بوکنا būknā H v. a. To reduce to powder, to powder, pulverize, grind.

بکي bikkī H s. m. A partner (at play, &c. Gilch.).

بلا balā A s. f. Trial, calamity, misfortune, acci- dent, vengeance, evil, ill. بلازده balā-zada, adj. Overwhelmed with misfortune. بلاکش balā-kash, Afflicted, sufferer. بلاگردان balā-gardān, s. m. What averts evil; expiation, sacrifice. بلانصيب balā-naṣīb, adj. Unfortunate.

بارش bārish P (from باريدن To rain. Sans. वर्ष) s. f. Rain.

بهيتريا bhītariyā आभ्यन्तरिक S̱. adj. used substantively, 1. The people who live in a house, not strangers, domestick. 2. Men who preside at a temple (i. e. بهنڐاري A steward; پوجاري A priest; رسوٴيا rasoʼiyā, A cook). 3. Those among the guests at a wedding feast who eat in company with the relations of the bride (those, who partake of the feast without, being called باهريا).

بانکا bānkā S̱. (r. वक Bend, be crooked) s. m. 1. A fop, a beau, a coxcomb, a buck, a bravo, a bully. 2. A knife or hook to cut bamboo with. 3. s. f. Name of a river. 4. adj. Crooked, foppish, coxcombish, arrant.

باقر bāḳir A part. act. (of بقر) Deeply learned, abounding in wealth and science.

بـﮩدها बहुधा bahudhā S adv. In many ways, usually, generally, mostly, often.

بهيرون bhairoṅ भैरव S̱. s. m. 1. The name of a rāg or musical mode sung at dawn in autumn. (It is represented by Mahādeva with the Ganges flowing from his head and the rāg issuing from that deityʼs mouth). 2. A name of Siva; see بهيرو bhairav.

بياس व्यास byās S or vyāsa, s. m. A celebrated saint and author, the supposed original compiler of the Vedas and Purāṇas; also, the founder of the Vedānta philosophy.