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.

بو bū A (for ابو Heb. ) Father; possessed of, en-

بکهم bikham S (विषम) adj. 1. Odd (number). 2. Difficult. See بشم bisham.

بباد bibād S (विवाद from वि and r. वद Speak) s. m. Contest or lawsuit; quarrel, altercation.

بيدوا bed-wā S̱. s. m. A reader of the Beds.

بهون چنپا bhūṅ-champā भूमिचंपक S̱. s. m. The name of a plant. (Kœmpferia rotunda).

بکسنا bikasnā विकसन S̱. v. n. 1. To blow or expand (as a flower). 2. To be delighted, to smile.

بيت الحرام baitu-l-ḥarām A s. m. (Sacred house) The temple of Mecca.

برمانا birmānā S̱. (causal of برمنا q. v.) v. a. To stop; to tame, to reduce to obedience, to allure.

بونا baunā वामन S̱. 1. adj. Dwarfish. 2. s. m. A dwarf; the fifth (avatār) incarnation of the deity. See اوتار.