بلا bi-lā A prep. Without. بلاتردد bilā taraddud, Without hesitation. بلاتوقف bilā tawaḳḳuf, Without delay, speedily. بلانصيب bilā naṣīb, Unfortunate (plur. بلانصيبان).

براق burāḳ A n. prop. The ass on which Mu- hammad is said to have passed from Jerusalem to heaven.

برندا वृंदा brindā S or vr̤indā, s. f. A plant wor- shipped by the Hindūs, commonly called Tulsī. (Ocimum sanctum).

بسان ba-sān P In the likeness, like.

بيٿهکا baiṭhka S̱. s. m. 1. A seat, a place where people meet to sit and converse, a bench. 2. s. f. (from بيٿهنا) Act or state of sitting, sitting. 3. A kind of exercise.

بت but P s. m. An idol, image, statue; a be- loved object, a mistress. (Plur. بتان). بت پرست but-parast, An idolater. بت برستي but- parast-ī, s. f. Idolatry. بت تراش but-tarāsh, A sculptor, a carver of idols. بت تراشي but- tarāsh-ī, s. f. The art of a sculptor, sculpture, statuary. بتخانه but-ḵẖāna, s. m. An idol- temple.

بهيتري bhītrī S̱. (from بهيتر) adj. Inward, inside, internal, inner, inferiour.

بهينساداد bhaiṅsā-dād S̱. (महिषद्द्रु) s. m. A kind of ringworm.

برننا barannā S̱. (r. वर्ण Paint, celebrate) v. a. To explain, to describe, to praise.

بامهني bāmhnī S̱. s. f. 1. (for ब्राह्मणी) The