بردان bardān S or vara-dān (वर A bridegroom, a blessing, and दान A gift) s. m. 1. A wed- ding gift (to a bride). 2. The answer to a prayer addressed to God or to a saint.

بـﮩاري bahār-ī P adj. Vernal, of the spring.

باطل bāt̤il A (from بطل) adj. False, vain, absurd, futile, ineffectual, ignorant, abolished. باطل السحر bāt̤ilu-s-siḥr, Annuller of enchantment, what or who frustrates incantation.

بهٿهي bhaṭhī भ्राष्ट़ S̱. s. f. A furnace, a kiln.

بذل baẕl A s. m. Expense, gift, munificence. بذل هونا baẕl honā, To be expended.

بهوکس bhokas H s. m. A wizard, sorcerer, magi- cian.

بـﮩکانا bahkānā H (trans. of بـﮩکنا) v. a. To balk, disappoint, mislead, deceive, beguile. S. بهکت भक्त (r. भज Serve) bhakt, 1. s. m. An adorer, a devotee, a votary, a zealot. 2. A Hin- dū performer for entertainment, a dancer, a player. 3. adj. Pious. 4. Desirous. بهکت راج भक्तराज bhakt-rāj, s. m. King or lord of the devout, an epithet of the deity. S. بهکت भक्ति (r. भज Serve) bhakti, s. f. Re- ligion, faith, devotedness, attachment, desire. بهکتونت bhakti-want, adj. Devoted, religious, pious.

بهرانا bharānā S̱. (r. भृ Fill) v. a. 1. To fill, to cause to fill. 2. To cover (a mare).

باسکي bāsukī S (वासुकि) s. m. The chief of serpents, which is fabled to support the universe, and which was used as a string to whirl the mountain Mandar in churning the ocean for the amr̤it, &c.

براقي barrāḳ-ī A. s. f. Brilliancy, splendour.