ্নসংখ্যা). ̃কন্ঠে adv. in a broken or husky voice, hoarsely. ̃গৃহ n. a dilapidated house; (fig.) a house in utter disorder or confusion. ̃চিত্ত a. same as ̃হৃদয় । ̃দশা n. broken or dilapidated or ruined state, a state of decay. ̃দূত n. a messenger or a soldier bringing the news of defeat from the battlefield; (fig.) a person bringing bad or disheartening news. ̃দেহ a. having one's health run down or impaired or shattered. ̃প্রায় a. threatening to fall, tottering. ̃মনোরথ a. disappointed; balked, baulked. ̃স্তূপ n. a heap of broken-down remains, ruins. ̃স্বাস্হ্য a. with or in run-down or broken health. n. broken or run-down health. ̃হৃদয় a. broken-hearted; dejected. ভগ্নাংশ n. a broken-away part, a fraction; (arith.) a fraction. ভগ্নাঙ্ক n. (arith.) a fraction. ভগ্নাবশিষ্ট a. lying or remaining in or as ruins. ভগ্নাবশেষ n. broken-down remains, ruins; relics. ভগ্নাবস্হা n. brokendown or ruined or dilapidated state, a state of ruin or decay. ভগ্নাবস্হ a. broken-down, in ruins, dilapidated. ভগ্নাশ a. disappointed, despondent. 22)

(p. 826) bhramiyantra a drill, an auger. 27)

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

(p. 813) bhāṣita spoken, said; uttered; narrated; stated. 44)

(p. 820) bhēkha asceticism, ascesis; Vaishnava asceticism; the garb of an ascetic esp. of a Vaishnava ascetic; disguise; simulation. ভেখ ধরা v. to take to asceticism esp. Vaishnava asceticism; to put on the garb of an ascetic esp. of a Vaishnava ascetic (also ভেখ নেওয়া); to assume a disguise; to simulate. ̃ধারী n. an ascetic; a Vaishnava ascetic; a disguised person; a hypocrite.

(p. 802) bhajana glorification of a deity (esp. in devotional songs); worship, adoration; serving (রাজাকে ভজন); (mus.) a kind of devotional song, a devotional hymn. ̃পূজন n. prayer and worship. ̃ভাজন n. (fig.) act of persuading by flattery, coaxing and cajoling. ভজনা n. worship, adoration; serving; flattery, adulation. ভজনা করা v. to worship, to adore; to serve; to flatter, to adulate. ভজনালয় n. a house of worship; a shrine; a temple, a synagogue, a church, a mosque. 30)

(p. 813) bhāṣya an explanation; a commentary; annotation, gloss. ভাষ্য করা v. to explain; to make a commentary of; to annotate; to gloss. ̃কার n. an explainer; a commentator; an annotator; a glosser, a glossarist.

(p. 808) bhastrā a blacksmith's bellows; a large leathern bag for carrying water. 6)

(p. 810) bhātuẏā subsisting chiefly on rice, riceeating; (fig.) feeble, cowardly. 29)