بسنتي basant-ī S̱. adj. Of yellow colour. (This was Krishnaʼs favourite colour).

بيد वेद bed S or veda, s. m. A Veda, or the Ve- das in the aggregate. The original Veda is be- lieved by the Hindūs to have been revealed by Brahmā, and to have been preserved by tra- dition until it was arranged in its present order by a sage, who thence obtained the surname of Vyāsa or Vedavyāsa, that is, compiler of the Vedas. He distributed the Indian scripture into four parts, which are severally entitled ऋग् Rig, यजुष् Yajush̤, साम Sāma, and अथर्व Atharva; and each of them bears the common name of Veda.

بوچا būchā H adj. m. Ear-cropt, without ears.

بيانا byānā S̱. (वयन r. वी Generate) v. n. To be delivered of young (applied to animals only), to calve, foal, farrow, litter, pup, yean.

بنا binā A s. f. Building, foundation. بناکرنا binā karnā, To build.

بساطي bisāt̤-ī H See بساتي bisāt-ī.

بوتا botā P s. m. A young camel.

برق barḳ A s. f. (Heb. ) Lightning. برق زده barḳ-zada, Struck with lightning. برقنداز barḳ- andāz, A matchlock man, a musketeer.

بساط bisāt̤ A (from بسط) s. f. What is spread out; carpeting, bedding, a chess-board, dice-board, expanse, surface, expansion, &c. This word is, also, adopted for h. بسات bisāt, q. v. ¶ basāt̤, An extensive plain.

بادهوائي bād-hawā-ī P s. f. Fruitlessness, use- lessness, waste.