برهم ब्रह्म brahm S or brahma, God, the cause and essence of the world from which all things are supposed to proceed and to which they return. برهم استر brahm-astra, s. m. A fabled weapon, which, consecrated by a formula addressed to Brahmā, deals infallible destruction to those against whom it is discharged. برهمبهوج brahm- bhoj, Feeding of Brāhmaṇs. برهم ديت brahma- daitya, An apparition, Satan, ghost. برهمراتر ब्रह्मरात्रि brahma-rātri, s. f. A night of Brah- mā, comprising a thousand ages of the gods, or 216,000,000 of those of mortals. See کلپ kalpa, sign. 2. برهم راکهس brahma-rākhas, A kind of

بتهرانا bithrānā S̱. v. a. To scatter, to sprinkle.

بختياري baḵẖt-yār-ī P s. f. Good fortune.

بيت الخلا baitu-l-ḵẖalā A s. m. A necessary, a privy.

بره bara P s. m. A lamb, a kid. ¶ ba-rah, In or on the way.

برزن barzan P s. A street or quarter of a town, a desert or plain.

برتي birtī H s. m. Name of a plant. (A species of Panicum).

بربري barbar-ī H s. f. A large kind of goat (from Barbary).

بللانا bilalānā H v. n. To lament. See بلبلانا bil- bilānā.

بيس bais S̱. s. m. 1. (for वैश्य) The third of the four Hindū tribes or varns: see برن. 2. Name of a tribe of Rājpūts. (A prince of that tribe formerly reigned at Daunriākherā. His dominions, which extended over a great part of Oude, on the north bank of the Ganges, are still called Bais-wāṛā). 3. (for वयस्) Age.