بندوبست band-o-bast P (from بستن) s. m. Set- tlement, regulation, disposition, arrangement, economy, management, government.

بند band P (Sans. बंध) s. m. f. A fastening, a knot, a bond, imprisonment, arrest, captivity, a bandage, belt, roll, string, joint, knuckle; a sort of poetical composition or ode. adj. Fast- ened, bound; shut, stopped. (In compos.) Bound, armed, or part. act. (of بستن) Binding, binder. بندخانه band-ḵẖāna, s. m. A prison. بندباندهنا band bāndhnā, To restrain an inunda- tion with dykes. بندبندپکڙنا band band pakaṛ- nā, To seize (as rheumatism, &c.) all oneʼs joints. بندبيٿهنا band baiṭhnā, To succeed in an affair. بندپکڙنا band pakaṛnā, To object to the argu-

بيرا bīrā H s. m. A brother.

بمبي bumbī H s. f. The navel. P. A. بمجرد ba-mujarrad, adv. Instantly, at the instant. P. A. بمرتبه ba-martaba, To a degree, to or in a (great) degree.

بيساکهي baisākh-ī S (वैशाखी) 1. adj. Growing in the month of baisākh, or relating to that month. 2. s. f. A large kind of myrobalan or citron fruit. 3. The day of full moon in the month baisākh.

بردان bardān S or vara-dān (वर A bridegroom, a blessing, and दान A gift) s. m. 1. A wed- ding gift (to a bride). 2. The answer to a prayer addressed to God or to a saint.

بيرتا bīr-tā S (वीरता) s. f. Prowess, valour.

بهيڙبهاڙ bhīṛ-bhāṛ H s. f. Crowd, mob, bustle.

بـﮩرانا bahir-ānā S̱. (बहिर् Out, and آنا To come) v. n. To issue, come out.

بونا bonā S̱. (वपन r. वप) v. a. To sow.