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-

بم bam S (वम्) An interjection addressed to Siva (much used by pilgrims to the temple of Baij- nāth or Vaidyanāth). A.P. بم bam, s. f. 1. The bass part in musick. 2. A bass or lowest string, or drum having the deepest tone. 3. Deep sound (as that of the large pipes of an organ, or of a drum).

بجوگي bijog-ī S̱. An unfortunate, a miserable per- son. See بيوگي biyog-ī.

بليد balīd A adj. Stupid, a dunce, a simpleton.

بادپا bād-pā P s. m. A swift horse, courser.

باقيات bāḳiyāt A s. plur. (of باقي) Remainders, balances, arrears.

به bih P 1. adj. Good, better. 2. s. A quince.

بهل bhal H s. m. Side, direction. سرکي بهل sir ke bhal, Head-foremost, head-long.

بنياد bunyād P s. f. Foundation, basis, origin. بنيادڐالنا bunyād ḍālnā, To lay the foundation, to found.

بسدها basudhā S (वसुधा from वसु Riches, and r. धां Hold) s. f. The world, the earth.