بالا बाला bālā S 1. s. f. A female child, a girl not exceeding sixteen. 2. A medicinal and fra- grant plant. 3. s. m. An earring. 4. (for Sans. बाल) A male child, a boy. بالاچاند bālā chānd, The new moon.

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.

بٿيا biṭiyā H (dimin. of بيٿي) s. f. A daughter.

بتولي batolī H s. f. Buffoonery.

بچهڙنا bichhuṛnā S̱. or bichhaṛnā (वि and r. छुट Cut) v. n. To separate, to be separated.

بکهيڙا bakheṛā H s. m. Wrangling, a tumult, broil, contention, dispute, quarrel.

برون birūṅ P adv. (contract. of بيرون) Without; the outside.

بچاره bichāra P. (for بي چاره q. v.) adj. Helpless.

بهنٿواس bhinṭwās H s. m. A sort of pulse.

بکن ba-kun P imper. 2d pers. sing. (of کردن) Do. ¶ ba-kan (from کندن) Dig.