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

باني bānī H s. f. 1. The price paid for a work. 2. Ashes. 3. The thread with which cloth is woven. (Sans. वाणि Weaving).

بهته bhatta H s. m. See بهاتا bhātā.

برتري bar-tar-ī P s. f. Excellence, superiority. S. برتمان वर्त्तमान (r. वृत Exist, be current) bar- tamān or vartamān, adj. Present, existent; the present tense.

بچهوڙنا bichhoṛnā S. (trans. of بچهڙنا) v. a. To se- parate.

بهاو भाव bhāʼo S or bhāv, s. m. 1. Sentiment, passion, choice, liking, will, disposition, notion, idea. 2. Blandishment. 3. Gesticulation, acting, pantomime, expressing a meaning by signs. 4. A sudden idea or emotion of the mind. 5. Living, being. 6. Existence, thing. بهاوبتانا bhāʼo-batānā, v. a. To gesticulate.

بهٿني bhiṭnī H s. f. A nipple.

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.

بهڙوا bhaṛūʼā H s. m. A pimp, one who lives on what a prostitute earns.

باراني bārān-ī P adj. Relating to, or depending on rain, of rain. s. f. A great coat or a cloak for keeping off the rain.