بساهند bisāhind S̱. (वास Smell) s. f. Fetidness, stink.

بـﮩل bahl A adj. Little, easy. s. Malediction.

باکره bākira A part. act. f. (from بکر used sub- stantively) A virgin.

بنگي bang-ī P s. m. One who intoxicates himself with bang.

بهکشا भिक्षा bhiksh̤ā S s. f. 1. Begging. 2. Alms.

بکهئي bikhaʼī विषयी S. adj. Sensual, worldly.

برهمچاري ब्रह्मचारी brahmachārī S s. m. A re- ligious student, a Brāhmaṇ from the time of his investiture with the sacerdotal thread till he becomes a householder, a person who continues with his spiritual teacher studying the Veda, a Panḍit learned in the Veda, an ascetick.

بانهـ bāṅh S (बाहु) s. f. 1. The arm. 2. Gua- rantee, protector or security (as, when a per- son trusts himself in the power of an enemy, a third person, who engages to return him to his house or fort in security, is his bāṅh). بانهـ پکڙنا bāṅh pakaṛnā, To protect. بانهـ ٿوٿنا bāṅh ṭūṭnā, To be destitute of friends or pro- tectors. بانهـ دينا bāṅh denā, To assist: see بازودينا bāzū denā. بانهـ گهنا bāṅh gahnā, To protect. بانهين چڙهانا bāṅheṅ chaṛhānā, To get ready, to prepare.

بهينس bhaiṅs महिषी S̱. s. f. A female buf- falo.

باهمني bāhman-ī S. s. f. The wife of a Brāhman, a Brāhmaness. See بامهني bāmhnī.