بندهيجـ bandhej S̱. (r. बंध Bind) s. m. 1. Parsi- mony. 2. Stability, steadiness, persistence. S. بندي (वन्दी) s. m. A prisoner, captive.

بندا bandā S (वंदा) s. m. Mistletoe, a kind of epidendron. (Epidendrum tesselatum). See باندا.

بازو bāzū P s. m. 1. The arm. 2. The fold of a door. 3. The side of a bedstead. 4. A friend, a companion. 5. One who repeats the chorus of the مرثيه mars̤iya, an accompanier, second or assistant in a song. بازودينا bāzū denā, To assist, to help, to support: see بانهـ دينا.

بهاڙا bhāṛā H s. m. Hire, fare.

بلهي balhī H s. f. A fagot.

بچانا bachānā H v. a. 1. (trans. of بچنا) To save, to preserve, to protect, secure, to reserve, extricate, to spare, to defend, to guard, to leave, to avoid, to conceal. 2. (Perhaps, for بجانا q. v.) To sound (a musical instrument).

برکات barakāt A plur. (of برکت barakat, Heb. ) s. f. Blessings, auspiciousness, pros- perity. بابرکات bā-barakāt, adj. Fortunate, prosperous, fortunate in every undertaking and communicating good fortune to every thing one is concerned in, productive of advantage and success.

بکهيرنا bakhernā H v. a. To scatter.

برج ब्रज braj S s. m. Name of a district, containing the several villages of Mathurā, Gokul, Brindāvan, &c. being about 168 miles in circum- ference.

بارو bārū H s. f. Gunpowder.